NASA Ames Research Center An Overview
Dr. Eugene Tu, Director 2 NASA Centers
Glenn Research Goddard Space Center Flight Center
HQ Langley NASA Ames Research Research Center Center Armstrong Flight Marshall Space Research Center Flight Center Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Stennis Kennedy Space Center Johnson Space Center Space Center Ames is One of the Early NACA Laboratories
Joseph S. Ames
NACA Langley Ames Lewis Dryden NASA
1915 1939 1940 1946 1958 4 79 Years of Innovation Lunar SOFIA Apollo Prospector Tektites Guidance X-36 System 2015
Blunt Body Space Biology Pioneer 10/11 Kepler Flight Concept SSERVI Simulator Galileo 2000 Apollo Heat 1990 Shield Tests Mars Science Lab Sustainability Base Lifting Body Pioneer 1980 Transonic Human Venus Flow Centered Viking Computing Life Sciences IRIS Research 1970 Flight Aero Research Air NASA Institute 1960 Transportation Nanotechnology Research System Park Swept- LCROSS Back/Wing Apollo Tiltrotor ISS Re-Entry Shape CFD 1950 ER-2 LADEE Astrobiology Hypervelocity Institute Conical Camber Free Flight Kuiper Observatory 80x120 Wind Tunnel Arcjet Quantum Pleiades 1940 Research Computing Ames Research Center
• Occupants: • ~1200 civil servants; ~1,400 contractors; ~1,600 tenants • 855 summer students in 2016 • FY2018 Budget: ~$918M (including reimbursable/EUL) • ~1,900 acres (400 acres security perimeter); 5M building ft2
• Airfield: ~9,000 and 8,000 ft. runways 6 Core Competencies at Ames Today
Air Traffic Management Advanced Computing Entry Systems & IT Systems Intelligent/ Adaptive Systems
Astrobiology and Life Science Cost-Effective Space Missions Aerosciences Space and Earth Sciences Major Research Facilities
Advanced Wind Tunnels ARC Jet Complex Range Complex Simulators Supercomputing Academia Partnerships at Ames International Virtual Institutes Inter-Agency
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