One decade later, employees at NASA’s Ames Research Center are reflecting on Hurricane Katrina and the…
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NASA Awards First Round Prizes in Cube Quest Challenge
The first milestone of NASA’s Cube Quest Challenge has been reached, as teams competed in the…
Schlieren Images Reveal Supersonic Shock Waves
Air-to-air Background Oriented Schlieren images provide a unique glimpse of the shape of shock waves created…
Drilling for Data: Simulating the Search for Life on Mars
Drilling for Data: Simulating the Search for Life on Mars
NASA Ames Celebrates Employee’s 90th Birthday, Rich Aviation History
Founded in 1939 as the second laboratory for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), what…
NASA’s LADEE Spacecraft Finds Neon in Lunar Atmosphere
The moon's thin atmosphere contains neon, a gas commonly used in electric signs because it gives…
NASA Scientists Help Understand Newly Discovered Planet
Recently, a team of astronomers including NASA scientists discovered a Jupiter-like planet within a young system…
NASA’s 10 Favorite Ways to Celebrate National Aviation Day
Whether it's because you received an overnight shipment, travelled by air to visit friends or relatives,…
On National Aviation Day, Spread Your Wings!
This National Aviation Day, August 19, NASA asks you to "spread your wings" in celebration of…