Space Technology Mission Directorate

Space Technology Mission Directorate
Space Technology Research Grants
Technology
Technology Research
Each year, researchers nationwide embark on journeys of discovery facilitated by funding from NASA’s Space Technology Research Grants (STRG) program. They uncover innovations that benefit future research and their careers after graduation.
Posted October 17, 2023
Flight Opportunities Program
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Prizes, Challenges & Crowdsourcing
Space Technology Mission Directorate
NASA is calling on innovators to help solve some of the challenges in rapidly testing technology payloads across a wide range of commercial flight vehicles and test environments. As NASA explores the unknown in air and space, the agency is making increased use of commercial suborbital vehicles, spacecraft, and lunar landers to help advance new […]
Posted October 16, 2023
Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Technology Demonstration Missions Program
Slated to launch on Oct. 12 with the Psyche mission, DSOC will demonstrate technologies enabling the agency to transmit higher data rates from deep space. NASA’s pioneering Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment will be the first demonstration of laser, or optical, communications from as far away as Mars.
Posted October 10, 2023
ISS Research
Ames Research Center
Astronauts
General
International Space Station (ISS)
Robotics
Space Technology Mission Directorate
The International Space Station is abuzz with the return of one of NASA’s Astrobee smart robots. The yellow Honey Astrobee, one of three free-flying robots, was unboxed in space after spending nearly a year at its home base, NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. Honey had returned to Earth in September 2022 for […]
Posted October 5, 2023
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing Program
Revolutionary space technology research and development relies on novel ideas across America. To that end, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) is rolling out an innovative engagement strategy to help enhance outreach efforts, reduce barriers to entry, and attract high-quality proposals from a diverse pool of researchers.
Posted September 29, 2023
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