Ames Research Center
Learn about many of the missions, projects, and facilities at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley.
Advanced Air Mobility/Air Traffic Management →Supporting air transportation of the future through next-generation aircraft and air traffic management systems.Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence →Leading the way for autonomous vehicles and spacecraft, and advanced use of AI to support future missions and research.Entry Systems →Pioneering entry system research and technology, including the development and testing of thermal protection systems.Fundamental Space Biology →Understanding the effects of high radiation and low gravity environments on humans in spaceAerosciences →Entry system testing and development, wind tunnel and aerodynamic testing, and complex computational analysis.Advanced Computing and IT Systems →Home to world-class supercomputing and quantum computing technology for projects across the agency and partners.Biology and Astrobiology →Science and technology are brought together to design and build new biological functions and systems.Cost-Effective Space Missions →Implementing new space systems in a cost-effective way helps deliver more science results. Earth and Space Science →Exoplanet characterization, lab astrophysics and astrochemistry, and radiative transfer research.
Ames has been at the forefront of aeronautics research for over eighty years. Today, that work includes transformative initiatives to support air transportation of the future through next-generation aircraft and air traffic management systems.
Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response Operations (ACERO)Airspace Technology Demonstration 2 (ATD-2)Air Traffic Management-eXploration (ATM-X)Digital Information Platform (DIP)Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM)Urban Air Mobility (UAM)
Research and innovation at Ames is leading the way for autonomous vehicles and spacecraft, and advanced use of artificial intelligence to support future missions and research.
Ames is a pioneer in entry system research and technology, including the development and critical testing of thermal protection systems for commercial and NASA capsules.
Fundamental space biology has been an active area of research for decades at Ames, helping to understand the effects of high radiation and low gravity environments on humans in space.
Ames has a legacy of aeroscience research predating NASA, including entry system testing and development, wind tunnel and aerodynamic testing, and complex computational analysis.
Ames is home to world-class supercomputing and quantum computing technology, making simulations and modeling possible for projects across the agency and partners.
Entry Systems ModelingSupercomputingQuantum Computing
Ames is leading the Agency into a fledgling field of research — synthetic biology – where science and technology are brought together to design and build new biological functions and systems.
Implementing new space systems in a cost-effective way helps deliver more science results. Ames provides leadership in cost-effective spaceflight missions for NASA.
Ames assists in the agency’s astrophysics efforts in the areas of exoplanet characterization, lab astrophysics and astrochemistry, and radiative transfer research, among others.
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