Space Technology Mission Directorate

The video, featuring a cat named Taters, was sent back from nearly 19 million miles away by NASA’s laser communications demonstration, marking a historic milestone. NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications experiment beamed an ultra-high definition streaming video on Dec.

Posted December 18, 2023

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Aeronautics

Air Traffic Solutions

Drones & You

Earth Science

Earth's Atmosphere

NASA Aircraft

Science Mission Directorate

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Supersonic Flight

Armstrong Flight Research Center: A Year in Review

It was an abundant year of innovation, exploration, and inspiration for NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. NASA Armstrong continues to demonstrate America’s leadership in aeronautics, Earth and space science, and aerospace technology.

Posted December 15, 2023

General

Ames Research Center

Small Satellite Missions

Small Spacecraft Technology Program

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Selects Universities to Support Small Spacecraft Technologies

Eight U.S.

Posted December 8, 2023

Space Technology Mission Directorate

For Colleges & Universities

Game Changing Development Program

General

Get Involved

Learning Resources

Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium

Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative

NASA Directorates

University of Utah takes top honors in BIG Idea Lunar Forge Challenge

Through Artemis, NASA plans to conduct long-duration human and robotic missions on the lunar surface in preparation for future crewed exploration of Mars. Expanding exploration capabilities requires a robust lunar infrastructure, including practical and cost-effective ways to construct a lunar base.

Posted November 21, 2023

Psyche Mission

Space Communications & Navigation Program

Space Operations Mission Directorate

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Tech Demo Missions

NASA’s Deep Space Optical Comm Demo Sends, Receives First Data

DSOC, an experiment that could transform how spacecraft communicate, has achieved ‘first light,’ sending data via laser to and from far beyond the Moon for the first time.

Posted November 17, 2023

General

Game Changing Development Program

Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium

Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Technology

Technology for Living in Space

NASA Invites Stakeholders to STMD’s LIFT-1 Industry Forum

NASA is hosting a virtual industry forum on Nov. 13, 2023, to introduce the agency’s Lunar Infrastructure Foundational Technologies (LIFT-1) demonstration Request for Information (RFI).

Posted November 6, 2023

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Game Changing Development Program

Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium

Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative

NASA Directorates

NASA Seeks Input for Future Lunar Surface Resource Utilization Demo

As NASA ushers in an exciting era of long-term exploration on the Moon with Artemis, new strategies are being formulated to determine how technology, infrastructure, and operations will function together as a cohesive and cross-cutting system.

Posted November 6, 2023

NASA Directorates

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Workshop to Highlight NASA’s Support for Mobility, In-Space Servicing

NASA leadership, including Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, will participate in a workshop on space mobility and in-space servicing on Tuesday, Nov. 7, at the University of Maryland in College Park. Beginning at 8:30 a.m. EST, the Consortium for Space Mobility and ISAM Capabilities (COSMIC) workshop runs through Wednesday, Nov. 8.

Posted November 2, 2023

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Technology

Technology Transfer & Spinoffs

NASA’s Webb Telescope Improves Simulation Software

The James Webb Space Telescope truly explores the unknown, displaying stunning images of previously unseen corners of the universe only possible because of the telescope’s 21-foot segmented mirror that unfurled and assembled itself in space.

Posted October 31, 2023

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Flight Opportunities Program

NASA Supports Tests of Dust Sensor to Aid Lunar Landings

University of Central Florida researchers tested an instrument designed to measure the size and speed of surface particles kicked up by the exhaust from a rocket-powered lander on the Moon or Mars. The four tethered flights on Astrobotic’s Xodiac rocket-powered lander took place in Mojave, California, from Sept. 12 through Oct. 4, 2023.

Posted October 27, 2023