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Safer skies one test at a time ✈️ We teamed up with @WiskAero to test how autonomous air taxis could safely integrate into the national airspace. Insights from the multi-day simulation may help shape future standards and tech that keep U.S. skies safe as new aircraft take

NASA staff Victoria Dulchinos, left, and Wisk Human Factors Engineer Karie Younkin, center, overview as Former Bay Area approach controller Irene Mehalakis participates in Wisk Aero flight Simulation scenarios in Future Flight Central (FFC), N262. In collaboration with NASA, Wisk Aero conducts flight simulations to demonstrate how air taxi operations scenarios could impact the workloads and actions of air traffic controllers. Credit: NASA/Brandon Torres

Air traffic controller Conrad Rorie watches as a Wisk aircraft land in Wisk Aero flight simulation scenarios in Future Flight Central (FFC), N262. In collaboration with NASA, Wisk Aero conducts flight simulations to demonstrate how air taxi operations scenarios could impact the workloads and actions of air traffic controllers. Credit: NASA/Brandon Torres

NASA Ames staff operate traffic control in Wisk Aero flight simulation scenarios in Future Flight Central (FFC), N262. In collaboration with NASA, Wisk Aero conducts flight simulations to demonstrate how air taxi operations scenarios could impact the workloads and actions of air traffic controllers. Credit: NASA/Brandon Torres

Air traffic controller Conrad Rorie participates in Wisk Aero flight simulation scenarios in Future Flight Central (FFC), N262. In collaboration with NASA, Wisk Aero conducts flight simulations to demonstrate how air taxi operations scenarios could impact the workloads and actions of air traffic controllers. Credit: NASA/Brandon Torres

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Jul 28

Oh, deer! It’s that time of year 🌕🦌 Look up to the skies tomorrow! The Buck Moon is set to reach peak illumination in the early morning hours but your best viewing opportunity will be in the evening shortly after sunset. Where do you plan to moongaze from?

A full moon hangs above the blue glow of Earth's atmosphere in this image captured from the International Space Station. The image is rotated right, with the Moon on the right side of the image and Earth's glow to the left. Credit: NASA

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Jul 24

Behind‑the‑scenes magic @NASAAmes ✨ This week, we welcomed creators for a tour where they got an inside look at VIPER mission control, ARMADAS autonomous technology and robots, Orion heat shield instruments, and our simulated Lunar Lab, where they met experts who are helping

Creators pause for a group photo outside the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) Multi-Mission Operations Center (MMOC) N240, with astronaut Matt Dominick and the VIPER staff as part of their behind-the-scenes tour of the world-class research facilities at NASA Ames.

Creators tour the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) Multi-Mission Operations Center (MMOC) in N240, for a behind-the-scenes tour of the world-class research facilities at NASA Ames.

Creators tour the Automated Reconfigurable Mission Adaptive Digital Assembly Systems (ARMADAS) at the Roverscape, for a behind-the-scenes tour of the world-class research facilities at NASA Ames.

Matt Switzer opens furnace to reveal glowing material heated to 2,000 degrees.

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Jul 22

To honor the workforce helping NASA achieve the near-impossible, Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin is offering standout employees a one‑of‑a‑kind experience to fly as a ride-along passenger aboard a NASA aircraft. Julie Levri, a systems engineer and project manager at

Systems engineer Julie Levri, takes part in an employee incentive flight in an F/A-18 aircraft at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. Credit:NASA

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Jul 17

We give this lab five STARs ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ At our Sensors and Thermal Protections Systems Advanced Research Laboratory—STAR Labs—we specialize in the design, engineering, and fabrication of cutting-edge thermal protection materials and flight instrumentation that keep astronauts and