09.17.08 - As part of NASA’s 50th anniversary, four former Ames directors provided a glimpse into the center’s colorful history during a Director’s Round Table held Sept. 16, 2008 at NASA Ames.
09.11.08 - MOFFETT FIELD – Ames remembered the tragic events of Sept .11, 2001 during an emotional ceremony held seven years to the day the tragedy occurred.
09.11.08 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – As part of NASA’s 50th anniversary celebration, NASA Ames Research Center Director S. Pete Worden is inviting four former Ames directors to join him at a Directors’ Round Table discussion at Ames on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008.
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09.11.08 - Journalists are invited to join a group of Las Vegas students who have "struck it rich" on Wednesday, Sept. 17.
09.10.08 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., Monday awarded a bridge contract for information technology support to Perot Systems Government Services Inc. of Fairfax, Va.
09.03.08 - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – California astronaut Megan McArthur will make her first journey into orbit on space shuttle Atlantis' mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Atlantis is targeted to launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Oct. 8 at 1:34 a.m. EDT.
08.29.08 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - On Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008, NASA's Ames Research Center will hold the second "Return to the Moon Family Night" where visitors will have the opportunity to speak to scientists and engineers to learn more about the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission.
08.22.08 -
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- An Alliant Tech Systems suborbital rocket carrying two NASA hypersonic experiments was destroyed shortly after liftoff from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Friday. No injuries or property damage were immediately reported.
Media Telecon Scheduled To Discuss Rocket Launch Failure
08.21.08 - MOFFETT FIELD, CMOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., Thursday awarded a cost plus fixed fee indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity task order contract valued at $42 million to ASRC Research and Technology Solutions (ARTS), of Greenbelt, Md. ARTS is a Alaskan Native Corporation under the Small Business Administration 8 (a) Business Development Program that will provide engineering, design and fabrication services for the center
08.21.08 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – NASA’s next space shuttle mission has a San Francisco Bay Area connection.
08.20.08 - Students from Buchanan High School in Clovis, Calif., who are taking part in a 48 hour space station simulation, will get an extra boost when they receive a call from the real International Space Station.
08.20.08 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – NASA’s Ames Research Center has received the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration’s initial Pinnacle Award for helping students of all ages learn more about Earth, our solar system, space exploration and connect with NASA scientists, engineers and astronauts using online programs.
08.19.08 - WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- Two NASA hypersonic experiment payloads are scheduled for launch no earlier than Aug. 21 from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia atop a two-stage suborbital rocket developed by Alliant Techsystems, also known as ATK, of Salt Lake City.
08.19.08 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., Monday awarded a contract modification valued at $34.8 million to Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tenn.
08.06.08 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff visited NASA’s Ames Research Center yesterday to see first-hand how NASA technology helps the nation deal with disasters ranging from the widespread wildfires raging throughout California, to the horrific hurricanes throughout the country that each year wreak havoc and leaves thousands of people homeless in their wake.
07.31.08 -
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – NASA will fly two nanosatellites as secondary payloads aboard the SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket planned for launch in August or September.
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07.30.08 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – NASA's Lunar Science Institute at Moffett Field, Calif., has announced its first international affiliate partner for conducting lunar science activities. Canada's University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, will represent the Canadian lunar science community as part of the newly established Canadian Network for Lunar Science and Exploration.
07.29.08 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA hosted a meeting of space agencies from nine countries last week to discuss the next steps in the ongoing scientific exploration of the moon. The meeting laid the groundwork for a new generation of lunar science.