Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Invites Media to Learn about Spacecraft Autonomous Tech Firsts

NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley invites media to learn more about Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy (DSA), a technology that allows individual spacecraft to make independent decisions while collaborating with each other to achieve common goals – without human input.

Posted February 5, 2025

Ames Research Center

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Artemis

Flight Opportunities Program

Game Changing Development Program

Glenn Research Center

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Tests in Simulated Lunar Gravity to Prep Payloads for Moon

The old saying — “Practice makes perfect!” — applies to the Moon too. On Tuesday, NASA gave 17 technologies, instruments, and experiments the chance to practice being on the Moon… without actually going there. Instead, it was a flight test aboard a vehicle adapted to simulate lunar gravity for approximately two minutes. The test began […]

Posted February 4, 2025

Ames Research Center

CubeSats

Game Changing Development Program

Small Spacecraft Technology Program

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Demonstrates Software ‘Brains’ Shared Across Satellite Swarms

Talk amongst yourselves, get on the same page, and work together to get the job done! This “pep talk” roughly describes how new NASA technology works within satellite swarms.

Posted February 4, 2025

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Artemis

Kennedy Space Center

Missions

Science Mission Directorate

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Technology

NASA to Talk Science, Tech Aboard Next Intuitive Machines Moon Flight

NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Friday, Feb. 7, to discuss the agency’s science and technology flying aboard Intuitive Machines’ second flight to the Moon.

Posted January 31, 2025

Missions

Artemis

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Earth's Moon

Game Changing Development Program

Kennedy Space Center

Langley Research Center

Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium

Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative

NASA Headquarters

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Space Tech’s Favorite Place to Travel in 2025: The Moon!

NASA Space Technology has big travel plans for 2025, starting with a trip to the near side of the Moon! Among ten groundbreaking NASA science and technology demonstrations, two technologies are on a ride to survey lunar regolith – also known as “Moon dust” – to better understand surface interactions with incoming lander spacecraft and […]

Posted January 24, 2025

NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program

Ames Research Center

Goddard Space Flight Center

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Awards 2025 Innovative Technology Concept Studies

NASA selected 15 visionary ideas for its NIAC (NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts) program which develops concepts to transform future missions for the benefit of all. Chosen from companies and institutions across the United States, the 2025 Phase I awardees represent a wide range of aerospace concepts.

Posted January 10, 2025

Langley Research Center

General

NASA Centers & Facilities

Space Nuclear Propulsion (SNP)

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Nuclear Electric Propulsion Technology Could Make Missions to Mars Faster

The trip to Mars and back is not one for the faint of heart. We’re not talking days, weeks, or months. But there are technologies that could help transport a crew on that round-trip journey in a relatively quick two years. One option NASA is exploring is nuclear electric propulsion, which employs a nuclear reactor […]

Posted January 10, 2025

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Artemis

Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA to Test Solution for Radiation-Tolerant Computing in Space

Onboard computers are critical to space exploration, aiding nearly every spacecraft function from propulsion and navigation systems to life support technology, science data retrieval and analysis, communications, and reentry. But computers in space are susceptible to ionizing solar and cosmic radiation.

Posted January 8, 2025

Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)

Artemis

Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Lander to Test Vacuum Cleaner on Moon for Sample Collection

Among all the challenges of voyaging to and successfully landing on other worlds, the effective collection and study of soil and rock samples cannot be underestimated.

Posted January 8, 2025

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Five Ways to Explore NASA’s Portfolio of Technologies with TechPort 4.0

Have you ever wanted to find all your favorite NASA technology in one place? NASA stakeholders did, too! We listened to your feedback, brainstormed user-focused features, and created the most robust technology system to date.

Posted December 19, 2024