Langley Research Center

Space Technology Mission Directorate
Game Changing Development Program
High-Tech Computing
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Langley Research Center
Technology
Technology for Space Travel
For decades, NASA has advanced on-board spacecraft computer processors that coordinate and execute the functions needed to support mission success. Space computing originated in the 1960s with the Apollo Guidance Computers, which were pivotal for guidance, navigation, and control computations during NASA’s first Moon missions.
Posted May 8, 2026
General
Artemis
Game Changing Development Program
Glenn Research Center
Langley Research Center
NASA Centers & Facilities
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Technology
Technology for Living in Space
Technology Research
With a small blue crane, four researchers hoist a cylindrical fuel cell, which looks like a stack of flattened silver and gold soda cans bundled together, into the air and lower it into a rectangular cart on wheels. A tangle of tubes and wires spiral away from the system, where nearly 270 sensors and 1,000 […]
Posted May 8, 2026
Technology
Ames Research Center
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Flight Opportunities Program
Game Changing Development Program
Langley Research Center
Space Technology Mission Directorate
To support long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars, NASA and industry are developing technologies that can extract resources such as hydrogen and helium-3 from lunar soil, known as regolith.
Posted May 4, 2026
Artemis
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Johnson Space Center
Langley Research Center
Also known as Endurance, MK1 is an uncrewed cargo lander funded by Blue Origin as a commercial demonstration mission to advance Human Landing System capabilities in support of NASA’s Artemis program. The tests in Chamber A represent a public-private partnership model, with Blue Origin conducting work through a reimbursable Space Act Agreement.
Posted May 4, 2026
Langley Research Center
Airborne Science
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Earth's Atmosphere
General
Science Mission Directorate
NASA’s Boeing 777 has returned to the agency’s fleet after undergoing heavy structural modifications as it transforms from a giant passenger plane into the agency’s next-generation airborne science laboratory.
Posted April 22, 2026
Langley Research Center
Aeronautics
Drones & You
General
NASA Centers & Facilities
Every second counts in the life-saving world of medical transplants.
Posted April 21, 2026
Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing Program
Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI)
CoECI News
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Get Involved
Langley Research Center
NASA Directorates
Opportunities For Students to Get Involved
Prizes, Challenges, & Crowdsourcing News
Space Technology Mission Directorate
NASA selected 14 university teams from across the nation as finalists in the 2026 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Competition. This NASA challenge tasks students to design innovative concepts that could further human life and work on the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
Posted March 20, 2026
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Advanced Air Vehicles Program
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Aeronautics Technology
Ames Research Center
Commercial Supersonic Technology
Glenn Research Center
High-Speed Flight
Integrated Aviation Systems Program
Langley Research Center
Low Boom Flight Demonstrator
NASA Aircraft
Quesst (X-59)
Quesst: The Vehicle
Supersonic Flight
NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft is preparing for its second flight, a step that will set the pace for more flight testing in 2026.  Over the coming months, NASA will take the quiet supersonic jet faster and higher, while validating safety and performance, a process known as envelope expansion.  NASA test pilot Jim “Clue” Less will be at the X-59’
Posted March 17, 2026
Quesst (X-59)
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Aeronautics Technology
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Langley Research Center
Science & Research
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 5:30 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 19 to highlight plans for its X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft’s upcoming flight tests. The teleconference is set to take place after the X-59 is scheduled to complete its second flight, in California. For the media call, NASA leadership will join representatives from […]
Posted March 16, 2026
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