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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.

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10-09-2012 - Mission Control Technologies Goes Open Source
Mission Control Technologies (MCT) is now Open Source software, available under the Apache 2.0 license.
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10-3-2012 - Dr. Irving Statler receives the Wesley L. McDonald Distinguished Statesman of Aviation Award
Dr. Irving Statler from the Human Systems Integration Division is the recipient of the National Aeronautics Association's Distinguished Statesman of Aviation award
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09-27-2012 - Simulations Uncover "Flashy" Secrets of Merging Black Holes
According to Einstein, whenever massive objects interact, they produce gravitational waves -- distortions in the very fabric of space and time

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