Ames Image GalleryTo help ensure astronaut safety if an emergency arises during launch, NASA researchers are using their cutting-edge computational fluid dynamics...The NASA and Lockheed Martin team behind the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) have recently removed the aircraft from its...Elected officials and community members from across the Bay Area joined NASA leadership today for the opening of the NASA...Instruments, like this flux tower, are used by scientists to verify the accuracy of the data available in OpenET, a...Tiny figures stand inside the football field-size air intake of the 80- by 120-foot wind tunnel at the National Full-Scale...It's official – the International Space Station now has a Queen – Astrobee robot, that is.The X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) aircraft is taking shape at the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California....The team behind the "umbrella-like" deployable heat shield design called ADEPT, or the Adaptable, Deployable, Entry and Placement Technology, is...The low pressure (hypobaric) chamber located at KBR in San Antonio, Texas pictured here simulates very high altitudes by reducing...When NASA’s water-hunting robot, VIPER, arrives on the lunar surface, it will exit the lander in style using two folding...The ocean: it's Earth’s largest ecosystem and the habitat for coral – one of the planet’s most unique and oldest...Helping make the battle against wildfires faster, safer, and more targeted, a NASA project recently tested its tools in a...Lunar Lander Simulation Virtual BackgroundProductivity pundits know lots of tricks to make the most of your day, so you can schedule enough time for...This mechanical adhesive technology offers a new capability for free-flying robots in space and will pave the way for future...NASA’s X-59 requires the use of creative and strategic supersonic technologies to control and soften the jarring sound that hits...NASA is targeting 2022 for the first flight of the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) research aircraft. Its mission –...Moon Lander Mockup Arrives for Testing with VIPER RoverNASA’s TechEdSat-7 mission helps teach a new generation of researchers and engineers how to execute experiments which test cutting-edge technologies...NASA is on a mission to revolutionize supersonic air travel for passengers across the globe. In this image, you’ll see...In this image, a concept for a six-passenger quadcopter is run through a computer simulation to visualize the interaction of...This image actually is the product of a complex computer simulation involving supersonic shockwaves.There are many critical moments in a rocket's journey from the ground to orbit, but perhaps none more so than...In case of emergency during takeoff, Orion's Launch Abort System can quickly separate from the speeding rocket and pull astronauts...NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology X-plane is designed to fly faster than the speed of sound without producing sonic booms.A view from the front office of a Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner during a recent series of test flights in which...The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, departed for scheduled maintenance at Lufthansa Technik’s facility in Hamburg, Germany, on Sept....NASA’s telescope on an airplane, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, discovered magnetic fields in the Serpens South...On July 13, TechEdSat-10, a six-unit CubeSat deployed from the International Space Station.In the closest stellar nursery to Earth, the Orion Nebula, an enormous bubble that cleared away star-seeding material is now...NASA’s Astrobee team is working from their homes to put the Honey robot through its paces while working with NASA...Chemist Audrey Miyamoto preparing an Apollo lunar sample to analyze for amino acids at NASA’s Ames Research Center.When NASA’s new Moon rover, VIPER, lands on the lunar surface to begin its hunt for water ice at the...Life Detection Systems branch chief Vance Oyama operates a specially designed soil distribution system, used for dispersing the lunar soil...Four passengers participate in a simulation of an air taxi ride at NASA's Vertical Motion Simulator, or VMS. Located at...NASA’s New Moon Rover Tested in Lunar Operations LabAstronaut David Saint-Jacques works with a biology experiment testing a way to use microorganisms to produce nutrients that humans will...European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano performed initial tests of the second Astrobee robot, named Honey, aboard the International Space...During NASA’s Artemis missions, the Orion spacecraft will sit atop the most powerful rocket in the world to launch humans...Supercomputers help researchers study the aerodynamic effects of the unique propulsion system of NASA's first crewed X-plane in more than...
