NASA Ames, along with dozens of partners, is creating a platform to provide the infrastructure to…
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Robotic Assistants on the International Space Station
By developing floating assistant robots for the International Space Station, researchers on the ground are freeing…
50 Years Ago: Pioneer 8 Studies Interplanetary Space
In 1967, while NASA’s main focus was on landing humans on the Moon before the end…
Plants, Muscles, Microbes and Cells: NASA Biology Experiments Are Space Station-Bound
Several bioscience experiments developed at NASA’s Ames Research Center, in California’s Silicon Valley are about to…
NASA in Silicon Valley at the American Geophysical Union
Scientists and researchers from NASA in Silicon Valley will be represented across AGU’s fall meeting.
Rodent Research
In space, far from the strong tug of Earth’s gravity, astronauts experience a number of changes…
NASA Invites Media to Learn More About Experiments Launching on Next SpaceX Mission
NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley is sending some fascinating science experiments into space on…
Kepler’s Gaze Shifts Toward New Targets — Supernova, the ‘Beehive Cluster’ and Earth
The sixteenth observing campaign of the Kepler spacecraft’s K2 extended mission is now underway. The campaign…
Designing Future Human Space Exploration on Hawaii’s Lava Fields
On the lava fields of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, a team of NASA researchers and partners have…
NASA-funded Simulations Show How Massive Collisions Delivered Metal to Early Earth
Planetary collisions are at the core of our solar system’s formation. Scientists have long believed that…