Science-enabling Technology

Perseverance (Rover)
Astrobiology
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Mars 2020
Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS)
Robotics
Science-enabling Technology
Artificial intelligence is helping scientists to identify minerals within rocks studied by the Perseverance rover. Some scientists dream of exploring planets with “smart” spacecraft that know exactly what data to look for, where to find it, and how to analyze it.
Posted July 16, 2024
Astrophysics
Biological & Physical Sciences
Earth Science
Heliophysics
Planetary Science
Science Activation
Science-enabling Technology
NASA Science Activation (SciAct) teams participated in the National Rural STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics) Summit held June 4-7, 2024 in Tucson, Arizona.
Posted July 5, 2024
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Astrophysics
Dark Energy
Dark Matter
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research
Goddard Space Flight Center
High-Tech Computing
Missions
Science & Research
Science-enabling Technology
Stars
Technology
Technology Research
The Universe
Researchers are diving into a synthetic universe to help us better understand the real one. Using supercomputers at the U.S. DOE’s (Department of Energy’s) Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois, scientists have created nearly 4 million simulated images depicting the cosmos as NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the Vera C.
Posted June 12, 2024
Planetary Science
Science-enabling Technology
Technology Highlights
The Solar System
“Follow the water!”  The solar system is full of water in different states, from the Sun’s water vapor to the ice of Pluto and beyond. Water is not only linked to the possibility to sustain life, it is also interesting for its own geological properties and potential uses. For example, ice on the Moon and Mars could support human exploration.
Posted June 4, 2024
Earth Science
Earth Science Technology Office
Science-enabling Technology
Technology
Technology Highlights
Wildfires
NASA’s “Wildfire Digital Twin” project will equip firefighters and wildfire managers with a superior tool for monitoring wildfires and predicting harmful air pollution events and help researchers observe global wildfire trends more precisely.
Posted May 21, 2024
Astrophysics
Exoplanet Science
Exoplanets
Science-enabling Technology
Studying Exoplanets
Technology Highlights
The Universe
When imaging faint objects such as distant stars or exoplanets, capturing every last bit of light is crucial to get the most out of a scientific mission.
Posted May 7, 2024
Mars
Commercial Space
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Robotics
Science-enabling Technology
Space Communications Technology
Technology Research
The Future of Commercial Space
Nine companies have been selected to conduct early-stage studies of concepts for commercial services to support lower-cost, higher-frequency missions to the Red Planet. NASA has identified nine U.S. companies to perform a total of 12 concept studies of how commercial services can be applied to enable science missions to Mars.
Posted May 1, 2024
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard Technology
Missions
Science-enabling Technology
Technology
The Universe
Engineers at L3Harris Technologies in Rochester, New York, have combined all 10 mirrors for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Preliminary tests show the newly aligned optics, collectively called the IOA (Imaging Optics Assembly), will direct light into Roman’s science instruments extremely precisely.
Posted April 17, 2024
Heliophysics
Science-enabling Technology
Technology Highlights
The energetic electrons that drive the aurora borealis (the northern lights) have a rich and very dynamic structure that we currently do not fully understand.  Much of what we know about these electrons comes from instruments that have fundamental limitations in their ability to sample multiple energies with high time resolution.
Posted April 9, 2024
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