Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden unveils 'Best Places to Work' plaque in Federal Government 2012 at all-hands meeting

Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden unveils 'Best Places to Work' plaque in Federal Government 2012 at all-hands meeting

Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden visits the NFAC 80x120ft wind tunnel control room during a Parachute deployment test. Joe Sacco explains test procedure to Worden (on left).

Ames 2012 Fellows Awards Dinner Honoring inductees Lousi J. Allamandola, Wayne R. Johnson, Baruch S. Blumberg and Hans Mark (showing Dr.Hans Mark and Pete Worden, Ames Director)

Kick-off event for Google NASA collaboration (held in the Ames Exploration Center 943A) with Ames Center Director Pete Worden (L) and Dan Clancy, Director of engineering Google

Professor John Beddington, UK (United Kingdom) Government Chief Scientist Advisor visit to Ames - greeted by Ames Center Director Pete Worden in Bldg N-200 Boyd Room

Ames 2012 Fellows Awards Dinner Honoring inductees Lousi J. Allamandola, Wayne R. Johnson, Baruch S. Blumberg and Hans Mark (showing Dr. Wayne Johnson and Pete Worden, Ames Director)

Kick-off event for Google NASA collaboration (held in the Ames Exploration Center 943A) with Ames Center Director Pete Worden (L) and Dan Clancy, Director of engineering Google

Ames 2012 Fellows Awards Dinner Honoring inductees Lousi J. Allamandola, Wayne R. Johnson, Baruch S. Blumberg and Hans Mark (showing Allamandola and Pete Worden)

Professor John Beddington, UK (United Kingdom) Government Chief Scientist Advisor visit to Ames on tour of the Small Satellites area Bldg 45 with ______and Ames Center Director Pete Worden (and a lunar lander prototype)

Park Avenue Elementary Teachers Visit / Thank You for Donation of Computers: Ames Director Pete Worden opening gift from school with Sergio Torris, Principal and a unnamed teacher.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger with Pete Worden, Ames Center Director during a visit to Ames.

Mythbusters TV in Ames CVSRF Simulator with Discovery Channel show host Jamie Hyneman (white shirt) and Ames Center Director Pete Worden

Kick-off event for Google NASA collaboration (held in the Ames Exploration Center 943A) with Chris Kemp, Ames Business Development (L) Ames Center Director Pete Worden (M) and Dan Clancy, Director of engineering Google (R)

Kick-off event for Google NASA collaboration (held in the Ames Exploration Center 943A) with Chris Kemp, Ames Business Development (L) Ames Center Director Pete Worden (L-M) Tiffany Montage, Project Manager Engineering, Google (R-M) and Dan Clancy, Director of engineering Google (R)

Ames 2012 Fellows Awards Dinner Honoring inductees Lousi J. Allamandola, Wayne R. Johnson, Baruch S. Blumberg and Hans Mark. Dr. Carl Pilcher accepting for Dr. Baruch Blumburg with Pete Worden, Ames Director presenting.

Kick-off event for Google NASA collaboration (held in the Ames Exploration Center 943A) with Chris Kemp, Ames Business Development (L) Ames Center Director Pete Worden (M) and Dan Clancy, Director of engineering Google (R)

NASA Advisory Council Meeting at NASA Ames Research Center NRP Conference Center. Charlie Bolden, NASA Administrator (right) with Pete Worden, NASA Ames Director (left)

NASA Ames Tweetup and tour of center by invitation of the NASA Ames Public Affairs Office. Center Director Pete Worden chats with tweeters during the morning overview sessions at the visitor's center.

2008 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) Team: (L-R)Don Durston, Jeff Cross, Paul Espinosa, Lupe Sanchez, Pete Worden, Miriam Glazer, Lew Braxton, Paul Pinaula, Gerald DePerio

LCROSS Impact Night: From left to Right Jack Boyd, unknown, Pete Klupar, (middle) Lewis Braxton III, Pete Worden, John Marmie (back) Tina Panontin (seated), Chuck Duff and unknown in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR).

Ames 70th Anniversary Turn Back the Clock Day with antique Class Cars and Classic Car parade around the center. S. Pete Worden, Ames Center Director hopes onboard for a ride in the parade.

Ames officially renames its Main Auditorium (N201) in memory of former Ames Center Director Clarence 'Sy' Syvertson 1977 to 1984. Shown here on right is Mrs. JoAnn Syvertson holding the plaque from Syvertson induction into the Ames Hall of Fame in 2000 and Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden 2006 -

Ames officially renames its Main Auditorium (N201) in memory of former Ames Center Director Clarence 'Sy' Syvertson 1977 to 1984. Shown here on right is Mrs. JoAnn Syvertson and Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden 2006 -

Park Avenue Elementary Teachers Visit / Thank You for Donation of Computers. From left to right are Dennis Wingo, Skycorp, Damon Reid, Property Disposal Officer NASA Ames, Andy Dominguez, Property Disposal Specialist NASA Ames, Kenneth Zin, PKZ Corp. Pete Worden, Director, NASA Ames Research Center, Sergio Torres, Vice Principle Park Avenue Elementary, unkown, Betty Maxwell, Speech Languare Pathologist.

Lunar Science Institute (LSI) Grand Opening. Ribbon Cutting, L-R: James Green, Director, Planetary Programs, NASA Headquarters, Mike Honda, U.S. Congressman,15th District, Apollo Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, S. Pete Worden, Director, NASA Ames Research Center, David Morrison, Interiu Director, NASA Lunar Science Institute. David Morse at podium.

LCROSS Impact Night: From left to right John Marmie, Jack Boyd, Lewis Braxton, III, Tina Panontin, Pete Worden (center front) Chuck Duff, in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR). All right, impact!

LCROSS Impact Night: In the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR). From left to right, John Marmie, Jack Boyd, Lew Braxton, Pete Worden, Tina Panontin (looking at wall monitor) and Chuck Duff awaiting confirmation of impact

LCROSS Impact Night: From left to right John Marmie, Jack Boyd, Lewis Braxton, III, Tina Panontin, Pete Worden (center front) Chuck Duff, in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR). All right, impact!

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame. with Lew Braxton, Pete Worden and ____

United States Congresswomen Zoe Lofgren, CA visits with Ames Center Director Dr. Pete Worden and Director of StratCom Angela Diaz (l-r) Diaz, Worden, Lofgren

United States Congresswomen Zoe Lofgren, CA visits with Ames Center Director Dr. Pete Worden and Director of StratCom Angela Diaz (l-r) Diaz, Worden, Lofgren

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger during a press briefing following a visit to Ames Earth Science Division for a briefing by Steve Hipskind on NASA Ames remote sensing fire fighting efforts. Also shown left to right, Mike Freilich, Director, NASA Earth Sceinces Division, Steve Hipskind, Pete Worden, Governor Schwarzenegger, Chief Del Walters, Assistant Region Fire Chief, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Tom Maruyama, Deputy Director, Office of Emergency Services

Director's Council, front row left to right, Lewis Braxton, Deputy Director of Ames, S. Pete Worden, Director of Ames, Steve Zornetzer, Associate Center Director. Back row left to right Paul Agnew, CFO, Jack Boyd, Sr. Advisor to the Center Director, Karen Bradford, Chief of Staff, Deb Feng, Deputy Director (Acting), Phil Fluegemann, Executive Officer for Deputy Director .

Netherlands Memorandum of Record (MOR) agreement signing the NASA Ames Research Center, Mofffett Field, California. Signing the MOR are on left Dr. Louis B.J.Vertegaal, Director of Physical Sciences, Chemistry, and Advanced Chemical Technologies for Sustainability, of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and on right Dr. S. Pete Worden, Director NASA Ames Research Center

Ames 70_year picture day on Flight line. Center Director S. Pete Worden, Jack Boyd, Lewis Braxton, III start the line on the seven.

NASA's 50th Anniversay year. Panel discussion with four of NASA AMES's past center directors on how their tenure effected Ames and NASA. On the projects they pushed for and/or pushed forward and the culture of the center and the agency and how that worked for or against Ames, as well as major contributions of the time made by Ames Research Center. Panel L-R; Hans Mark, Sy Syvertson, Dale Compton, Scott Hubbard and Pete Worden, present director. (Past Directors served for periods from 1969 thru 2006) Scott Hubbard and Pete Worden

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed recently met with Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden and also took a quick tour of the Osmotic Lab and hyperwall-2 at Ames. Reed is seen here (sitting, right) at the hyperwall-2 with Steve Hipskind, Chief, NASA’s Earth Science Division (left). and Ames Center Director Pete Worden behind Reed.

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed recently met with Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden and also took a quick tour of the Osmotic Lab and hyperwall-2 at Ames. Reed is seen here (sitting, right) at the hyperwall-2 with Steve Hipskind, Chief, NASA’s Earth Science Division (left). and Ames Center Director Pete Worden behind Reed.

Obama Administration launches Cloud Computing Initiative at Ames Research Center with left to right; S. Pete Worden, Center Director, Lori Garver, NASA Deputy Administrator, Vivek Kundra, White House Chief Federal Information Officer

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed recently met with Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden and also took a quick tour of the Osmotic Lab and hyperwall-2 at Ames.

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed recently met with Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden and also took a quick tour of the Osmotic Lab and hyperwall-2 at Ames.

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed recently met with Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden and also took a quick tour of the Osmotic Lab and hyperwall-2 at Ames.

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed recently met with Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden and also took a quick tour of the Osmotic Lab and hyperwall-2 at Ames.

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed recently met with Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden and also took a quick tour of the Osmotic Lab and hyperwall-2 at Ames.

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed recently met with Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden and also took a quick tour of the Osmotic Lab and hyperwall-2 at Ames.

Ames 70_year picture day on Flight line. Center Director S. Pete Worden, ______, Jack Boyd, Lewis Braxton, III, Tim Naumowicz start the line on the seven.

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed recently met with Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden and also took a quick tour of the Osmotic Lab and hyperwall-2 at Ames.

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed recently met with Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden and also took a quick tour of the Osmotic Lab and hyperwall-2 at Ames.

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed recently met with Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden and also took a quick tour of the Osmotic Lab and hyperwall-2 at Ames.

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed recently met with Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden and also took a quick tour of the Osmotic Lab and hyperwall-2 at Ames.

NASA's 50th Anniversay year. Panel discussion with four of NASA AMES's past center directors on how their tenure effected Ames and NASA. On the projects they pushed for and/or pushed forward and the culture of the center and the agency and how that worked for or against Ames, as well as major contributions of the time made by Ames Research Center. Panel L-R; Hans Mark, Sy Syvertson, Dale Compton, Scott Hubbard and Pete Worden, present director. (Past Directors served for periods from 1969 thru 2006) Pete Worden signing a Time Magazine cover with a story about NASA's Mission to Mars. for a Space fan from Flordia.

NASA's 50th Anniversay year. Panel discussion with four of NASA AMES's past center directors on how their tenure effected Ames and NASA. On the projects they pushed for and/or pushed forward and the culture of the center and the agency and how that worked for or against Ames, as well as major contributions of the time made by Ames Research Center. Panel L-R; Hans Mark, Sy Syvertson, Dale Compton, Scott Hubbard and Pete Worden, present director. (Past Directors served for periods from 1969 thru 2006) Ames Directors L-R: Hans Mark, Sy Syvertson, Dale Compton, Scott Hubbard and Pete Worden

Dedication of the Clarence A. 'Sy' Syvertson Auditorium On July 15, 2011, Ames officiclly renamed its Main Aduitorium (N201) in memory of former Ames Center Director Clarence 'Sy' Syvertson. Syvertson served as Ames Center Director from 1977 to 1984 and passed away Sept 13, 2010. He began his 35-year career at Ames in 1948 and in addition to being Center Director, he also served as Ames' Director of Astronautics and Deputy Director. Syvertson was instrumental in remodeling the auditorium and it is entirely fitting that it be named in his honor. Seen here from left to right are: Syvertson's wife Joann; Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden ; his daughter Lynn and Jack Boyd, senior advisor to the center director. Mrs. JoAnn Syvertson looks a dedication plaque placed in honor of her husband.

Dedication of the Clarence A. 'Sy' Syvertson Auditorium On July 15, 2011, Ames officiclly renamed its Main Aduitorium (N201) in memory of former Ames Center Director Clarence 'Sy' Syvertson. Syvertson served as Ames Center Director from 1977 to 1984 and passed away Sept 13, 2010. He began his 35-year career at Ames in 1948 and in addition to being Center Director, he also served as Ames' Director of Astronautics and Deputy Director. Syvertson was instrumental in remodeling the auditorium and it is entirely fitting that it be named in his honor. Seen here from left to right are: Syvertson's wife Joann; Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden ; his daughter Lynn and Jack Boyd, senior advisor to the center director.

HRH Prince Frederik of Denmark visit and tour of NASA Ames Research Center. from Left to right Shown the with Ames Special Advisor to the Director John W. 'Jack' Boyd, HRH, and Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden.

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed recently met with Ames Center Director S. Pete Worden and also took a quick tour of the Osmotic Lab and hyperwall-2 at Ames. Reed is seen here (sitting, right) at the hyperwall-2 with Steve Hipskind, Chief, NASA’s Earth Science Division (left).

NASA's 50th Anniversay year. Panel discussion with four of NASA AMES's past center directors on how their tenure effected Ames and NASA. On the projects they pushed for and/or pushed forward and the culture of the center and the agency and how that worked for or against Ames, as well as major contributions of the time made by Ames Research Center. Panel L-R; Hans Mark, Sy Syvertson, Dale Compton, Scott Hubbard and Pete Worden, present director. (Past Directors served for periods from 1969 thru 2006)

NASA's 50th Anniversay year. Panel discussion with four of NASA AMES's past center directors on how their tenure effected Ames and NASA. On the projects they pushed for and/or pushed forward and the culture of the center and the agency and how that worked for or against Ames, as well as major contributions of the time made by Ames Research Center. Panel L-R; Hans Mark, Sy Syvertson, Dale Compton, Scott Hubbard and Pete Worden, present director. (Past Directors served for periods from 1969 thru 2006)

NASA's 50th Anniversay year. Panel discussion with four of NASA AMES's past center directors on how their tenure effected Ames and NASA. On the projects they pushed for and/or pushed forward and the culture of the center and the agency and how that worked for or against Ames, as well as major contributions of the time made by Ames Research Center. Panel L-R; Hans Mark, Sy Syvertson, Dale Compton, Scott Hubbard and Pete Worden, present director. (Past Directors served for periods from 1969 thru 2006)

NASA's 50th Anniversay year. Panel discussion with four of NASA AMES's past center directors on how their tenure effected Ames and NASA. On the projects they pushed for and/or pushed forward and the culture of the center and the agency and how that worked for or against Ames, as well as major contributions of the time made by Ames Research Center. Panel L-R; Hans Mark, Sy Syvertson, Dale Compton, Scott Hubbard and Pete Worden, present director. (Past Directors served for periods from 1969 thru 2006)

NASA's 50th Anniversay year. Panel discussion with four of NASA AMES's past center directors on how their tenure effected Ames and NASA. On the projects they pushed for and/or pushed forward and the culture of the center and the agency and how that worked for or against Ames, as well as major contributions of the time made by Ames Research Center. Panel L-R; Hans Mark, Sy Syvertson, Dale Compton, Scott Hubbard and Pete Worden, present director. (Past Directors served for periods from 1969 thru 2006)

NASA's 50th Anniversay year. Panel discussion with four of NASA AMES's past center directors on how their tenure effected Ames and NASA. On the projects they pushed for and/or pushed forward and the culture of the center and the agency and how that worked for or against Ames, as well as major contributions of the time made by Ames Research Center. Panel L-R; Hans Mark, Sy Syvertson, Dale Compton, Scott Hubbard and Pete Worden, present director. (Past Directors served for periods from 1969 thru 2006)

Janice Hahn, Councilwoman, District 15, City of Los Angeles visits NASA Ames Research Center. Associate Director Steve Zornetzer and Center Director S. Pete Worden meet with .Janice Hahn, Councilwoman, District 15, City of Los Angeles, Jenny Chavez, Staffer for Councilwoman Hahn, Walter Zifkin, Commissioner, Los Angles International Airport, Michael Molina, Chief of External Affairs, LAWA, Jaideep Vaswani. Chief of Airport Planning, LAWA

NASA's 50th Anniversay year. Panel discussion with four of NASA AMES's past center directors on how their tenure effected Ames and NASA. On the projects they pushed for and/or pushed forward and the culture of the center and the agency and how that worked for or against Ames, as well as major contributions of the time made by Ames Research Center. Panel L-R; Hans Mark, Sy Syvertson, Dale Compton, Scott Hubbard and Pete Worden, present director. (Past Directors served for periods from 1969 thru 2006)

NASA's 50th Anniversay year. Panel discussion with four of NASA AMES's past center directors on how their tenure effected Ames and NASA. On the projects they pushed for and/or pushed forward and the culture of the center and the agency and how that worked for or against Ames, as well as major contributions of the time made by Ames Research Center. Panel L-R; Hans Mark, Sy Syvertson, Dale Compton, Scott Hubbard and Pete Worden, present director. (Past Directors served for periods from 1969 thru 2006) Dale Compton speaking.

NASA's 50th Anniversay year. Panel discussion with four of NASA AMES's past center directors on how their tenure effected Ames and NASA. On the projects they pushed for and/or pushed forward and the culture of the center and the agency and how that worked for or against Ames, as well as major contributions of the time made by Ames Research Center. Panel L-R; Hans Mark, Sy Syvertson, Dale Compton, Scott Hubbard and Pete Worden, present director. (Past Directors served for periods from 1969 thru 2006)

2010 Yuri's Night celebration held at the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. as part of the world wide celebration of the first man in space and the Space Shuttle program that followed 20 years later. From left to Right, Wizard Lori Garver, Deputy Administrator of NASA, Jack Boyd, Senior Advisor to the Director, Lewis Braxton, III, Deputy Director of Ames Research Center, Klingon S. Pete Worden, Director, Ames Research Center, Karen Bradford, Chief of Staff, Deborah Feng, Director, Center Operations.

NASA's 50th Anniversay year. Panel discussion with four of NASA AMES's past center directors on how their tenure effected Ames and NASA. On the projects they pushed for and/or pushed forward and the culture of the center and the agency and how that worked for or against Ames, as well as major contributions of the time made by Ames Research Center. Panel L-R; Hans Mark, Sy Syvertson, Dale Compton, Scott Hubbard and Pete Worden, present director. (Past Directors served for periods from 1969 thru 2006) Sy Syvertson signing a Time Magazine cover with a story about NASA's Mission to Mars. for a Space fan from Flordia.

NASA's 50th Anniversay year. Panel discussion with four of NASA AMES's past center directors on how their tenure effected Ames and NASA. On the projects they pushed for and/or pushed forward and the culture of the center and the agency and how that worked for or against Ames, as well as major contributions of the time made by Ames Research Center. Panel L-R; Hans Mark, Sy Syvertson, Dale Compton, Scott Hubbard and Pete Worden, present director. (Past Directors served for periods from 1969 thru 2006) Dale Compton signing a Time Magazine cover with a story about NASA's Mission to Mars. for a Space fan from Flordia.

NASA's 50th Anniversay year. Panel discussion with four of NASA AMES's past center directors on how their tenure effected Ames and NASA. On the projects they pushed for and/or pushed forward and the culture of the center and the agency and how that worked for or against Ames, as well as major contributions of the time made by Ames Research Center. Panel L-R; Hans Mark, Sy Syvertson, Dale Compton, Scott Hubbard and Pete Worden, present director. (Past Directors served for periods from 1969 thru 2006) at a round table in the Boyd Room of N-200.

NASA's 50th Anniversay year. Panel discussion with four of NASA AMES's past center directors on how their tenure effected Ames and NASA. On the projects they pushed for and/or pushed forward and the culture of the center and the agency and how that worked for or against Ames, as well as major contributions of the time made by Ames Research Center. Panel L-R; Hans Mark, Sy Syvertson, Dale Compton, Scott Hubbard and Pete Worden, present director. (Past Directors served for periods from 1969 thru 2006) Sy Syverson posses with his portrait hanging in the hall of NASA Ames Administration Building N-200.

NASA's 50th Anniversay year. Panel discussion with four of NASA AMES's past center directors on how their tenure effected Ames and NASA. On the projects they pushed for and/or pushed forward and the culture of the center and the agency and how that worked for or against Ames, as well as major contributions of the time made by Ames Research Center. Panel L-R; Hans Mark, Sy Syvertson, Dale Compton, Scott Hubbard and Pete Worden, present director. (Past Directors served for periods from 1969 thru 2006) Hans Mark signing a Time Magazine cover with a story about NASA's Mission to Mars. for a Space fan from Flordia.

NASA's 50th Anniversay year. Panel discussion with four of NASA AMES's past center directors on how their tenure effected Ames and NASA. On the projects they pushed for and/or pushed forward and the culture of the center and the agency and how that worked for or against Ames, as well as major contributions of the time made by Ames Research Center. Panel L-R; Hans Mark, Sy Syvertson, Dale Compton, Scott Hubbard and Pete Worden, present director. (Past Directors served for periods from 1969 thru 2006) Scott Hubbard signing a Time Magazine cover with a story about NASA's Mission to Mars. for a Space fan from Flordia.

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,

Singularity University First Meeting with Ames Center Director Pete Worden,