NASAs Next-Generation Solar Sail Mission NASAs Ames Research Center 2026-09-21 | NASAs Next-Generation Solar Sail Mission
Building NASAs VIPER Moon Rover NASAs Ames Research Center 2023-12-27 | A day in the life at the VIPER clean room with Ruth Young. Ruth is on the VIPER testing team, where they rigorously check each piece of hardware before it gets installed on the rover.NASA’s first robotic lunar rover, VIPER, is being built at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The rover will embark on a mission to the lunar South Pole to trek into permanently shadowed areas and unravel the mysteries of the Moon’s water. Video credit: NASA/Erica Hangasky Learn more: science.nasa.gov/mission/viper/#NASA #AmesResearchCenter #nasajpl #MoonRover #Moon #Mission #Rover #robot #artemis
NASAs VIPER Moon Rover Build Sneak Peak NASAs Ames Research Center 2023-12-22 | A day in the life at the VIPER clean room with Juan Barragan. Meet VIPER’s Cross-Cutting Integration Manager, Juan Barragan, who oversees the rover’s assembly and leads both strategic and tactical planning. NASA’s first robotic lunar rover, VIPER, is being built at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, (@NASAJohnson). The rover will embark on a mission to the lunar South Pole to trek into permanently shadowed areas and unravel the mysteries of the Moon’s water. Video credit: NASA/Erica Hangasky Learn more: science.nasa.gov/mission/viper #NASA #AmesResearchCenter #NASAJohnson #MoonRover #Moon #Mission #Rover
Inside NASAs VIPER Moon Rover Clean Room NASAs Ames Research Center 2023-12-19 | A day in the life at the VIPER Moon rover clean room with Justin Ridley. VIPER Vehicle Manager Justin Ridley leads us through the clean room, showing us important elements of the VIPER rover. Justin was responsible for the design and build of the rover’s mast and gimbal assembly, which support the lights, cameras, and antennas. NASA’s first robotic lunar rover, VIPER, is being built at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The rover will embark on a mission to the lunar South Pole to trek into permanently shadowed areas and unravel the mysteries of the Moon’s water. Video credit: NASA/Erica Hangasky Learn more: science.nasa.gov/mission/viper #NASA #AmesResearchCenter #NASAJohnson #MoonRover #Moon #Mission #Rover
NASA’s VIPER Moon Rover: Robot Build Watch Party NASAs Ames Research Center 2023-12-07 | We're building our first robotic Moon rover! Join us to chat with VIPER mission experts and get a behind the scenes look at the build process.
NASA’s VIPER Moon Rover: Robot Build Watch Party NASAs Ames Research Center 2023-11-09 | We're building our first robotic Moon rover! Join us to chat with experts and watch history in the making.
NASA’s VIPER Moon Rover: Robot Build Watch Party NASAs Ames Research Center 2023-11-08 | We're building our first robotic Moon rover! Join us to chat with VIPER mission experts and a behind the scenes look at the build process.
The Sounds of a New Planetary System (NASA Data Sonification) NASAs Ames Research Center 2023-11-02 | This sonification turns the orbits of a new seven-planet system, discovered by NASA’s retired Kepler space telescope, into sound. It begins at the center of the system with the innermost orbit and builds toward the outermost, introducing each orbit with a new sound that plays once per rotation around the central Sun-like star. It then focuses on two specific orbits in resonance, which creates a beating sound with the inner rotating twice in the same period as the outer rotates three times. Next, only the three outer-most planets are singled out as an orbital resonance chain before blending all seven together again.This is the first planetary system in which each planet bathed in more radiant heat from their host star per area than any in our solar system.Credit: Bishop’s University /Jason Rowe
Science Instrument for NASAs Moon Rover Delivered NASAs Ames Research Center 2023-10-26 | The Near-Infrared Volatiles Spectrometer System (NIRVSS) arrived at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston in preparation for integration into NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER).The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays. The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. More details: nasa.gov/viper Follow us on X: twitter.com/nasaames Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/nasaames Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/nasaames Follow us on LinkedIn:linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot
Special Delivery for NASAs Moon Rover NASAs Ames Research Center 2023-10-17 | The Near-Infrared Volatiles Spectrometer System arrived at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston in preparation for integration into NASA's Moon rover. The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays. The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. More details: nasa.gov/viper Follow us on X: twitter.com/nasaames Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/nasaames Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/nasaames Follow us on LinkedIn:linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center Music Provided by Universal Productions: On Target Runnman #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot
NASAs Moon Rover Instrument Camera Test NASAs Ames Research Center 2023-10-10 | NASA’s VIPER Moon rover completed its calibration tests for its Near-Infrared Volatiles Spectrometer System. The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays. The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. More details: nasa.gov/viper Follow us on X: twitter.com/nasaames Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/nasaames Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/nasaames Follow us on LinkedIn:linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot
VIPER Science Instrument Gets Moon Ready NASAs Ames Research Center 2023-10-10 | NASA’s VIPER Moon rover completed calibration tests for its Near-Infrared Volatiles Spectrometer System. The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays. The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. More details: nasa.gov/viper Follow us on X: twitter.com/nasaames Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/nasaames Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/nasaames Follow us on LinkedIn:linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center Music Provided by Universal Music Productions: Chill Trap Chronicles by Thomas Gallacani. #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot
NASAs Moon Rover Instrument Shake Test NASAs Ames Research Center 2023-10-03 | NASA’s Moon rover Neutron Spectrometer System instrument completed vibration tests. The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays. The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. More details: nasa.gov/viper Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/nasaames Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/nasaames Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/nasaames Follow us on LinkedIn:linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center Music Provided by Universal Production Music: Pastel Skies #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot
Exploring the Origins of Saturns Rings and Moons NASAs Ames Research Center 2023-09-26 | New NASA and Durham University simulations put forth a theory of the origin of Saturn’s rings and icy moons – they may have formed following a massive collision between two moons orbiting the gas giant. The simulations used in this research are some of the most detailed of their kind to study the formation of Saturn’s rings and potentially habitable icy moons. Learn more: go.nasa.gov/3ti6eCwVideo credit: NASA/Jacob Kegerreis/Luís TeodoroMusic Provided by Universal Production Music: Cyclic Marimba by Eric Chevalier. NASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology, and aeronautics. Facebook facebook.com/nasaames Twitter twitter.com/nasaames Instagram instagram.com/nasaames
NASAs Moon Rover Mobility Tests NASAs Ames Research Center 2023-09-26 | NASA’s Moon rover prototype completed mobility tests. The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays. The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. More details: nasa.gov/viper Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/nasaames Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/nasaames Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/nasaames Follow us on LinkedIn:linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot
NASAs Moon Rover Faces Extreme Mobility Tests NASAs Ames Research Center 2023-09-26 | NASA’s Moon rover prototype completed mobility tests. The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays. The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. More details: nasa.gov/viper Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/nasaames Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/nasaames Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/nasaames Follow us on LinkedIn:linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center Music Provided by Universal Production Music: Head in the Clouds #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot
NASAs Lunar Lab and Regolith Testbeds NASAs Ames Research Center 2023-09-19 | NASA’s Moon rover protype completed testing at the Lunar Lab and Regolith Testbeds. The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays. The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. More details: nasa.gov/viper Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/nasaames Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/nasaames Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/nasaames Follow us on LinkedIn:linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot
Inside NASAs Moon Lab NASAs Ames Research Center 2023-09-19 | NASA’s Moon rover protoype completed testing at the Lunar Lab and Regolith Testbeds. The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays. The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. The Lunar Lab and Regolith Testbeds at NASA Ames are managed by NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI).More details: nasa.gov/viper More details: sservi.nasa.gov/testbed Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/nasaames Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/nasaames Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/nasaames Follow us on LinkedIn:linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center Music Provided by Universal Music: Shining Talent by Laws Mason #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot
NASAs Moon Rover Software Tests NASAs Ames Research Center 2023-09-12 | NASA’s Moon rover prototype completed software tests. The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays. The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. More details: nasa.gov/viper Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/nasaames Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/nasaames Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/nasaames Follow us on LinkedIn:linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot
Test Driving NASAs Moon Rover NASAs Ames Research Center 2023-09-12 | NASA’s Moon rover prototype completed software tests. The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays. The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. More details: nasa.gov/viper Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/nasaames Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/nasaames Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/nasaames Follow us on LinkedIn:linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center Music Provided by Universal Production Music: Blurred Alchemy by Moon Ziegler #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot
NASAs Moon Rover Lunar Lander Exit Test NASAs Ames Research Center 2023-09-05 | NASA’s Moon rover prototype completed lunar lander egress tests. The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays. The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. More details: nasa.gov/viper Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/nasaames Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/nasaames Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/nasaames Follow us on LinkedIn:linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot
NASA’s Moon Rover Practices its Lunar Lander Exit NASAs Ames Research Center 2023-09-05 | NASA’s Moon rover prototype completed lunar lander egress tests. The VIPER mission is managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and is scheduled to be delivered to Mons Mouton near the South Pole of the Moon in late 2024 by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative. VIPER will inform future Artemis landing sites by helping to characterize the lunar environment and help determine locations where water and other resources could be harvested to sustain humans over extended stays. The VIPER science team also aims to address how frozen water and other volatiles got on the Moon in the first place, where they came from, what has kept some of them preserved over billions of years, and where they go after they escape the lunar soil. More details: nasa.gov/viper Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/nasaames Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/nasaames Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/nasaames Follow us on LinkedIn:linkedin.com/company/nasa-ames-research-center Download the video here: images.nasa.gov/details/VIPERMoonRoverEgressTest Credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center Music Provided by Universal Music: Shining Talent by Laws Mason #NASA #Moon #VIPER #MoonRover #Artemis #Robotics #Robot
Swarm Technology in Space with NASAs Starling Mission NASAs Ames Research Center 2023-07-13 | NASA is sending a team of four CubeSats into orbit around Earth to see if they’re able to cooperate on their own, without real-time updates from mission control. While that kind of autonomous cooperation may not sound too difficult for humans, this team will be robotic – composed of small satellites to test out key technologies for the future of deep space missions.Starling is funded by NASA’s Small Spacecraft Technology program based at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and within the agency’s Space Technology Mission Directorate in Washington. Video credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center Music Provided by Universal Production Music: Lifestyle Trap by Josselin Bordat This video can be downloaded from the NASA Image and Video Library at: images.nasa.gov/details/ARC-20230712-AAV3483-StarlingMission-Overview-NASAWeb-1080pNASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology, and aeronautics. Facebook facebook.com/nasaames Twitter twitter.com/nasaames Instagram instagram.com/nasaames
New Map Reveals Distribution of Water Near Moons South Pole NASAs Ames Research Center 2023-03-15 | A new study using the now-retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has pieced together the first detailed, wide-area map of water distribution on the Moon. The new map covers about one-quarter of the Earth-facing side of the lunar surface below 60 degrees latitude and extends to the Moon’s South Pole. In this data visualization, SOFIA’s lunar water observations are indicated using color, with blue representing areas of higher water signal, and brown lower.Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio/Ernie WrightLearn more: nasa.gov/feature/ames/study-reveals-map-of-moon-s-water-near-its-south-poleNASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology, and aeronautics. Facebook facebook.com/nasaames Twitter twitter.com/nasaames Instagram instagram.com/nasaames
Moon Mountain Name Honors NASA Mathematician Melba Mouton NASAs Ames Research Center 2023-02-15 | Scientists recently named a mesa-like lunar mountain that towers above the landscape carved by craters near the Moon’s South Pole. This unique feature will now be referred to as “Mons Mouton,” after NASA mathematician and computer programmer Melba Roy Mouton.Learn more: nasa.gov/feature/ames/moon-mountain-name-honors-nasa-mathematician-melba-mouton Credit: NASA/Ames Research Center This video can be downloaded from the NASA Image and Video Library at: images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20230215-AAV3458-VIPER-MonsMouton-1080 Music Provided by Universal Production Music: Everything is Possible by Magnum Opus. NASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology, and aeronautics. Facebook facebook.com/nasaames Twitter twitter.com/nasaames Instagram instagram.com/nasaames
New Supercomputer Simulation Sheds Light on Moon’s Origin NASAs Ames Research Center 2022-10-04 | A new NASA and Durham University simulation puts forth a different theory of the Moon’s origin – the Moon may have formed in a matter of hours, when material from the Earth and a Mars sized-body were launched directly into orbit after the impact. The simulations used in this research are some of the most detailed of their kind, operating at the highest resolution of any simulation run to study the Moon’s origins or other giant impacts. Learn more: nasa.gov/feature/ames/lunar-origins-simulations Credit: NASA/Durham University/Jacob Kegerreis Music Provided by Universal Production Music: Genosequence by Alessandro Rizzo. This video can be downloaded from the NASA Image and Video Library at: images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20221004-AAV3443-MoonOrigin-Social-NASAWeb-1080p NASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology, and aeronautics. Facebook facebook.com/nasaames Twitter twitter.com/nasaames Instagram instagram.com/nasaames
Meet CAPSTONE, NASA’s New Lunar Pathfinder NASAs Ames Research Center 2022-06-24 | The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, or CAPSTONE, will be the first spacecraft to fly a unique orbit around the Moon intended for NASA’s future Artemis lunar outpost Gateway. Its six-month mission will help launch a new era of deep space exploration. Multiple partner businesses contributed to CAPSTONE with support from NASA's small business programs. The spacecraft was built and tested by Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc., a Terran Orbital Corporation, operated and managed by Advanced Space, and will be launched by Rocket Lab USA, Inc. Learn more: http://www:nasa.gov/CAPSTONE Video credit: NASA’s Ames Research Center Music Provided by Universal Production Music: Pillow Talk by Andrew Joseph Carpenter NASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology, and aeronautics. Facebook facebook.com/nasaames Twitter twitter.com/nasaames Instagram instagram.com/nasaames
NASAs CAPSTONE: Flying a New Path to the Moon NASAs Ames Research Center 2022-05-17 | The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, or CAPSTONE, is a CubeSat that will fly a unique orbit around the Moon intended for NASA’s future Artemis lunar outpost Gateway. Its six-month mission will help launch a new era of space exploration. Learn more: go.nasa.gov/3FzSrcD Video credit: NASA/Ames Research Center Music Provided by Universal Production Music: Fast Motion by Stephen Daniel Lemaire This video can be downloaded from the NASA Image and Video Library at: images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20220517-AAV3418-CAPSTONE-Oveview-NASAWeb-1080pNASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology, and aeronautics. Facebook facebook.com/nasaames Twitter twitter.com/nasaames Instagram instagram.com/nasaames
SOFIA: Science Above the Clouds NASAs Ames Research Center 2022-03-17 | This short video gives you a glimpse at our flying observatory – the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA – and the science we do from the skies. SOFIA is a joint project of NASA and the German Space Agency at DLR. DLR provides the telescope, scheduled aircraft maintenance, and other support for the mission. NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley manages the SOFIA program, science, and mission operations in cooperation with the Universities Space Research Association, headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, and the German SOFIA Institute at the University of Stuttgart. The aircraft is maintained and operated by NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center Building 703, in Palmdale, California.Video credit: NASA
Why NASA is Sending Yeast to Deep Space NASAs Ames Research Center 2022-02-23 | NASA’s BioSentinel mission will go beyond the Moon to perform the first long-duration deep space biology experiment. Set to launch with the first flight of the Space Launch System rocket, Artemis I, the spacecraft will study the effects of space radiation on yeast cells. The results could inspire solutions to keep future astronauts healthy during deep space exploration. Learn more: go.nasa.gov/35isjF6 Video credit: NASA/Ames Research Center Music Provided by Universal Production Music: "On My Level" by Nilson Warren. This video can be downloaded from the NASA Image and Video Library at: images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20220223-AAV3404-BioSentinel-TextOverlay-NASAWeb-1080p NASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology, and aeronautics. Facebook facebook.com/nasaames Twitter twitter.com/nasaames Instagram instagram.com/nasaames
Artemis Spacecraft Launch Abort Simulated by NASA Supercomputers NASAs Ames Research Center 2021-12-16 | The Orion spacecraft launch abort system is designed to pull the crew capsule to safety in the event of an emergency during launch. Its powerful abort motor can fire within milliseconds and produce about 400,000 pounds of thrust. Simulations run on our Aitken and Electra supercomputers helped researchers visualize the vibrations imparted by the motor plumes onto the vehicle for various launch abort scenarios. In this video, the plumes—represented by animated particles—and vehicle surface are colorized, with red indicating areas of high pressure and blue areas of low pressure. Video credit: NASA/Ames Research Center/Timothy Sandstrom, Francois Cadieux, Michael Barad, Cetin KirisLearn more: nasa.gov/image-feature/ames/nasa-supercomputers-predict-how-vibrations-vary-for-orion-abort-scenarios This video can be downloaded from the NASA Image and Video Library at: images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20211118-AAV3384-SC21-LaunchAbortVisualization-NASAWeb-1080p24 NASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology, and aeronautics. Facebook facebook.com/nasaames Twitter twitter.com/nasaames Instagram instagram.com/nasaames
NASA Artemis Moon Rover Model Build Time-lapse NASAs Ames Research Center 2021-10-21 | Using a mix of 3D-printed plastic and metal parts, a full-scale replica of NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, was built inside a clean room at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The activity served as a dress rehearsal for the flight version, which is scheduled for assembly in the summer of 2022. Learn more: nasa.gov/feature/ames/full-scale-artemis-rover-prototype-takes-shape Video credit: NASA/Ames Research Center Music Provided by Universal Production Music: “Building Ideas” – James Carlin Baker This video can be downloaded from the NASA Image and Video Library at:images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20211021-AAV3373-VIPER-PathfinderBuild-Timelapse-NASAWeb-1080pNASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology, and aeronautics. Facebook facebook.com/nasaames Twitter twitter.com/nasaames Instagram instagram.com/nasaames
Tour of NASA Moon Rover South Pole Landing Site NASAs Ames Research Center 2021-09-20 | In 2023, NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, will land near the western edge of the Nobile Crater at the Moon’s South Pole to map and explore the region’s surface and subsurface for water and other resources. Learn more: nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-artemis-rover-to-land-near-nobile-region-of-moon-s-south-poleVideo credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio Music Provided by Universal Production Music: “The Butterfly Effect” – David Thomas Connolly The data visualizations seen in this video can be downloaded from NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio at: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4937This video can be downloaded from the NASA Image and Video Library at: images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20210920-AAV3366-VIPER-LandingSiteAnnouncement-YouTubeHDNASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology, and aeronautics. Facebook facebook.com/nasaames Twitter twitter.com/nasaames Instagram instagram.com/nasaames
NASA Selects Landing Site for First Robotic Moon Rover NASAs Ames Research Center 2021-09-20 | In 2023, NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, will land near the western edge of the Nobile Crater at the Moon’s South Pole to map and explore the region’s surface and subsurface for water and other resources.Learn more: nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-artemis-rover-to-land-near-nobile-region-of-moon-s-south-poleVideo credit: NASA/Ames Research Center This video can be downloaded from the NASA Image and Video Library at: images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20210920-AAV3367-VIPER-LandingSite-TextOverlay-NASAWeb-1080pNASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology, and aeronautics. Facebook facebook.com/nasaames Twitter twitter.com/nasaames Instagram instagram.com/nasaames
Can Robots Take Care of Spacecraft? NASAs Ames Research Center 2021-08-11 | NASA’s Integrated System for Autonomous and Adaptive Caretaking, or ISAAC, is advancing new technology for robots to take care of spacecraft. Researchers recently demonstrated the tech aboard the International Space Station using Astrobee, NASA’s free-flying robotic assistants. Learn more: nasa.gov/feature/ames/meet-isaac Video credit: NASA/Ames Research Center This video can be downloaded from the NASA Image and Video Library at: images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20210810-AAV3354-ISAAC-Astrobee-NASAWeb-1080pNASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology, and aeronautics. Facebook facebook.com/nasaames Twitter twitter.com/nasaames Instagram instagram.com/nasaames
How New NASA Tech Could Help Fight Fires NASAs Ames Research Center 2021-08-03 | NASA’s Scalable Traffic Management for Emergency Response Operations, or STEReO, project aims to let new technologies, like drones, help fight wildfires and respond to other emergencies by providing an advanced system that coordinates multiple elements of the response. Learn more: nasa.gov/feature/ames/nasa-tools-could-help-fight-fires-from-the-sky-and-the-groundVideo credit: NASA/Ames Research Center This video can be downloaded from the NASA Image and Video Library at: images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20210729-AAV3350-STEReO-CalFireTest-ReporterPkg-NASAWeb-1080p NASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology, and aeronautics. Facebook facebook.com/nasaamesTwitter twitter.com/nasaamesInstagram instagram.com/nasaames
Why NASA is Sending Water Bears to Space NASAs Ames Research Center 2021-06-03 | A new experiment is studying tardigrades, aka water bears, aboard the International Space Station to better understand how they tolerate extreme environments – including the one astronauts experience in space. The findings can help guide research into protecting humans from the stresses of long-duration space travel.Learn more: nasa.gov/feature/ames/microscopic-superheroes-to-help-protect-astronaut-health-in-space Video credit: NASA/Ames Research CenterNASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology, and aeronautics. Facebook facebook.com/nasaames Twitter twitter.com/nasaames Instagram instagram.com/nasaames
NASA’s CAMP2Ex: Cloud, Aerosol, and Monsoonal Processes-Philippines Experiment NASAs Ames Research Center 2021-04-30 | The Cloud, Aerosol, and Monsoonal Processes-Philippines Experiment, or CAMP2Ex, involved collaborators from government agencies and universities across the United States, the Philippines, Japan, and Europe all working together to better understand fundamental processes between clouds and aerosols. These interactions drive climate and weather across the globe. This NASA airborne science campaign was a response to the need to deconvolute the fields of tropical meteorology and aerosol science at the meso-beta (20 to 200 km) to cloud level. Learn more: espo.nasa.gov/camp2ex Video credit: NASA/Rafael Luis Méndez PeñaThis video can be downloaded from the NASA Image and Video Library at: images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20210408-AAV3321-CAMP2Ex_2019_4K_Final
NASA’s Drone Traffic Management System Completes Final Tests NASAs Ames Research Center 2021-04-16 | NASA's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management project, or UTM, is working to safely integrate drones into low-altitude airspace. In 2019, the project completed its final phase of flight tests. The research results are being transferred to the Federal Aviation Administration, who will continue development of the UTM system and implement it over time. Learn more: nasa.gov/ames/utmVideo credit: NASA/Ames Research CenterThis video can be downloaded from the NASA Image and Video Library at: images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20210216-AAV3307-UTM-TCL4Wrap-Shareable-NASAWebNASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology, and aeronautics. Facebook facebook.com/nasaames Twitter twitter.com/nasaames Instagram instagram.com/nasaames
We Are NASA in Silicon Valley NASAs Ames Research Center 2020-12-14 | NASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology, and aeronautics. Facebook facebook.com/nasaamesTwitter twitter.com/nasaamesInstagram instagram.com/nasaames
SOFIA Discovers Water on a Sunlit Surface of the Moon NASAs Ames Research Center 2020-10-26 | Scientists using NASA’s telescope on an airplane, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, discovered water on a sunlit surface of the Moon for the first time. SOFIA is a modified Boeing 747SP aircraft that allows astronomers to study the solar system and beyond in ways that are not possible with ground-based telescopes. Molecular water, H2O, was found in Clavius Crater, one of the largest craters visible from Earth in the Moon’s southern hemisphere. This discovery indicates that water may be distributed across the lunar surface, and not limited to cold, shadowed places. Learn more: nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-sofia-discovers-water-on-sunlit-surface-of-moon Video credit: NASA/Ames Research CenterThis video can be downloaded from the NASA Image and Video Library at: images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20201026-AAV3272-SOFIA-MoonWater-Shareable-NASAWeb NASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology, and aeronautics. Facebook facebook.com/nasaames Twitter twitter.com/nasaames Instagram instagram.com/nasaames
Simulations Reveal How Planetary Impacts Affect Atmosphere NASAs Ames Research Center 2020-09-30 | A cross-section of a 3D simulation replicating a scenario for the impact that formed the Moon, showing a roughly Mars-mass impactor grazing an Earth-like target at a 45-degree angle. The simulation uses over 100 million particles, colored by their internal energy, related to their temperature. This is one of more than 300 simulations that scientists at Durham University in the United Kingdom, alongside researchers at NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley, ran to develop a way to predict how much atmosphere is lost from a wide range of collisions between rocky objects, presented in a new study. Learn more: nasa.gov/image-feature/ames/planetary-impact-simulations Video credit: Jacob Kegerreis/Durham University NASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology and aeronautics. Facebook facebook.com/nasaames Twitter twitter.com/nasaames Instagram instagram.com/nasaames
NASA Moon Rover Books Ride to the Moon NASAs Ames Research Center 2020-06-11 | NASA’s water-seeking robotic Moon rover just booked a ride to the Moon’s South Pole. Astrobotic of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been selected to deliver the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, to the Moon in 2023. During its 100-Earth-day mission, the approximately 1,000-pound rover will roam several miles and use its four science instruments to sample various soil environments in search of water ice. Its survey will help pave the way for a new era of human missions to the lunar surface and will bring us a step closer to developing a sustainable, long-term robotic and human presence on the Moon as part of the Artemis program. Learn more: nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-astrobotic-to-fly-water-hunting-rover-to-the-moon Video credit: NASA/Ames Research Center The video may be downloaded at images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20200610-AAV3276-VIPER-CLPSAnnounce-RptrPkg-NASAWeb-1080p
SOFIA Reveals New View of Milky Way’s Center NASAs Ames Research Center 2020-01-05 | NASA’s flying telescope SOFIA captured a crisp infrared image of the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Spanning more than 600 light-years, the panorama reveals details within the dense swirls of gas and dust, opening the door to future research into how massive stars are forming and what’s feeding the black hole at our galaxy’s core.Video credit: NASA/Ames Research CenterThis video can be downloaded from the NASA Image and Video Library at: images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20200103-AAV3244-SOFIA-GalacticCenter-RptrPkg-NASAWebNASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology and aeronautics.Facebookfacebook.com/nasaamesTwittertwitter.com/nasaamesInstagraminstagram.com/nasaames
NASA in Silicon Valley Live - Air Taxis and the Future of Flight NASAs Ames Research Center 2019-12-20 | NASA in Silicon Valley Live is a talk show that features conversations with scientists, researchers, engineers and all-around cool people who work at NASA to push the boundaries of innovation. In this episode streamed on Dec. 19, 2019, we talk about air taxis and the future of flight. Video credit: NASA/Ames Research CenterThis video can be downloaded from the NASA Image and Video Library at: images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20191219-AAV3243-NiSV-S2E7-Drones-NASAWebNASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology and aeronautics.Facebookfacebook.com/nasaamesTwittertwitter.com/nasaamesInstagraminstagram.com/nasaames
Testing Air Taxis, Drones and More with NASA’s Multirotor Test Bed NASAs Ames Research Center 2019-12-09 | NASA has developed a flexible way to test new designs for aircraft that use multiple rotors to fly. The Multirotor Test Bed, or MTB, will let researchers study a wide variety of rotor configurations for different vehicles, including tiltrotor aircraft, mid-sized drones and even air taxis planned for the coming era of air travel called Urban Air Mobility.This video shows the MTB set up in a four-rotor configuration during a recent demonstration inside the U.S. Army's 7- by 10-foot wind tunnel at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. While spinning, the rotors move between a forward, airplane-like orientation and an upward, helicopter-like one that can simulate vertical takeoff and hovering. The entire structure tilts, too, mimicking different orientations of an aircraft as it flies. To highlight this range of motion, the video is shown at 8x normal speed starting at 0:38. Learn more: nasa.gov/feature/ames/testing-air-taxis-drones-and-more-with-nasa-s-multirotor-test-bed Video credit: NASA/Ames Research Center This video can be downloaded from the NASA Image and Video Library at: images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20191204-AAV3241-Multirotor-WindTunnel-TestRun-NASAWebNASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology and aeronautics. Facebook facebook.com/nasaames Twitter twitter.com/nasaames Instagram instagram.com/nasaames
Supercomputer Simulation of Orion Spacecraft Launch Abort System NASAs Ames Research Center 2019-11-22 | This visualization, made from a simulation of the Pad Abort 1 flight test of Orion's Launch Abort System, helps researchers better understand the unsteady fluid dynamics in the plume of the system’s abort motors. The abort motor that propels the system produces four large high-speed exhaust plumes that flow toward the sides of the spacecraft. The entire system accelerates upward and banks, as if to pull the crew module away from a rocket. The video shows animated particles — technically called passive particle renderings — that literally “go with the flow” of the plumes. The color of the particles represents the velocity of the plumes, with white showing the highest velocity regions and darker tones representing slower velocities. The speed of the video was slowed down by a factor of approximately 38 times as compared to the equivalent portion of the 2010 flight test. At the end of the video, the system reached approximately 277 feet in altitude and 32 feet downrange of the starting position. The simulation was performed on the NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division’s Electra supercomputer. The technology is helping advance NASA’s missions by making it possible to run tests in a supercomputer at lower cost and with faster turnarounds before flight, ultimately making NASA exploration systems safer. Learn more: nasa.gov/image-feature/ames/predicting-extreme-acoustic-vibrations-to-keep-astronauts-safe-during-launch Video credit: NASA/Ames Research Center/Timothy Sandstrom, Cetin Kiris, Francois Cadieux, Michael Barad The video may be downloaded at images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20200109-AAV3245-Orion-EscapeAbortViz-NASAWebNASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology and aeronautics. Facebook facebook.com/nasaames Twitter twitter.com/nasaames Instagram instagram.com/nasaames
Supercomputer Simulation Reveals Gas Hidden Between Galaxies NASAs Ames Research Center 2019-11-20 | This supercomputing simulation depicts the gas in and around an evolving galaxy over 13 billion years. The purple-to-yellow colors indicate the gas density, with the purple tracing lower density gas and the yellow tracing higher density gas. The blue-to-red colors indicate gas temperature, the redder colors tracing the hotter gas. The colder, denser gas flows in along cosmic filaments to form the galaxy, where stars (not shown) are forming.These stars then blow up as supernovae that drive galactic superwinds from the galaxy; these are seen predominantly as the hotter diffuse gas blowing out of the galaxy. As there is more star formation and thus more supernovae at early times, these winds become calmer as the galaxy evolves.This visualization shows data from the Figuring Out Gas and Galaxies in Enzo project, known as FOGGIE, run on NASA’s Pleiades supercomputer by researchers at the Space Telescope Science Institute from Johns Hopkins University. Enzo is a specialized computing code used in astrophysics.Video credit: Johns Hopkins University/Molly Peeples; NASA Ames/Timothy SandstromLearn more: nasa.gov/image-feature/ames/illuminating-gas-between-galaxiesNASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology and aeronautics. Facebook facebook.com/nasaames Twitter twitter.com/nasaames Instagram instagram.com/nasaames
Supercomputer Simulation of Seasonal Changes in Martian Clouds, Dust and Ice NASAs Ames Research Center 2019-11-19 | This video is a simulation of the climate on Mars spanning one year, from spring through winter in the northern hemisphere. It shows the annual cycle of three important components of the Martian climate: water-ice clouds (gray), dust (yellow) and frozen carbon dioxide on the surface (white). As the north pole’s carbon dioxide ice cap shrinks, its southern counterpart grows large. Carbon dioxide gas makes up 95% of Mars’ atmosphere and a considerable portion of it freezes out onto the surface as the poles reach their coldest point. As fall arrives in the simulation, a dust storm forms at the north pole and soon encircles the entire planet, dying down over the course of the winter. The simulation was run on the NASA Advanced Supercomputing facility's Pleiades supercomputer using data produced by the Mars Climate Modeling Center, both at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The MCMC’s work assists NASA in planning missions to Mars and helps us understand our solar system better by answering questions about how planets evolve and whether conditions on Mars could once have been favorable for life. Video credit: NASA/Ames Research Center/D. EllsworthLearn more: nasa.gov/feature/ames/mcmcThis video may be downloaded at: images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20191118-AAV3240-Mars-SeasonsAnimation-NASAWeb1080NASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology and aeronautics.Facebookfacebook.com/nasaamesTwittertwitter.com/nasaamesInstagraminstagram.com/nasaames
NASA is sending a rover to hunt for water on the Moon NASAs Ames Research Center 2019-10-25 | NASA is sending a mobile robot to the south pole of the Moon to get a close-up view of the location and concentration of water ice in the region and for the first time ever, actually sample the water ice at the same pole where the first woman and next man will land in 2024 under the Artemis program. About the size of a golf cart, the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, will roam several miles, using its four science instruments — including a 1-meter drill — to sample various soil environments. Planned for delivery in December 2022, VIPER will collect about 100 days of data that will be used to inform development of the first global water resource maps of the Moon. Learn more: nasa.gov/feature/new-viper-lunar-rover-to-map-water-ice-on-the-moonVideo credit: NASA/Ames Research CenterThe video may be downloaded at: images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20191025-AAV3233-VIPERShareable-NASAWeb
NASA in Silicon Valley Live - Halloween Costume and Cosplay Contest NASAs Ames Research Center 2019-10-25 | NASA in Silicon Valley Live is a talk show that features conversations with scientists, researchers, engineers and all-around cool people who work at NASA to push the boundaries of innovation. In this episode streamed on Oct. 24, 2019, we host our second annual NASA-themed Halloween costume and cosplay contest!Video credit: NASA/Ames Research Center NASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science, technology and aeronautics.Facebook facebook.com/nasaames Twitter twitter.com/nasaames Instagram instagram.com/nasaames
