Ames Research Center Archives

NASA awards facility support services contract for Ames Research Center – NASA 0
- Ames Research Center, SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 17, 2026
RELEASE OF CONTRACT NASA has selected Chugach Intelligence Solutions LLC to provide comprehensive operations, maintenance and repair services for NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California. The Ames Facilities Support Services II contract ensures that the center’s historic and specialized facilities are properly maintained, fully operational, and capable of supporting the missions of the
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NASA study of pristine meteorite adds to the history of ancient asteroids – NASA Science 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 15, 2026
A meteorite recovered immediately after its fall to Earth on July 16, 2024 is helping NASA scientists uncover new clues about ancient water, the chemical evolution of early asteroids, and ingredients that may have helped make life possible throughout the early solar system. This rapid recovery began when an amateur astronomer from New Jersey quickly
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NASA’s CAPSTONE completes extended mission testing lunar technologies – NASA 0
- Ames Research Center, Communicating and Navigating with Missions, Earth's Moon, Goddard Space Flight Center, SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business, Small Spacecraft Technology Program, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Communications Technology, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 6, 2026
As NASA prepares for a sustained human presence on the Moon, missions will increasingly require spacecraft that can navigate and communicate without a direct connection to Earth. NASA’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Navigation and Operations Technology Experiment, or CAPSTONE, validated and advanced these capabilities. Designed to test and validate technologies in lunar orbit, CAPSTONE launched
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NASA Announces Public-Private Partnership to Advance Mars Science 0
- Ames Research Center, Commercial Space, Mars, SCIENCE, Science Mission Directorate
- June 17, 2026
NASA Wednesday announced a new public‑private partnership to advance Mars science by combining the agency’s scientific leadership with commercial innovation. Under this model, NASA will provide the Aeolus atmospheric‑science instrument payload suite, while Relativity Space supplies the spacecraft, rocket, and cruise operations necessary to deliver the instruments to Mars. This partnership reflects NASA’s growing commitment
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NASA Develops Sensor to Improve Firefighter Safety 0
- Ames Earth Science Division, Ames Research Center, Ames Research Center's Science Directorate, Earth Science, Earth Science Division, Earth Science Technology Office, Langley Research Center, SCIENCE, Wildfires, Wildland Fire Management
- May 27, 2026
With peak wildfire season approaching, scientists with NASA’s FireSense project have created low-cost thermal sensors to install on fire bulldozers that will alert firefighters when heat from a nearby fire reaches a dangerous level. The sensors also provide researchers with important data on what happens beneath the canopy during a fire. In April, researchers and
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NASA Simulations Improve Artemis II Launch Environment 0
- Aeronautics, Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, Ames Research Center, Artemis 2, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, Flight Innovation, SCIENCE, Space Launch System (SLS), Transformational Tools Technologies, Transformative Aeronautics Concepts Program
- March 20, 2026
Airflow around rockets as they travel from Earth into space can have a dramatic impact on a mission, which is why NASA used advanced simulations to provide the best possible launch conditions for the Artemis II test flight around the Moon. To better understand the Artemis Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s flight environment, engineers turned to a NASA-developed tool called the Launch, Ascent, and Vehicle Aerodynamics
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