NASA Ames

@NASAAmes

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Aug 24
Today marked the largest civil servant swearing-in ceremony Ames Research Center has ever hosted. Their appointment is a testament to what’s needed to achieve the unprecedented. Through their service, they will contribute to @NASA’s mission to establish a sustained human
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Sep 18
Wherever you are, the Moon is hanging among the stars 🌙 We’ve observed the Moon from many perspectives. From Earth to orbit to deep space, our celestial neighbor is one to celebrate! Join us Sept. 19 for International Observe the Moon Night. Explore more:
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Sep 14
Neptune’s south pole 🔵 As seen by Voyager 2 as it sped away from the ice giant.
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Sep 4
Party of three 🌙 Three of Saturn’s many moons—Titan, Mimas, and Rhea—are pictured here by our Cassini spacecraft. As of this year, the ringed planet has 293 confirmed moons. Learn more about them: go.nasa.gov/4yidria
$The three moons shown here -- Titan (3,200 miles or 5,150 kilometers across), Mimas (246 miles or 396 kilometers across), and Rhea (949 miles or 1,527 kilometers across) -- show marked contrasts. Titan, the largest moon in this image, appears fuzzy because we only see its cloud layers. And because Titan's atmosphere refracts light around the moon, its crescent "wraps" just a little further around the moon than it would on an airless body. Rhea (upper left) appears rough because its icy surface is heavily cratered. And a close inspection of Mimas (center bottom), though difficult to see at this scale, shows surface irregularities due to its own violent history. This view looks toward the anti-Saturn hemisphere of Titan. North on Titan is to the right. The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on March 25, 2015. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute$
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Sep 1
Come in💨 Ames is home to the world's two largest wind tunnels, the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex is used to determine how air flows around full-scale vehicles and large-scale test models at speeds as fast as 115 miles per hour. Airflow is driven by six enormous fans
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