Space Communications Technology

Artemis

More Than 400 Lives Saved with NASA’s Search and Rescue Tech in 2024

Did you know that the same search and rescue technologies developed by NASA for astronaut missions to space help locate and rescue people across the United States and around the world? NASA’s collaboration with the international satellite-aided search and rescue effort known as Cospas-Sarsat has enabled the development of multiple emergency locati

Posted February 6, 2025

Manufacturing, Materials, 3-D Printing

Scientific Balloons

Technology

NASA 3D-Printed Antenna Takes Additive Manufacturing to New Heights

In fall 2024, NASA developed and tested a 3D-printed antenna to demonstrate a low-cost capability to communicate science data to Earth.

Posted January 22, 2025

Ames Research Center

Small Satellite Missions

Technology Demonstration

NASA’s Record-Breaking Laser Demo Completes Mission

NASA’s TBIRD (TeraByte InfraRed Delivery) demonstration and its host spacecraft — the PTD-3 (Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator-3) — have completed their technology demonstration. The TBIRD payload spent the past two years breaking world records for the fastest satellite downlink from space using laser communications.

Posted September 25, 2024

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Astrophysics

Dark Energy

Dark Matter

Exoplanets

Goddard Technology

Science & Research

Technology

The Universe

NASA Completes Spacecraft to Transport, Support Roman Space Telescope

The spacecraft bus that will deliver NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to its orbit and enable it to function once there is now complete after years of construction, installation, and testing.

Posted September 17, 2024

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Science-enabling Technology

Solar Panels for NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Pass Key Tests

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s Solar Array Sun Shield has successfully completed recent tests, signaling that the assembly is on track to be completed on schedule. The panels are designed to power and shade the observatory, enabling all the mission’s observations and helping keep the instruments cool. The Roman team has two sets of […]

Posted August 26, 2024

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Science-enabling Technology

NASA Tests Deployment of Roman Space Telescope’s ‘Visor’

The “visor” for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope recently completed several environmental tests simulating the conditions it will experience during launch and in space. Called the Deployable Aperture Cover, this large sunshade is designed to keep unwanted light out of the telescope.

Posted August 9, 2024

Former Space Communications, Navigation Interns Pioneer NASA’s Future

For over a decade, NASA’s SCaN (Space Communications and Navigation) Internship Project alumni have played important roles in extending the agency’s long-term vision for exploration.

Posted July 25, 2024

Artemis

Ground Antenna Trio to Give NASA’s Artemis Campaign ‘LEGS’ to Stand On

Background NASA’s LEGS can do more than help Earthlings move about the planet. Three Lunar Exploration Ground Sites, or LEGS, will enhance the Near Space Network’s communications services and support of NASA’s Artemis campaign.

Posted July 22, 2024

Mars

Commercial Space

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Robotics

Science-enabling Technology