NASA Space Tech Spinoffs Benefit Earth Medicine, Moon to Mars Tools - NASA

As NASA innovates for the benefit of all, what the agency develops for exploration has the potential to evolve into other technologies with broader use here

NASA Selects Winners of Third TechRise Student Challenge - NASA

NASA is announcing 60 winning teams for its third TechRise Student Challenge, a nationwide contest to engage students in technology, science, and space

Robot Team Builds High-Performance Digital Structure for NASA - NASA

Greater than the sum of its parts: NASA tests the capability of a system that includes simple robots, structural building blocks, and smart algorithms to build functional, high-performance large-scale structures, ultimately enabling autonomous deep-s…

NASA Invests in Small Business Tech to Advance Alternative Fuels, More - NASA

NASA Administrator Names New Head of Space Technology - NASA

Dr. Kurt “Spuds” Vogel will serve as the new associate administrator of the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) at the agency’s headquarters in

NASA uses innovative technologies to address the challenges of cryogenic fluid management during sustained

One of those challenges is working with cryogenic fluids, meaning fluids existing in a liquid state between minus 238 degrees Fahrenheit and absolute zero

NASA uses innovative technologies to address the challenges of cryogenic fluid management during sustained

One of those challenges is working with cryogenic fluids, meaning fluids existing in a liquid state between minus 238 degrees Fahrenheit and absolute zero

New Study Updates NASA on Space-Based Solar Power - NASA

Space-based solar power offers tantalizing possibilities for sustainable energy – in the future, orbital collection systems could harvest energy in space, and

Funding Future Tech: NASA Names 2024 Innovative Concept Studies - NASA

NASA selected the 2024 Phase I awardees for its program to fund ideas that could  innovate for the benefit of all and transform future agency missions.

NASA’s New Investments in Commercialization-Focused Small Businesses - NASA

As part of NASA’s ongoing commitment to supporting American innovators and advancing new aerospace technologies the agency announced its second round of Phase

NASA, Partners Continue to Advance Space Tech on Suborbital Flights - NASA

Living and working in space requires getting ready a bit closer to Earth. Through a suborbital flight test on Dec. 19, 2023 with industry provider Blue

NASA’s Tech Demo Streams First Video From Deep Space via Laser - NASA

The video, featuring a cat named Taters, was sent back from nearly 19 million miles away by NASA’s laser communications demonstration, marking a historic

Armstrong Flight Research Center: A Year in Review - NASA

It was an abundant year of innovation, exploration, and inspiration for NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. NASA Armstrong

NASA Selects Universities to Support Small Spacecraft Technologies - NASA

Eight U.S. university teams are partnering with NASA to advance technologies for small spacecraft, increasing their capability to support the agency’s science

University of Utah takes top honors in BIG Idea Lunar Forge Challenge  - NASA

Through Artemis, NASA plans to conduct long-duration human and robotic missions on the lunar surface in preparation for future crewed exploration of Mars.

NASA’s Deep Space Optical Comm Demo Sends, Receives First Data - NASA

DSOC, an experiment that could transform how spacecraft communicate, has achieved ‘first light,’ sending data via laser to and from far beyond the Moon for

NASA Invites Stakeholders to Space Tech LIFT-1 Industry Day

NASA is hosting a virtual industry day to introduce the agency's Lunar Infrastructure Foundational Technologies (LIFT-1) demonstration Request for Information (RFI).

NASA Seeks Input for Future Lunar Surface Resource Utilization Demo

To support ISRU technology maturation, NASA issued a Request for Information (RFI) on Nov. 6 to formulate its future Lunar Infrastructure Foundational Technologies (LIFT-1) demonstration.

Workshop to Highlight NASA’s Support for Mobility, In-Space Servicing - NASA

NASA leadership, including Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, will participate in a workshop on space mobility and in-space servicing on Tuesday, Nov. 7, at the

NASA’s Webb Telescope Improves Simulation Software - NASA

“We pushed everything, all the simulation, just as hard as it would go,” said Erin Elliott, an optical engineer at Ansys, Inc., which makes Ansys Zemax

NASA Supports Tests of Dust Sensor to Aid Lunar Landings - NASA

University of Central Florida researchers tested an instrument designed to measure the size and speed of surface particles kicked up by the exhaust from a

NASA Tech Breathes Life Into Potentially Game-Changing Antenna Design - NASA

Some 30 years ago, a young engineer named Christopher Walker was home in the evening making chocolate pudding when he got what turned out to be a very

Commander Callie Continues Moon Mission in NASA’s New Graphic Novel - NASA

Fictional astronaut Callie Rodriguez continues exploring space as the first woman to walk on the Moon in a new issue of NASA’s First Woman graphic novel

Commander Callie Continues Moon Mission in NASA’s New Graphic Novel - NASA

Fictional astronaut Callie Rodriguez continues exploring space as the first woman to walk on the Moon in a new issue of NASA’s First Woman graphic novel

Follow NASA’s Starling Swarm in Real Time - NASA

NASA’s Starling CubeSats are zipping through low Earth orbit in the agency’s latest test of robotic swarm technologies for space.  The four Starling

NASA Makes It Easier to Find Assistive Technologies for Licensing

NASA develops a variety of technologies to explore space and beyond for the benefit of humanity. One measure of its success is the impact on the daily lives

More than Grants: Perspectives from Past NASA-funded Researchers

Each year, researchers nationwide embark on journeys of discovery facilitated by funding from NASA’s Space Technology Research Grants (STRG) program. They uncover innovations that benefit future research and their careers after graduation.

NASA Seeks Development of Universal Payload Interface

NASA is calling on innovators to help solve some of the challenges in rapidly testing technology payloads across a wide range of commercial flight vehicles

5 Things to Know About NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications

Slated to launch on Oct. 12 with the Psyche mission, DSOC will demonstrate technologies enabling the agency to transmit higher data rates from deep space.

NASA’s Honey Astrobee Robot Returns to Space

The International Space Station is abuzz with the return of one of NASA’s Astrobee smart robots. The yellow Honey Astrobee, one of three free-flying robots,

NASA Prize Targets Inclusive Community Building for Tech Development

Revolutionary space technology research and development relies on novel ideas across America. To that end, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD)

NASA Prize Targets Inclusive Community Building for Tech Development

Revolutionary space technology research and development relies on novel ideas across America. To that end, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD)