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  • PICA test

    Stardust Thermal Protection Systems

    Images arc jet testing of heat-shield material used on the Stardust mission.

  • Robonaut at work

    Robonaut

    Peer-to-Peer Human-Robot Interaction for Assembly and Maintenance

  • nanotubes

    Nanotubes

    Carbon nanotubes

  • future nanopore

    NASA's Innovative High-Performance Computing Technology

    NASA's innovative high-performance computing technology will be featured at the International Conference of High Performance Computing, Networking and Storage (SC05) in Seattle.

  • NACA reunion

    NACA Reunion

    Forty-seven years after NACA was incorporated into NASA, those who worked for the NACA continue to feel passionate about its successes and loyal to its memory.

  • Exploration

    Future Exploration Artist Concepts

    Artist's renditions of possible future exploration on the Mars and the Moon.

  • gromit robot

    K-9, Gromit Robots

    K-9, Gromit Robots and Mobile Agents Sept. 29, 2005.

  • Artist Concept

    Tether and Robot Climber Contest

    A dozen contestants will vie to be awarded for the best space tethers and beamed-power, 'tether climber' robots at NASA Ames Research Center.

  • Olivine

    Olivine

    Olivine particles from the Green Sand Beach in Hawaii.

  • SAT system

    DARTCOM Post Hurricane Katrina Support

    Ames Emergency Communications - Disaster Assistance Rescue Team-Communications (DARTCOM) Post Hurricane Katrina Support at the Michaud Assembly Facility

  • MOC portion

    Mars Gullies

    The gullies may be sites of near-surface water on present-day Mars and should be considered as prime astrobiological target sites for future exploration.

  • Comet

    Comet Research

    NASA Ames Research Center researchers have made many historic discoveries about comets over the years.

  • Tile Scanner

    Mold Impression Laser Tool (MILT)

    This small 3D scanning device, called the Mold Impression Laser Tool (MILT), will offer an automated, accurate, systematic and reliable means of assessing and archiving Thermal Protection System (TPS) integrity.

  • Michael Griffin

    NASA Administrator Michael Griffin visits NASA Ames Research Center

    NASA Administrator Michael Griffin visits NASA Ames Research Center on Monday, May 23.

  • Mars Drill

    Mars Drill

    The 'Mars Drill' brings subterranean 'core' samples to the surface that are 10 inches (25 centimeters) long and one inch in diameter (2.5 centimeters) while operating with low power and no drilling fluids.

  • Mars Ice Cap

    Mars' Southern Polar Cap

    NASA scientists have solved an age-old mystery by finding that Mars' southern polar cap is offset from its geographical south pole because of two different polar climates.

  • javapathfinder

    NASA Develops New Software to Detect "Bugs" in Java Computer Code

    NASA scientists announced they are releasing free software that will find 'bugs,' or defects, in Java computer code.

  • black box diagram

    Black Box

    Black boxes carried on aircraft record airplane data such as speed, altitude, other readings and crew conversations.

  • dust devil simulation

    Mars Surface Wind Tunnel

    Images show simulations of Mars dust devils and the planet's feisty winds at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.

  • K9 arm

    K9 Rover Robot

    The K9 rover robot on site during a demonstration in the outdoor 'Marscape' test yard at NASA Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley.