NASA Ames Research Center News and Features Update

NASA Selects Suborbital Space Technology Payloads

NASA has selected 21 more space technology payloads for flights on commercial reusable launch vehicles, balloons, and a commercial parabolic aircraft.

IRIS Launch Broadcast Viewing at NASA Ames

06/26/2013 12:00 AM EDT

On Wednesday, June 26, NASA's newest mission, the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph or IRIS, will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. IRIS will take flight using a Pegasus XL rocket, carried aloft by an Orbital Sciences L-1011 aircraft from Vandenberg. This exciting launch will broadcast live at the NASA Ames Visitor Center at NASA's Ames Research Center.

NASA Ames Hosts New Solar Mission Launch Events

06/11/2013 12:00 AM EDT

Reporters are invited to interview team members at NASA Ames in addition to viewing live launch coverage and televised news broadcasts.

Kepler Mission Manager Update: 503 New Candidates

06/07/2013 12:00 AM EDT

The Kepler spacecraft remains in its Point Rest State (PRS) and is operating well in this mode.

SEAC4RS Mission Targets U.S. Pollution and Storms

06/06/2013 12:00 AM EDT

Airborne and satellite mission over southern U.S. this summer to study how pollution and natural emissions affect atmospheric composition and climate.