Plans for Berkeley Space Center Unveiled for NASA Ames

The new 36-acre innovation hub will accommodate up to 1.4 million square feet of research space, the University of California at Berkeley said.

Kimberly Johnson

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 01:00 PM ET

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Artist's rendering of NASA's Ames Research Center and Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View, California, shows the future location of the Berkeley Space Center (gray buildings stretching from center to right). The center will be an innovation hub encouraging collaborations among University of California at Berkeley faculty and students, private companies, NASA scientists and engineers, and Silicon Valley's tech industry. NASA Ames' iconic Hangar One, which once housed airships, is at left. [Courtesy: University of California at Berkeley]

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NASA and UC Berkeley are partnering to build a new $2 billion "Berkeley Space Center" innovation hub at NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
The 36-acre complex will offer 1.4 million square feet of state-of-the-art research labs and classrooms, designed to foster collaboration among university researchers, private companies, and NASA.
It aims to create an ecosystem for advancing aviation, space exploration (including biomanufacturing for deep space), and leveraging NASA's high-performance computing assets.
The center's mission is to tackle complex scientific and societal issues, inspire the next generation of explorers, and disseminate NASA's technologies for public benefit.

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NASA and University of California at Berkeley announced Monday they are teaming up for a new aviation and space innovation hub located at the space agency’s research campus in Silicon Valley.

Once completed, the 36-acre Berkeley Space Center will be able to accommodate up to 1.4 million square feet of research space located at NASA Ames Research Center and Moffett Federal Airfield (KNUQ) in Mountain View, California.