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Ames is NASA's center in Silicon Valley.

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  1. Altho PIAA is approved for further development, it still is awaiting a mission. It is designed for small & large telescopes &D

  2. PIAA is a particularly powerful type of a coronagraph, approaching fundamental physics limits. &D

  3. Future approaches in design & concept may be used to detect biomarkers of life - O2 & liquid water - on planets similar to Earth &D

  4. NASA Ames research engr Mike Flynn: The WRS will continue to evolve & become more complex, integrated & smaller

  5. At the time it is closest to Earth at approx 11:25 a.m. PST, the asteroid will be about 17,150 miles (27,600 km) above Earth's surface.

  6. NASA tracks asteroids to protect our home planet. Asteroid flyby is a unique opportunity to study a near-Earth object up close.

  7. NASA TV will provide commentary at 11 a.m. PST on Friday Feb. 15, during the close, but safe, flyby of small asteroid named 2012 DA14.

  8. Ames scientists are developing new space telescope optics to not only detect planets similar to Earth, but take photos of them &D

  9. NASA Ames research engineer Mike Flynn: Inside the WRS is an evolving set of technologies with great promise

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