NASA Archives - The Six Fifty

Robot-staffed restaurants & NASA Ames history: Peek inside Mountain View’s new Ameswell Hotel

“This is not a stuffy, high-end hotel…this is an experience for the community.”

NASA’s on a mission to Mars. This Peninsula expert wants you to come along for the ride

Hiller Aviation Museum’s Jon Welte talks space travel, Martian life and Silicon Valley in space. This illustration depicts NASA’s Perseverance rover operating on the surface of Mars. Perseverance will land at the Red Planet’s Jezero Crater a little after 3:40 p.m. EST (12:40 p.m. PST) on Feb. 18, 2021. (Image via NASA) This time next week, Perseverance could be sitting peacefully upon Martian ground. If its landing proves a successful one, NASA’s Perseverance ...

Silicon Valley Stargazing: here’s how to see Comet Neowise on the SF Peninsula…this week!

We checked in with an astronomer (and local photographers too) to get the best tips for viewing…and then we went out and had a look. A composite image capturing Neowise in the early a.m. hours over Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve, in San Jose. (Photo by Dan Pruyn) We checked in with an astronomer (and local photographers too) to get the best tips for viewing…and then we went out and had a ...