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 Highlights A large propeller plane takes off from a runway, surrounded by brown and green grasses with low buildings out of focus in the background. The plane is white with a blue stripe down the middle, and has a NASA logo on the tail. The sky is a hazy blue with some clouds.

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		NASA-Led Mission to Map Air Pollution Over Both U.S. Coasts

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			6 hours ago Students watch a sounding rocket launch at sunrise.

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		NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility to Launch Student Experiments

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			7 hours ago NASA’s Hubble Restarts Science in New Pointing Mode

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		NASA’s Hubble Restarts Science in New Pointing Mode

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 Highlights A woman with long, wavy hair and a bright smile sits at a round table during a formal event, surrounded by other attendees. She is wearing a brown cardigan and a patterned blouse.

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		Lakita Lowe: Leading Space Commercialization Innovations and Fostering STEM Engagement

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			2 days ago NASA’s Repository Supports Research of Commercial Astronaut Health

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		NASA’s Repository Supports Research of Commercial Astronaut Health

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			3 days ago NASA astronaut Doug “Wheels” Wheelock and Axiom Space astronaut Peggy Whitson prepare for a test of full-scale mockups of spacesuits developed by Axiom Space and SpaceX’s Starship human landing system developed for NASA’s Artemis missions to the Moon.

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		NASA Astronauts Practice Next Giant Leap for Artemis

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 Highlights A large propeller plane takes off from a runway, surrounded by brown and green grasses with low buildings out of focus in the background. The plane is white with a blue stripe down the middle, and has a NASA logo on the tail. The sky is a hazy blue with some clouds.

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		NASA-Led Mission to Map Air Pollution Over Both U.S. Coasts

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			6 hours ago NASA Announces New System to Aid Disaster Response

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		NASA Announces New System to Aid Disaster Response

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			1 day ago Amendment 21: A.3 Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry: NSPIRES cover page issue and Delay of Proposal Due Date

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		Amendment 21: A.3 Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry: NSPIRES cover page issue and Delay of Proposal Due Date

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		The Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon

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			1 day ago Mars Dunes

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			1 day ago Ed Stone, former director of JPL and project scientist for the Voyager mission, died on June 9, 2024. A friend, mentor, and colleague to many, he was known for his straightforward leadership and commitment to communicating with the public.

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		Ed Stone, Former Director of JPL, Voyager Project Scientist, Dies

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 Featured Hubble Observes a Cosmic Fossil

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		Hubble Observes a Cosmic Fossil

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			14 hours ago WL20 group of stars is located in the Rho Ophiuchi star-forming region

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			1 day ago Artist's illustration of a star system near the Sun that is close enough to Earth for exoplanets in their habitable zones to be directly imaged using future telescopes.

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 Highlights Hubble Observes a Cosmic Fossil

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		Hubble Observes a Cosmic Fossil

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			14 hours ago Voyager 1 Returning Science Data From All Four Instruments

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		Voyager 1 Returning Science Data From All Four Instruments

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		NASA’s Webb Reveals Long-Studied Star Is Actually Twins

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 Highlights Illustration showing several future aircraft concepts flying over a mid-sized city with a handful of skyscrapers.

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		ARMD Solicitations

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			1 week ago Team “Rumble Ready” from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, comprised of (from left to right) Professor Mark Gonda, Nicole Xie, Junaid Bodla, Jordan Ragsac, Krishi Gajjar, Gerald McAllister III, and Leara Dominguez, took home first place at the 2024 Gateways to Blue Skies Forum held May 30-31 at NASA Ames Research Center. They are standing in a row posing for the photo; the team members are wearing blue t-shirts, black pants, and tennis shoes.

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		Winners Announced in Gateways to Blue Skies Aeronautics Competition

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		NASA’s Roman Mission Gets Cosmic ‘Sneak Peek’ From Supercomputers

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			2 days ago Ed Stone, former director of JPL and project scientist for the Voyager mission, died on June 9, 2024. A friend, mentor, and colleague to many, he was known for his straightforward leadership and commitment to communicating with the public.

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		Ed Stone, Former Director of JPL, Voyager Project Scientist, Dies

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 Featured A team from Iowa accepts its Artemis grand prize award during NASA’s Lunabotics competition on Friday, May 17, 2024, at the Center for Space Education near the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.

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		Artemis Generation Shines During NASA’s 2024 Lunabotics Challenge

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 Highlights Students watch a sounding rocket launch at sunrise.

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		NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility to Launch Student Experiments

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A robot and astronaut shake hands.  About Strategic Partnerships at Ames
 The NASA Ames Strategic Partnership Office, within the Office of the Center Director, provides Center-level strategic policy and procedural guidance for all domestic, unclassified partnerships matters. NASA engages in partnerships with international, intergovernmental, academic, industrial, and entrepreneurial communities, recognizing them as important contributors of skill and creativity to our missions and for the propagation of our results. Partnerships are implemented through a variety of mechanisms including Space Act Agreements, Commercial Space Launch Act Agreements, and Cooperative Research and Development Agreements, Research and Development of innovative technologies through annual Solicitations, Software Licensing, Patents, among others. The areas of focus in the NASA Ames Partnership Office include: Agreements Office



Technology Transfer



Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/ Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) – Agency Level 2 Program Office  To fulfill the NASA Strategic Plan, the NASA Ames Partnerships Office: Provides collaborators access to Ames’ unique facilities and expertise



Facilitates commercialization of NASA technology through the private sector



Supports the NASA HQ Office of International and Intergovernmental Relations (OIIR) Office with the exchange and engagement with International Partners



Promotes innovation in the following areas of expertise: 
**Entry systems****:** *Safely delivering spacecraft to Earth & other celestial bodies*



**Advanced Computing & IT Systems:** *Enabling NASA’s advanced modeling and simulation* 
**Supercomputing**



**Aerosciences:** *Testing on the ground before you take to the sky* 
**Wind Tunnels**



**Air Traffic Management:** *Transforming the way we fly* 
**NextGen Air Transportation**



**Astrobiology and Life Science:** *Understanding life on Earth – and in space* 
**Biology & Astrobiology**



**Cost-Effective Space Missions:** *Enabling high value science to low Earth orbit & the moon*



**Intelligent Systems:***Complementing humans in space* 
**Autonomy & Robotics**



**Human Systems Integration**



**Space and Earth Science:***Understanding our planet, our solar system and everything beyond* 
**Exoplanets**



**Airborne Science**  Related Documents **NAII 1050-1C – Space Act Agreements Guide******



**NPD 1050.7 – Authority to Enter into Partnership Agreements******



**National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958**



**NASA Artemis Accords******


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