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Today, Vice President Harris (@vp) met with the National Space Council, government officials, and industry leaders at our visitor center in Oakland, California. Accompanying her are Governor Gavin Newsom, FAA Acting Administrator Billy Nolen, and Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, from left to right. Image credit: NASA/Dominic Hart Learn more: go.nasa.gov/3AjaC5t #NASA #AmesResearchCenter #VicePresident #ChabotSpaceAndScienceCenter
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Photo NASA Ames - This may come as a shock. We use a 21st century version of Schlieren imagery, which was invented in 1864, to visualize the shockwaves and vortices of a supersonic airplane in flight. This composite…
Photo NASA Ames - The future of flight: An air transportation system that moves people and cargo between places currently underserved by aviation, using revolutionary new aircraft that are only just now becoming…
Photo NASA Ames - What will the #Artemis I launch plume look like? Our supercomputer simulations of the Space Launch System rocket can give us an idea! This is one of many ways our center has helped prepare for this…
Photo NASA Ames - Come fly with us ✈️ Freshman and sophomore students from minority-serving institutions got to join NASA researchers on a P-3 aircraft as part of our Students Airborne Science Activation program.…
Photo NASA Ames - #CAPSTONE has won Small Satellite Mission of the Year! We are over the Moon! The microwave oven-sized spacecraft is on a journey to a unique lunar orbit that has never been flown before. Image…
Photo NASA Ames - Artemis I is an uncrewed launch, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any passengers aboard… The hatch has closed on Moonikin “Campos” and the yeast cells that will catch a ride inside our BioSentinel…

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