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NASA and Google Announce Lease at Ames Research Center

NASA Responds to California Wildfire Emergency Imaging Request

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- A remotely piloted aircraft carrying a NASA sensor flew over much of California earlier this week, gathering information that will be used to help fight more than 300 wildfires burning within the state. Additional flights are planned for next week.

NASA Coats Main Mirror for Airborne Observatory

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – The main mirror for NASA’s new airborne eye on the universe is now ready for installation after being transformed from a carefully shaped and polished piece of glass into a highly reflective optical component at Ames Research Center.

NASA Develops World's Highest Resolution Visualization System

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – The power to visualize highly complex information in a way that’s easier for the human mind to grasp is taking a giant leap forward with the advent of NASA’s new hyperwall-2 system unveiled today at Ames Research Center.

Astrophysicist Scott Sandford Discusses Stardust Preliminary Findings (Segment 1)

Astrophysicist Scott Sandford Discusses Stardust Preliminary Findings (Segment 2)

Astrophysicist Scott Sandford Discusses Stardust Preliminary Findings (Segment 3)

STS-117 launch event at the NASA Exploration Center

On June 8, 2007, nearly 200 members of the public watched the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on a mission to the International Space Station.

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"What an extraordinary view." The fantastically-colored star is our own sun as STEREO sees it in four wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light. The black disk is the Moon.