Game Changing Development Program

Earth's Moon

Moons

NASA Directorates

Research and Technology at Kennedy Space Center

NASA Moon Observing Instrument to Get Another Shot at Lunar Ops

A NASA-developed technology that recently proved its capabilities in the harsh environment of space will soon head back to the Moon to search for gases trapped under the lunar surface thanks to a new Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between NASA and commercial company Magna Petra Corp.

Posted April 28, 2025

Artemis

Lunar Surface Technology Research

Missions

Moons

NASA Directorates

Science & Research

NASA’s Dust Shield Successfully Repels Lunar Regolith on Moon

NASA’s Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) successfully demonstrated its ability to remove regolith, or lunar dust and dirt, from its various surfaces on the Moon during Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1, which concluded on March 16. Lunar dust is extremely abrasive and electrostatic, which means it clings to anything that carries a charge.

Posted March 27, 2025

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Flight Opportunities Program

Langley Research Center

SBIR STTR

Space Communications Technology

Technology

Technology for Living in Space

Technology for Space Travel

The Sky’s Not the Limit: Testing Precision Landing Tech for Future Space Missions

Nestled in a pod under an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft wing, flying above California, and traveling up to the speed of sound, NASA put a commercial sensor technology to the test.

Posted March 26, 2025

Langley Research Center

NASA Centers & Facilities

Technology

Goodnight, Moon: NASA Cameras on Blue Ghost Capture Lunar Sunset

This compressed, resolution-limited gif shows the view of lunar sunset from one of the six Stereo Cameras for Lunar-Plume Surface Studies (SCALPSS) 1.1 cameras on Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander, which operated on the Moon’s surface for a little more than 14 days and stopped, as anticipated, a few hours into lunar night. SCALPSS was taking […]

Posted March 19, 2025

Artemis

Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative

Missions

NASA Headquarters

Research and Technology at Kennedy Space Center

Science Mission Directorate

Five Facts About NASA’s Moon Bound Technology

NASA is sending revolutionary technologies to the Moon aboard Intuitive Machines’ second lunar delivery as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign to establish a long-term presence on the lunar surface.  As part of this CLPS flight to the Moon, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate will te

Posted February 25, 2025

CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration)

Earth's Moon

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Technology

Technology Demonstration

NASA’s Mini Rover Team Is Packed for Lunar Journey

A trio of suitcase-size rovers and their base station have been carefully wrapped up and shipped off to join the lander that will deliver them to the Moon’s surface. Three small NASA rovers that will explore the lunar surface as a team have been packed up and shipped from the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in […]

Posted February 11, 2025

Ames Research Center

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Artemis

Flight Opportunities Program

Glenn Research Center

NASA Tests in Simulated Lunar Gravity to Prep Payloads for Moon

The old saying — “Practice makes perfect!” — applies to the Moon too. On Tuesday, NASA gave 17 technologies, instruments, and experiments the chance to practice being on the Moon… without actually going there. Instead, it was a flight test aboard a vehicle adapted to simulate lunar gravity for approximately two minutes. The test began […]

Posted February 4, 2025

Ames Research Center

CubeSats

Small Spacecraft Technology Program

NASA Demonstrates Software ‘Brains’ Shared Across Satellite Swarms

Talk amongst yourselves, get on the same page, and work together to get the job done! This “pep talk” roughly describes how new NASA technology works within satellite swarms.

Posted February 4, 2025

Missions

Artemis

Earth's Moon

Langley Research Center

Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium

Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative

NASA Headquarters