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NASA Fosters Innovative, Far-Out Tech for the Future of Aerospace

Through the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, NASA nurtures visionary yet credible concepts that could one day “change the possible” in aerospace, while engaging America’s innovators and entrepreneurs as partners in the journey.   These concepts span various disciplines and aim to advance capabilities such as finding resources on di
Posted June 23, 2025
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NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program

Addressing Key Challenges To Mapping Sub-cm Orbital Debris in LEO via Plasma Soliton Detection

Christine HartzellUniversity of Maryland, College Park The proposed investigation will address key technological challenges associated with a previously funded NIAC Phase I award titled “On-Orbit, Collision-Free Mapping of Small Orbital Debris”.
Posted May 27, 2025
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Autonomous Tritium Micropowered Sensors

Peter CabauyCity Labs, Inc. The NIAC Phase I study confirmed the feasibility of nuclear-micropowered probes (NMPs) using tritium betavoltaic power technology for autonomous exploration of the Moon’s permanently shadowed regions (PSRs).
Posted May 27, 2025
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NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program

Breathing Beyond Earth: A Reliable Oxygen Production Architecture for Human Space Exploration

Alvaro Romero-CalvoGeorgia Tech Research Corporation The reliable and efficient operation of spacecraft life support systems is challenged in microgravity by the near absence of buoyancy. This impacts the electrolytic production of oxygen and hydrogen from water by forcing the adoption of complex multiphase flow management technologies.
Posted May 27, 2025
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NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program

Mars Roundtrip Success Enabled by Integrated Cooling through Inductively Coupled LED Emission (MaRS ICICLE)

Aaswath Pattabhi RamanUniversity of California, Los Angeles Exploration of Mars has captivated the public in recent decades with high-profile robotic missions and the images they have acquired seeding our collective imagination.
Posted May 27, 2025
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Photophoretic Propulsion Enabling Mesosphere Exploration

Igor BargatinUniversity of Pennsylvania We propose to use the photophoretic levitation and propulsion mechanism to create no-moving-parts flying vehicles that can be used to explore Earth’s upper atmosphere.
Posted May 27, 2025
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TFINER – Thin Film Isotope Nuclear Engine Rocket

James BickfordCharles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. The Thin-Film Nuclear Engine Rocket (TFINER) is a novel space propulsion technology that enables aggressive space exploration for missions that are impossible with existing approaches. The concept uses thin layers of energetic radioisotopes to directly generate thrust.
Posted May 27, 2025
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NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program

Gravity Poppers: Hopping Probes for the Interior Mapping of Small Solar System Bodies

Benjamin HockmanNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory The goal of this effort is to develop a robust and affordable mission architecture that enables the gravimetric density reconstruction of small body interiors to unprecedented precision.
Posted May 27, 2025
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Technology

NASA Enables Construction Technology for Moon and Mars Exploration

One of the keys to a sustainable human presence on distant worlds is using local, or in-situ, resources which includes building materials for infrastructure such as habitats, radiation shielding, roads, and rocket launch and landing pads.
Posted May 13, 2025
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NASA Awards 2025 Innovative Technology Concept Studies

NASA selected 15 visionary ideas for its NIAC (NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts) program which develops concepts to transform future missions for the benefit of all. Chosen from companies and institutions across the United States, the 2025 Phase I awardees represent a wide range of aerospace concepts.
Posted January 10, 2025
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