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Space Shuttle Spinoffs

The Space Shuttle Program has generated more than 100 technology spinoffs that benefit everyday life.

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Spinoff Online

NASA's annual premier publication featuring successfully commercialized NASA technology.

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Latest Features

Cleaner Water, Lower Cost

09.28.09

Water technology from life in space is providing cleaner water on Earth.

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Testing Materials in Space

09.17.09

The Materials Science Research Rack allows researchers to study a variety of materials in space to improve performance on Earth.

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NASA Ames Breaks Ground for 'Greenest' Federal Building

Artist rendering of the Sustainability Base at NASA Ames Research Center

09.02.09

NASA today held a ceremonial groundbreaking and dedication event for what is expected to become the highest-performing building in the federal government.

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More Features

NASA Partners to Revolutionize Personal Transportation

The morning commute may never be the same.
This Month in Exploration - September

Fifty years ago the first powered X-15 flight occurred in Edwards, California. Read more historical facts in This Month in Exploration.
NASA Heads Out to Sea

A space agency scientist has trouble getting his sea legs -- but why is he out in the surf?

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Press Releases

NASA Seeks Ideas For New Prize Challenges

09.25.09 - The Innovative Partnerships Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington is offering an opportunity for the public to help shape the prize challenges the agency offers to America's future citizen-inventors.
NASA To Hold Teleconference To Discuss New Findings About Mars

09.23.09 - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., will host a media teleconference at noon PDT on Thursday, Sept. 24, to discuss new research results from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.