The NASA Ames History Office explores ways to make the Center's past relevant to its future. Staffed by historians and archivists, the History Office supports research, writing and oral history projects, and helps preserve, store, and provide access to records and artifacts related to the history of the Center. |
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Ames Celebrates the
40th Anniversary of
Pioneer 10
First manmade object to pass through the Asteroid Belt, to encounter the gas giants, to make direct observations and obtain close-up images of Jupiter, and to leave our solar system.
Launched March 2, 1972, Pioneer 10 is now eleven billion miles into deep space.
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SITE UPDATES AND NEWS
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The Extraordinary Pioneer 10 Spacecraft, Man's First Deep Space Probe
+ Pioneers of Sol: The Motes in Gods Eye - Article by Richard Corfield for Astrobiology Magazine commemorating the 40th anniversary.
+ Pioneer 10 Feature - 40th Anniversary news release about Pioneer 10.
+ The Pioneer Missions - More information about the Pioneer 10 and 11 missions.
+ Pioneer Odyssey - NASA Special Publication 349/396 about Pioneers 10 and 11 by Richard O. Fimmel, William Swindell, and Eric Burgess, dated 1977.
+ Historical Records - Guides to records about the Pioneer Program in the History Office archives.
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Technology and Exploration before and after the Space Shuttle
Listen to John W. "Jack" Boyd, G. Scott Hubbard, and former astronaut Garrett E. Reisman discuss the history and future of space exploration on the eve of the final Space Shuttle mission, with host Michael Krasny on KQED's radio program Forum.
+ KQED radio program July 7, 2011
+ Other Forum radio programs with guests from NASA Ames |
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New Collections and Guides:
+ LCROSS Collection: primarily contains material related to the mission's outreach efforts, including activities on social media platforms Twitter and Facebook.
Processed by April Gage.
+ Lunar Prospector Project Records: document the management of all aspects of the project, from the initial proposal through the extended mission. Processed by April Gage.
+ John D. Mihalov Papers: document Mihalov's solar physics contributions to Pioneers 6-12 and Galileo missions during his career as a research scientist at Ames. Processed by Holly Thomason.
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Collection Feature
+ 1979 Mars in 3-D Movie. This film is now digitally remastered and ready for viewing. Michael McNabb, who collaborated on the original, completed this massive project from archival film footage, sound reels, and related documentation loaned from the NASA Ames History Office.
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"The Freedom to Learn"
Article by Jack Boyd in the fall 2010 issue of NASA's ask magazine, in which he reflects on a rich career in the free-wheeling, collaborative environment at Ames and a advises how to strengthen future innovation by keeping a connectedness with the past.
+ View article online.
+ Download PDF of article. |
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YouTube Videos of Dean Chapman:
NASA 1962 film of Dr. Chapman discussing aerodynamic heating and atmospheric deceleration.
+ Part 1
+ Part 2
+ Part 3 |
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+ "How the Spaceship Got Its Shape" Article about Harvey Allen in the November 2009 issue of Air & Space Magazine. |
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+ NASA Ames Designated 2009 AIAA Historic Aerospace Site |
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+ YouTube Video of Jack Boyd's History Presentation:
Jack Boyd talks about the history of NASA Ames at Google on April 9, 2009. |
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+ Jack Boyd Earns NASA
History Award:
The NASA Ames senior advisor for history was recently commended for his "Energetic outreach and promotion of NASA history and for making history relevant to NASA's present and future." |
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+ The NACA Reunion Memory Album has moved:
It's still on this site but can now be accessed through the site index.
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FEATURED WORK
Atmosphere of Freedom
Seventy Years at the
NASA Ames Research Center
by Glenn E. Bugos
Much happened at the NASA Ames Research Center over its most recent decade that prompted a new look at its history. Ames stayed focused on its long-standing mission of basic research and forward-thinking technologies--in information technology, aeronautics, reentry systems, space life sciences, and planetary science. Still, the Center confronted new challenges and new programs emerged. Notable was the growth of astrobiology, the birth and death of nanotechnology, the establishment of the NASA Research Park, the LCROSS mission to the Moon and the Kepler mission to hunt for Earth-sized planets.The renewed emphasis on small spacecraft, for example, prompted renewed interest in Ames's historical strengths in spacecraft engineering dating back to the 1960s.
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