Ames Exploration Technology Directorate
The Ames Exploration Technology Directorate's mission is to be world-class creators and facilitators of
innovative, intelligent, high-performance and reliable exploration technologies that will enable
current and future NASA missions.
DIRECTORATE NEWS
- 09.07.2011 - The Impact of Stratospheric Ozone Changes on Downward Wave Coupling in the Southern Hemisphere
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Using supercomputing resources at the NAS facility, scientists have published a study that reveals a new mechanism wherein stratospheric ozone changes can affect the tropospheric circulation.
- 08.25.2011 - First Glimpse into Birth of the Milky Way
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Astrophysicists from the University of Zurich and the University of California at Santa Cruz have completed the world's first realistic simulation of the formation of our home galaxy. The new results were calculated on supercomputers at the Swiss National Supercomputing Center and the NASA Advanced Supercomputing Facility.
- 08.18.2011IRG “Crater Detection” Challenge for NASA Tournament Lab
- The Intelligent Robotics Group has created a “Crater Detection” challenge for the NASA Tournament Lab. This challenge focuses on detecting impact craters in orbital images and will run from June 15-29, 2011. Detecting these features is of keen interest to mission planners and scientists at NASA.
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