NASA Ames 2012: a Year in Pictures

Kepler mission, Mars exploration and other photo highlights from NASA Ames' news 2012.

NASA Puts Orion Backup Parachutes to the Test

NASA completed the latest in a series of parachute tests for its Orion spacecraft Thursday at…

Cook Named Deputy Director of NASA’s Stennis Space Center

NASA announced today that Jerry Cook has been selected as the deputy director of NASA's John…

NASA Awards Flight Projects Building Construction Contract

NASA has selected SEMI USA Corporation of Houston to construct the Flight Projects Building at the…

NASA Selects Internet Services Agreement

NASA has selected InfoZen Inc. of Rockville, Md., for the Web Enterprise Service Technologies prime blanket…

NASA Researchers Strike Scientific Gold With Meteorite

Scientists found treasure studying a meteorite recovered April 22 at Sutter's Mill, the gold discovery site…

A Cosmic Holiday Ornament, Hubble-Style

'Tis the season for holiday decorating and tree-trimming. Not to be left out, astronomers using NASA's…

VA211 liftoff

On 19 December, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on…

Rocket carrying American, Russian and Canadian takes off for space station

Peter Leonard BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — A Soyuz spacecraft carrying an American, a Russian and a Canadian…

Final series of tests for Proba-V

Final series of tests for Proba-V, on 13 December 2012, at QinetiQ Space Belgium. Planned to…