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Visitors are welcome to view exhibits about NASA research and the work done at Ames.
08.28.12 - Kepler-47 is the first double-star system discovered containing multiple planets, one of which is orbiting in the so-called "habitable zone."
08.26.12 - "Neil was not only a friend, but a superb NACA research pilot..." -- Jack Boyd, NASA Ames senior advisor for history
08.24.12 - NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program has selected two new technologies to fly on commercial reusable suborbital vehicles.
08.22.2012 - Two newly submitted studies verify 41 new transiting planets in 20 star systems.
08.09.12 - NASA has chosen three teams to advance the state of the art for small spacecraft in the areas of communications, formation flying and docking systems. The cutting-edge space technology flights are expected to take place in 2014 and 2015.
08.08.12 - Nearly 7,000 people came to NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., to watch the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity land on Mars.
08.07.12 - When the Curiosity rover landed on Mars on Aug. 6, researchers for the MSL Entry, Descent, & Landing Instrument (MEDLI) were already cheering.
08.05.12 - NASA's most advanced Mars rover Curiosity has landed on the Red Planet. The one-ton rover, hanging by ropes from a rocket backpack, touched down onto Mars Sunday to end a 36-week flight and begin a two-year investigation.
08.05.12 - Event images from Ames' Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity event on Aug. 5, 2012.
08.03.12 - The fourth episode of DI focuses on the CheMin instrument aboard the Mars Science Laboratory, NASA' s latest robotic explorer to visit Mars.
Read the latest issue.
Digital press kit for the Ames' contributions to the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity.
NASA's search for habitable planets.
The Next Giant Leap