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The Cast of Broadway’s ‘The Wiz’ “Ease on Down the Road” to Visit NASA Ames
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Members of the cast and crew of Broadway production “The Wiz,” currently on tour at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Theatre,…

Jan 29, 2024
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What is the Vertical Motion Simulator?
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The world’s largest flight simulator for high-fidelity testing of new and experimental aircraft and spacecraft designs Driven by powerful motors…

Jun 6, 2023
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Air Taxi Ride Quality: Seeking a Smooth Ride at the Vertical Motion Simulator

Four passengers participate in a simulation of an air taxi ride at NASA’s Vertical Motion Simulator, or VMS. Located at…

Feb 26, 2020
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View west into sun glint off the Rio Salado, Saladillo, and Parana Rivers in Argentina. The Space Shuttle nadir is about 28 degrees north latitude and 57 degrees west longitude. The Andes Mountains are barely visible on Earth's limb. Thunderstorms along the eastern edge of the Andes are typical of this time of year (Southern Hemisphere summer), with anvils moving to the east from the core of the storm.

IR STIG Seminar Series, 6 April 2026

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Tidal Tales logo. A cartoon depicts two galaxies with opposite rotations merging together against a backdrop of black space. Each galaxy has a "tidal tail" or extended arm of material sweeping away from its nucleus. These two tails are crossing below the nuclei of the galaxies such that the whole configuration resembles a Valentine heart.

Astrophysics Division Meeting, 10 March 2026

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