NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program

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NIAC 2025 Selections

Phase I Phillip AnsellHydrogen Hybrid Power for Aviation Sustainable Systems (Hy2PASS)University of IllinoisUrbana, IL 61801-29572025 Phase I Ryan BensonConstruction Assembly DestinationThinkOrbital Inc.Boulder, CO 80303-00012025 Phase I Martin BermudezLunar Glass Structure (LUNGS): Enabling Construction of Monolithic Habitats in Low-Gravity Enviro
Posted January 10, 2025
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Fusion-Enabled Comprehensive Exploration of the Heliosphere

Ryan WeedHelicity Space LLC This proposal aims to revolutionize space exploration by developing a constellation of spacecraft powered by the Helicity Drive, a compact and scalable fusion propulsion system.
Posted January 10, 2025
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LEAP – Legged Exploration Across the Plume

Justin YimUniversity of Illinois We propose Legged Exploration Across the Plume (LEAP), based on the Salto jumping robot as a novel multi-jet robotic sampling concept for Enceladus to be deployed from Enceladus Orbilander.
Posted January 10, 2025
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Beholding Black Hole Power with the Accretion Explorer Interferometer

Kimberly WeaverNASA Goddard Space Flight Center Some of the most enigmatic objects in the Universe are giant supermassive black holes (SMBH). Yet after 30 years of study, we don’t know precisely how these objects produce their power. This requires observations at X-ray wavelengths.
Posted January 10, 2025
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NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program

SUPREME-QG: Space-borne Ultra-Precise Measurement of the Equivalence Principle Signature of Quantum Gravity

Selim ShahriarNorthwestern University, Evanston Progress in physics has largely been driven by the development and verification of new theories that unify different fundamental forces of nature.
Posted January 10, 2025
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Thermo-Photo-Catalysis of Water for Crewed Mars Transit Spacecraft Oxygen Supply

Saurabh VilekarPrecision Combustion Precision Combustion, Inc. (PCI) proposes to develop a uniquely compact, lightweight, low-power, and durable Microlith® Thermo-Photo-Catalytic (TPC) Reactor for crewed Mars transit spacecraft O2 supply.
Posted January 10, 2025
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NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program

Inflatable Starshade for Earthlike Exoplanets

John MatherNASA Goddard Space Flight Center We will design the first family of ISEE’s (Inflatable Starshade for Earthlike Exoplanets) with sizes from 35 to 100 m diameter. A starshade would enable any telescope to observe exoplanets, a top priority for astronomy worldwide.
Posted January 10, 2025
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NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program

PULSAR: Planetary pULSe-tAkeR

Marco QuadrelliNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory There is a strong coupling mechanism between the lithosphere, ionosphere, magnetosphere, atmosphere, and the plasmasphere of many planetary bodies.
Posted January 10, 2025
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TOBIAS: Tethered Observatory for Balloon-based Imaging and Atmospheric Sampling

Ben HockmanNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory A basketball-sized towbody containing a camera, atmospheric sampling instruments, and support hardware is suspended on a multi-kilometer tether from a high-altitude balloon in the Venusian atmosphere, allowing it to peer beneath the dense cloud layer and image the surface at high resolution.
Posted January 10, 2025
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Mini NASA Robot Takes a SWIM

A 16.5-inch-long prototype of a robot designed to explore subsurface oceans of icy moons is reflected in the water’s surface during a test in a competition swimming pool in September 2024.
Posted November 25, 2024
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