May 9, 1945: Installation of the Douglas A-26B airplane in the 40 foot by 80 foot wind tunnel at NACA's Ames Research Center. Airplane being centered over tunnel opening. (Photo Courtesy: NASA) ...

I got to climb aboard SOFIA — whose name is short for Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy— last Friday (Oct. 14) here at NASA's Ames Research Center.

News Brief. Monday, October 23, 2023 — 9:30 am. UC Berkeley announces space center at NASA Ames Research Center. UC Berkeley unveiled plans for a 36-acre space center at NASA Ames Research Center in ...

But NASA subsumed Ames, renaming it NASA Ames Research Center — and shifted its work on the technological challenges of a lunar landing and ... toiletries or a box of pizza to your front door.

A water-cooled wind tunnel is just one of the facilities that will be on display Saturday at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View for their 75th anniversary.

Two-hour tours will be offered five times per week, Monday through Friday, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. PST. Tours will begin with an overview of the center’s key technologies and research, and will ...