NASA Ames Research Center

300-square foot display, over a billion pixels. The newest generation of our hyperwall system provides four times the resolution of the previous, making it one of the largest and most powerful visualization systems in the world. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gvhNQ-ks

Our newly redesigned Visitor Center at Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, California, reopened to the public June 22! The updates include a fully reimagined 360-degree experience featuring new exhibits, models, and more. Details: https://lnkd.in/gF2GDfTB

What if we "grow" the building blocks for future homes on the Moon or Mars? Ames scientist Lynn Rothschild and team has been awarded the 2024 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Phase III award to continue research on a way to build structures out of fungi off-planet: https://lnkd.in/g3HqZz67

This week, a group of STEM content creators visited our Silicon Valley center and got to step inside a wind tunnel, view the world's largest vertical motion simulator, peer into an arc jet test chamber, and meet robots that will support future exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

NASA Astronaut Nicole Mann threw the first pitch for the San Francisco Giants at Native American Heritage Night. She is the first Indigenous woman from NASA to go to space, having served as commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission, which launched in 2022. https://lnkd.in/gYiKBadv

It's #FlagDay! In addition to landing on the Moon 55 years ago, our Stars and Stripes have also traveled to all eight planets, comets, asteroids, and billions of miles beyond Pluto. And with #Artemis we will return to the lunar surface once again.

"I had this sort of unconventional trajectory...The other thing that might be surprising is that I’ve been insecure about it at every single stage. You know, there’s the whole impostor syndrome thing, and I didn’t feel like I was qualified to be here because I didn’t have some sort of traditional path or because my educational background looks different than that of most of my colleagues. But I’m now at a place where I’ve come to understand that’s true for everyone.” Read more about Garrett Sadler, Human Factors Research at Ames: https://lnkd.in/gHXNQHtx

Biological data from the Inspiration4 SpaceX commercial crew is now included in our open-access space biology database! Learn how this could expand our understanding of how space impacts the human body: https://lnkd.in/gdsiNMHr

For the first time, we have raised the Intersex Progress Pride Flag at a NASA center to commemorate #PrideMonth.

As we mark the start of #PrideMonth, we're reflecting on how far we've come while recognizing the work still to be done. There's space for everyone — all genders and orientations — in exploration and discovery.