NASA CubeSat Missions: Pushing the Boundaries of Technology
Category: Ames
NASA Moves Up Critical Crew Safety Launch Abort Test
NASA’s Orion spacecraft is scheduled to undergo a design test in April 2019 of the capsule’s…
Observations of a Comet’s First Passage Through the Solar System Reveal Unexpected Secrets
Researchers onboard NASA’s flying observatory examined a new comet as it made its first approach through…
NASA CubeSat to Test Miniaturized Weather Satellite Technology
On Nov. 10 a NASA-funded, shoebox-sized CubeSat will be launched into Earth's orbit to demonstrate that…
NASA Embraces Urban Air Mobility, Calls for Market Study
Our definition for UAM is a safe and efficient system for air passenger and cargo transportation…
NASA Ames at the 2017 Bay Area Science Festival
NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley will return to the Bay Area Science Festival this…
NASA Selects New Technologies to Flight Test on Parabolic Aircraft, Balloons and Suborbital Rockets
NASA has selected nine space technologies to test on low-gravity-simulating aircraft, high-altitude balloons or suborbital rockets.…
NASA Air Traffic Management Demonstration Goes Live in Charlotte
Begun Sept. 29, ATD-2 is a three-year field demonstration of software solutions to better manage air…
The Scientific Quest to Explain Kepler’s Most Enigmatic Find
Some 1,500 light years from Earth, a mystery of stellar proportions is playing out. The world…
Global Airborne Mission to Make Ozone Hole Detour
NASA's Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) mission, an airborne field campaign to study atmospheric gases and pollution worldwide…