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NASA Ames Research Center

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The Ames Research Center (ARC), a major NASA research facility in California's Silicon Valley, plays a crucial role in many NASA missions. As one of NASA's ten field centers, Ames conducts research and develops technologies for space exploration, aeronautics, and information technology. It is a leader in astrobiology, small satellites, robotic lunar exploration, and the search for habitable planets, contributing to missions like Kepler and SOFIA. NASA Ames also develops advanced supercomputing, intelligent systems, and thermal protection for various space programs.

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The ACS3 technology demonstration is managed and funded by NASA’s Small Spacecraft Technology program at Ames Research Center.

CapabilityGovernanceValue 3.8Apr 23, 2024Rocket Lab’s New Zealand success deploys satellites to separate orbits 500km apart for KAIST and NASA

The ACS3 technology demonstration is managed and funded by NASA's Small Spacecraft Technology program at Ames Research Center.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 3.5Apr 22, 2024Rocket Lab’s ‘Beginning Of The Swarm’ mission launch window is open and ready for business

ACS3 was designed and built at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, and the technology demonstration is managed and funded by the Small Spacecraft Technology program at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Apr 2, 2024Rocket Lab prepares to launch mission for KAIST and NASA satellites to 2 separate orbits

Lynn Rothschild at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California received a 2024 NIAC Phase I grant for Detoxifying Mars: The Biocatalytic Elimination of Omnipresent Perchlorates.

FinancialGeneralCapabilityGovernanceValue 4.0Jan 5, 2024NASA Announces 2024 Phase I Awardees for Innovative Concept Studies

Ames Research Center signed agreements with five major U.S. airlines to continue developing decision-making tools for more efficient air traffic management.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 3.5Dec 26, 2023NASA's Aeronautics Achievements in 2023

Rocket Lab is receiving a thermal protection system for the Venus probe from NASA’s Ames Research Center with delivery expected by the end of the year.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.0Oct 30, 2023Rocket Lab plans launch of Venus mission as soon as late 2024

NASA’s Ames Research Center features the world’s largest wind tunnel capable of simulating gusts up to 100 knots.

CapabilityValue 4.0Oct 17, 2023UC Berkeley and SKS Partners Unveil $2 Billion R&D Hub at NASA’s Ames Research Center

The University of California, Berkeley and the NASA Ames Research Center unveiled plans on 2023-10-16 for a $2,000,000,000 Berkeley Space Center in Mountain View, California.

PlanFinancialValue 4.0Oct 16, 2023University of California and NASA Ames unveil plans for $2 billion Berkeley Space Center

Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, won first place in the 3D Printing Award at the college level in NASA’s 2023 Student Launch challenge.

GeneralPlanValue 2.0Jun 6, 2023NASA names the winners of the 2023 Student Rocket Launch Competition

NASA’s Ames Research Center developed and manages the PTD-3 program and mission.

GeneralRelationshipsValue 3.6May 23, 2023NASA and its Partners Achieve a Major Milestone in Space-to-Ground Laser Communications

Edward Balaban of NASA’s Ames Research Center received a 2023 NIAC Phase I grant for 'Fluidic Telescope: Enabling the Next Generation of Large Space Observatories'.

GeneralLegalValue 3.8Jan 19, 2023NASA Selects Experimental Space Technology Concepts from NIAC Program for Initial Study

Canopy Aerospace learned about thermal protection system technology developed at NASA Ames Research Center through FedTech.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Nov 8, 2022Canopy Aerospace to supply thermal protection for spacecraft and hypersonics

NASA Ames Research Center contracted AST for a 12U bus to carry NASA’s ACS3 payload into low Earth orbit.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.5May 11, 2022NanoAvionics’ Solar Sail Selected For NASA’s ACS3 Mission

Technology Education Satellite (TechEdSat) 13 is a three-unit cubesat sponsored by the NASA Ames Research Center to test several advanced technologies.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Jan 13, 2022Virgin Orbit launches seven cubesats on third operational mission

NASA Ames Research Center's Starling program and NASA Glenn Research Center's SKOUT program have adopted CesiumAstro's technology.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Dec 16, 2021CesiumAstro Accelerates Active Phased Array Payload Development for Lunar Exploration, Connectivity, and Sensing

On 2021-10-13, NASA’s Ames Research Center targeted 2022-03-01 for the launch of the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) spacecraft.

PlanValue 4.0Oct 13, 2021CAPSTONE launch delayed to March 2022

CesiumAstro manufactured and shipped a compact inter-satellite link communication system to NASA’s Ames Research Center to test mobile networking technologies within swarm missions.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.0May 26, 2021Airborne and in-orbit communications Leader CesiumAstro, Inc. readies for first mission to launch

CesiumAstro completed shipment of a compact inter-satellite link communication system to NASA’s Ames Research Center to support testing of mobile networking technologies for swarm missions.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.4May 24, 2021Airborne and In-Orbit Communications Leader CesiumAstro, Inc. Readies for First Mission to Launch; Company Wins Swath of Commercial Milestones

VIPER is based on the Resource Prospector mission concept that had been under development at Ames and was canceled in 2018.

GeneralValue 2.0Mar 3, 2021VIPER lunar rover mission cost increases

SpaceX tested the revised heat-shield tile change in an arcjet chamber at NASA Ames Research Center and the test produced successful results.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Sep 29, 2020NASA and SpaceX wrapping up certification of Crew Dragon
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