NASA Centers & Facilities

Station Science Top News: Jan. 10, 2025 – NASA

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Station Science Top News: Jan. 10, 2025 – NASA

Measurements from space support wildfire risk predictions Researchers demonstrated that data from the International Space Station’s ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) instrument played a significant role in the ability of machine learning algorithms to predict wildfire susceptibility. This result could help support development of effective strategies for predicting, preventing, monitoring, and … Read more

NASA Names Adam Schlesinger as Commercial Lunar Payload Services Project Manager – NASA

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NASA Names Adam Schlesinger as Commercial Lunar Payload Services Project Manager – NASA

NASA has selected Adam Schlesinger as manager for CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services). Schlesinger previously served as the Gateway Program habitation and logistics outpost project lead engineer at Johnson Space Center. “I am honored and tremendously excited to take on this new role as NASA continues to enable a growing lunar economy while leveraging the … Read more

NASA’s Ames Research Center Celebrates 85 Years of Innovation – NASA

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NASA’s Ames Research Center Celebrates 85 Years of Innovation – NASA

Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley pre-dates a lot of things. The center existed before NASA – the very space and aeronautics agency it’s a critical part of today. And of all the marvelous advancements in science and technology that have fundamentally changed our lives over the last 85 years since its founding, one aspect … Read more

Station Science Top News: Dec. 20, 2024 – NASA

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Station Science Top News: Dec. 20, 2024 – NASA

A method for evaluating thermophysical properties of metal alloys Simulation of the solidification of metal alloys, a key step in certain industrial processes, requires reliable data on their thermophysical properties such as surface tension and viscosity. Researchers propose comparing predictive models with experimental outcomes as a method to assess these data. Scientists use data on … Read more

NASA’s Webb Reveals Smallest Asteroids Yet Found in Main Asteroid Belt – NASA

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NASA’s Webb Reveals Smallest Asteroids Yet Found in Main Asteroid Belt – NASA

NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope includes asteroids on its list of objects studied and secrets revealed.  A team led by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge repurposed Webb’s observations of a distant star to reveal a population of small asteroids — smaller than astronomers had ever detected orbiting the Sun in the main … Read more

NASA Names Carlos Garcia-Galan as Gateway Program Deputy Manager – NASA

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NASA Names Carlos Garcia-Galan as Gateway Program Deputy Manager – NASA

NASA has selected Carlos Garcia-Galan as deputy manager for the Gateway Program. Garcia-Galan previously served as manager of the Orion Program’s European Service Module Integration Office at Glenn Research Center. “I am tremendously excited to take on this new role and help lead development of humanity’s first outpost in deep space,” Garcia-Galan said. “I’m honored … Read more

2024 in Review: Highlights from NASA in Silicon Valley  – NASA

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2024 in Review: Highlights from NASA in Silicon Valley  – NASA

2024 intro: As NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley enters its 85th year since its founding, join us as we take a look back at some of our highlights of science, engineering, research, and innovation from 2024. Researchers at Ames were part of the team tasked to better understand and identify the root … Read more

Media Invited to Speak to NASA Ames Experts – Celebrating 85 Years – NASA

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Media Invited to Speak to NASA Ames Experts – Celebrating 85 Years – NASA

NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, is celebrating 85 years of cutting-edge research and development in space, life sciences, supercomputing, aeronautics, and more for the benefit of humanity. Ames was founded as an aeronautical laboratory in December 1939, and has since contributed to many of NASA’s flagship missions from Apollo to Artemis.  NASA … Read more