NASA Ames Telescope Spots Potentially Life-Friendly Planets
MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS) – Scientists at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View have identified more than 50 potential planets which are orbiting in a habitable zone around other stars. The Kepler...
View ArticleNobel Laureate Collapses At NASA Ames Research Center, Dies
MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS / AP) — Dr. Baruch S. Blumberg, who shared the 1976 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his discovery of the hepatitis B virus, has died. He was 85. George Blumberg said...
View ArticlePreservationists Concerned About Future Of Mountain View’s Hangar One
MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS) – In the middle of a Navy project to strip toxic siding off Hangar One, Congress stripped away funding NASA needed to rebuild the historic Moffett Field structure for contemporary...
View ArticleInvestors At NASA Conference See Earthly Riches In Space Research
MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS) – This year’s NewSpace conference at NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field offered hints at where the space agency and the private sector are headed now that the space shuttle...
View ArticleNASA Ames Researchers Monitoring Falling Satellite
MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS SF) – A dead 6-ton satellite baffled NASA experts Friday by slowing its descent toward Earth and delaying its ultimate crash until the weekend. Scientists were unable to pinpoint the...
View ArticleHealthWatch: New Treadmill Helps Users Defy Gravity
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) — The workhorse of the gym, treadmills are a staple of cardiovascular exercise, helping people burn calories and get in shape. A new generation of treadmills developed in the Bay...
View ArticleNASA Ames Center Spared From President’s Budget Cuts
MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS) – President Barack Obama is proposing a billion dollar cut to NASA’s budget, but it won’t have any affect on operations at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View. In fact,...
View ArticleInternational Space Station To Be Visible Above Bay Area
MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS SF) – Stargazers and space enthusiasts could have a chance to see the International Space Station in the skies above the Bay Area Tuesday Night. Weather permitting, the space station...
View ArticleSilicon Valley Leaders Fight For Future Of Moffett Field’s Hangar One
MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS) – Leaders in Silicon Valley are renewing their efforts to save the historic Hangar One structure at Moffett Field in Mountain View. Members of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group,...
View Article‘Transit Of Venus’ Visible Above California Tuesday
MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS 5) – Another must-see event for casual sky-watchers and budding astronomers alike was in the skies above California on Tuesday. The so-called “transit of Venus” — when the planet...
View ArticleSigns Of Water On Mars Excites NASA Ames Scientists
MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS) – Data being sent back by the Curiosity rover on Mars shows there was likely water on the red planet for thousands, if not millions of years. That observation was the highlight of...
View ArticleKepler Telescope Finds Smallest Planet Yet Outside Solar System
MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS/AP) — Astronomers have found the smallest planet yet outside of our solar system. It’s about the size of our moon and it’s the first known planet smaller than any in the solar...
View ArticleMountain View’s NASA Ames Spared From Obama Budget Cuts
MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS)—NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View has been spared from President Barack Obama’s proposed budget cuts. The president’s proposal calls for $733 million for NASA Ames in...
View ArticleBrown Presses Climate Change Crusade At NASA Ames In Mountain View
MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS SF) - Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday urged scientists to dedicate themselves to convincing a distracted public and news media about the dangers of climate change and other potential...
View ArticleNASA Head Envisions Bright Future For Ames Research Center In Mountain View
MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS) – The Ames Research Center will play an important role in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s future, despite sequestration cuts that have impacted some day to day...
View ArticleNASA Spacecraft Built In Mountain View Launched To Explore Moon
MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS News) — An innovative, relatively low-cost spacecraft built in the Bay Area was launched from the Virginia coast late Friday on a mission to study the moon’s ultra-thin atmosphere...
View ArticleNASA Ames Observes ‘Day Of Remembrance’ For Astronauts’ Sacrifices
MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS) — Flags flew at half-staff on Friday at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View as the space agency honored the astronauts who have made the ultimate sacrifice. During the...
View ArticleGoogle Subsidiary To Run Moffett Field, Renovate Hangar One
MOUNTAIN VIEW (AP) - The U.S. government has picked a Google subsidiary to run and renovate a federal airfield that is frequently used for the personal flights of the Internet company’s billionaire...
View ArticleNASA Ames In Mountain View Plays Big Role In Latest Climate Change Study
MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS) – NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field in Mountain View is providing an unprecedented look at our home planet, to help assist in better understanding climate change....
View ArticleNASA Ames Research Center Holds Open House In Mountain View For 75th Anniversary
MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS)— A water-cooled wind tunnel is just one of the facilities that will be on display Saturday at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View. It’s the first time since the late ‘90s...
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