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The California Current System
The California Current System

This Feb. 8 2016, composite image by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on NASA/NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite reveals…

Defining the Future
Defining the Future

NASA engineers Alphonso Stewart, left; Ken Iliff, center; and Dale Reed, right; were part of the center's lifting body aircraft…

40 Years of NASA Spinoff
40 Years of NASA Spinoff

Since 1976, NASA Spinoff has profiled nearly 2,000 space technologies benefiting life on Earth. In celebration of Spinoff’s 40th year…

Digital Image Sensors
Digital Image Sensors

Whether you take pictures and videos with a DSLR camera or cell phone, or even capture action on the go…

Winglets
Winglets

NASA is with you when you fly. Key aerodynamic advances made by NASA researchers led to the upturned tips of…

Precision GPS
Precision GPS

NASA has played a significant role in the implementation of the Global Positioning System (GPS), including software that has enabled…

Enriched Baby Formula
Enriched Baby Formula

While developing life support systems for Mars missions, NASA-funded researchers discovered a natural source for an omega-3 fatty acid that…

Memory Foam
Memory Foam

Perhaps the most widely recognized NASA spinoff, memory foam was invented by NASA-funded researchers looking for ways to keep test…

International Search and Rescue System
International Search and Rescue System

NASA pioneered the technology now used by the international search and rescue system known as Cospas-Sarsat.

Truck Aerodynamics
Truck Aerodynamics

NASA’s contributions to truck design have greatly reduced fuel consumption, perhaps by as much as 6,800 gallons per year for…