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NASA’s Ames Research Center, one of ten NASA field centers, is located in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley. Since 1939, Ames has led NASA in conducting world-class research and development in aeronautics, exploration technology and science aligned with the center’s core capabilities.

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Location

Moffett Field, California

Founded

December 20, 1939

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Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response Operations (ACERO)

NASA's ACERO project is developing an airspace management system pilots can use to safely send aircraft – including drones and remotely piloted helicopters – into wildland fires during low visibility conditions. This will greatly expand the window of time crews have to aerially suppress and monitor wildland fires.

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Focus Areas and Capabilities

The heat shield used to transport the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover through the atmosphere of the Red Planet upon arrival is seen undergoing testing at the Arc Jet facilities at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley.

Entry Systems

Safely delivering spacecraft to Earth and other celestial bodies.

Two people stand in front of a tall row of computing stacks

Advanced Computing and IT Systems

Enabling NASA's advanced modeling and simulation.

Tiny figures stand inside the football field-size air intake of the 80- by 120-foot wind tunnel at the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex, located at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2021. This photo was taken during a visit by the Blue Angels, the flight demonstration squadron of the U.S. Navy.