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Narrator: The fifth annual California Aerospace

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Days event was recently held at the Capitol

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in Sacramento.

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It was an opportunity for NASA's Ames Research

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Center to showcase some of its key achievements

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and innovations in the Golden State.

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Ames showcased developments in air traffic

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control, including unmanned aerial vehicles

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in the national airspace.

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Other Ames topics included small satellites,

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robotics technology currently being tested on the

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International Space Station and the Kepler

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and K2 missions searching for habitable planets

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in our galaxy.

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Displays from NASA's Armstrong Flight Research

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Center and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory were also

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part of NASA's presence.

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California State Senator Jean Fuller, who chairs

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the Senate Committee on Defense and Aerospace,

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participated and discussed projects with

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scientists and researchers.

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A highlight of the event was a meeting between

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Governor Jerry Brown and leadership from the

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three California NASA Centers.

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Eugene Tu: We do quite a bit of work that benefits

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the state, especially in the areas of earth science.

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They could have impacts to the state in drought

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management, firefighting, agriculture,

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and many different other areas.

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Tom Edwards: A lot of people don't understand how much

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NASA touches lives in the state, every day.

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Our aeronautics work is helping people fly and

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to be good neighbors around airports.

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Our earth science is helping them deal with the

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effects of sea level rise and climate change.

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There are all kinds of ways that NASA touches

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everyday lives and we need to get that message out.