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Ames Research Center

Ames Research Center

The Ames Research Center (ARC), also known as NASA Ames, is a major NASA research center at Moffett Federal Airfield in California’s Silicon Valley

Water on the sunlit surface of the Moon

Grow your own rooms on the moon, Mars and maybe even Earth

A radically new kind of airplane wing

Assembled from tiny identical pieces, the wing could enable lighter, more energy-efficient aircraft designs A team of engineers has built and tested a radically new kind of airplane wing, assembled from hundreds of tiny identical pieces. The wing can change shape to control the plane’s flight, and could provide a significant boost in aircraft production,

A radically new kind of airplane wing

Printing nanomaterials with plasma onto a 3-D object or flexible surface, such as paper or cloth

New method can deposit nanomaterials onto flexible surfaces and 3-D objects Printing has come a long way since the days of Johannes Gutenberg. Now, researchers have developed a new method that uses plasma to print nanomaterials onto a 3-D object or flexible surface, such as paper or cloth. The technique could make it easier and

Printing nanomaterials with plasma onto a 3-D object or flexible surface, such as paper or cloth

Looking at the Future Electric Aircraft

The arrival of a unique experimental demonstrator at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center on February 26 may herald a future in which many aircraft are powered by electric motors. The Leading Edge Asynchronous Propeller Technology (LEAPTech) project will test the premise that tighter propulsion-airframe integration, made possible with electric power, will deliver improved efficiency and

Looking at the Future Electric Aircraft

How to Save Billions of Gallons of Gasoline

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory study potential of drag-reducing devices on semi-trucks to conserve billions of gallons, save tens of billions of dollars and spare tens of millions of tons of CO2 Each year, the more than 2 million tractor-trailer trucks that cruise America’s highways consume about 36 billion gallons of diesel fuel, representing

How to Save Billions of Gallons of Gasoline

Synthetic Biology for Space Exploration

Berkeley Lab Scientists Believe Biomanufacturing a Key to Long-term Manned Space Missions Does synthetic biology hold the key to manned space exploration of the Moon and Mars? Berkeley Lab researchers have used synthetic biology to produce an inexpensive and reliable microbial-based alternative to the world’s most effective anti-malaria drug, and to develop clean, green and

Synthetic Biology for Space Exploration

Astronauts to Test Free-Flying “Housekeeper” Robots

Inspired by science fiction, three bowling ball-size free-flying Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) have been flying inside the International Space Station since 2006. These satellites provide a test bed for development and research, each having its own power, propulsion, computer, navigation equipment, and physical and electrical connections for hardware and sensors for

Astronauts to Test Free-Flying “Housekeeper” Robots

NASA Kepler Results Usher in a New Era of Astronomy

New Kepler data analysis and research also show that most stars in our galaxy have at least one planet Scientists from around the world are gathered this week at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., for the second Kepler Science Conference, where they will discuss the latest findings resulting from the analysis of

NASA Kepler Results Usher in a New Era of Astronomy

Historic Demonstration Proves Laser Communication Possible

The download rate is more than six times faster than previous state-of-the-art radio systems flown to the moon In the early morning hours of Oct. 18, NASA’s Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) made history, transmitting data from lunar orbit to Earth at a rate of 622 Megabits-per-second (Mbps). That download rate is more than six

Historic Demonstration Proves Laser Communication Possible

Stanford drones open way to new world of coral research

Camera-equipped flying robots promise new insights into climate change effects on important ecosystems. Like undiscovered groves of giant redwoods, centuries-old living corals remain unmapped and unmeasured. Scientists still know relatively little about the world’s biggest corals, where they are and how long they have lived. The secret to unlocking these mysteries may lie with a

Stanford drones open way to new world of coral research

Ardulab provides open source platform for space experiments

With Raspberry Pis and 3D printing all the rage, ambitious DIY projects have never been more achievable. However, when it comes to space experiments, it’s still a professionals-only game. Start up company Infinity Aerospace out of the NASA Ames Research Center at Mountain View, California, wants to change that with Ardulab: an open source experiment

Ardulab provides open source platform for space experiments

Space Laser To Prove Increased Broadband Possible

This new ability could one day allow for 3-D High Definition video transmissions in deep space to become routine. When NASA’s Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) begins operation aboard the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., it will attempt to show two-way laser

Space Laser To Prove Increased Broadband Possible

Station Astronauts Remotely Control Planetary Rover From Space

Just as remotely-operated vehicles help humans explore the depths of the ocean from above, NASA has begun studying how a similar approach may one day help astronauts explore other worlds. On June 17 and July 26, NASA tested the Surface Telerobotics exploration concept, in which an astronaut in an orbiting spacecraft remotely operates a robot

Station Astronauts Remotely Control Planetary Rover From Space

Google and NASA Snap Up Quantum Computer D-Wave Two

D-Wave, the small company that sells the world’s only commercial quantum computer, has just bagged an impressive new customer: a collaboration between Google, NASA and the non-profit Universities Space Research Association. The three organizations have joined forces to install a D-Wave Two, the computer company’s latest model, in a facility launched by the collaboration —

Google and NASA Snap Up Quantum Computer D-Wave Two

NASA Successfully Launches Three Smartphone Satellites – Lowest Cost Satellites Ever

The trio of “PhoneSats” is operating in orbit, and may prove to be the lowest-cost satellites ever flown in space. Three smartphones destined to become low-cost satellites rode to space Sunday aboard the maiden flight of Orbital Science Corp.’s Antares rocket from NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia. The trio of “PhoneSats” is operating

NASA Successfully Launches Three Smartphone Satellites – Lowest Cost Satellites Ever

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