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Following eight months of intense research, design, and prototyping, six university teams presented their “Inflatable Systems for Lunar Operations” concepts to a panel of judges at NASA’s 2024 Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-Changing (BIG) Idea Challenge forum.  The challenge, funded by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate and Office of ST
Posted November 19, 2024
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Clayton P. Turner will serve as the associate administrator of the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday. His appointment is effective immediately. Turner has served as the acting associate administrator of STMD since July.
Posted November 18, 2024
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)
Flight Opportunities Program
Game Changing Development Program
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Psyche Mission
Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business
Space Communications & Navigation Program
Technology
Technology Demonstration Missions Program
One year ago today, the future of space communications arrived at Earth as a beam of light from a NASA spacecraft nearly 10 million miles away. That’s 40 times farther than our Moon. That’s like using a laser pointer to track a moving dime from a mile away. That’s pretty precise. That laser — transmitted […]
Posted November 14, 2024
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Technology
Human exploration on the lunar surface is no small feat.
Posted November 5, 2024
General
Ames Research Center
CubeSats
Marshall Space Flight Center
Small Satellite Missions
Small Spacecraft Technology Program
Space Technology Mission Directorate
NASA recently evaluated initial flight data and imagery from Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator-4 (PTD-4), confirming proper checkout of the spacecraft’s systems including its on-board electronics as well as the payload’s support systems such as the small onboard camera.
Posted October 23, 2024
Ames Research Center
Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business
Small Satellite Missions
Small Spacecraft Technology Program
Space Sustainability
Space Technology Mission Directorate
NASA is advancing an innovative approach to enabling commercial inspection of defunct, or inoperable, satellites in low Earth orbit, a precursor to capturing and repairing or removing the satellites.
Posted September 25, 2024
Langley Research Center
Space Technology Mission Directorate
As NASA moves forward with efforts to establish a long-term presence on the Moon as part of the Artemis campaign, safely moving cargo from landers to the lunar surface is a crucial capability.   Whether the cargo, also known as payloads, are small scientific experiments or large technology to build infrastructure, there won’t be a crew […]
Posted September 25, 2024
Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing Program
Artemis
Centennial Challenges
Glenn Research Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Editor’s note: This media advisory was updated Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, with a correct phone number for the media contact at NASA’s Glenn Research Center.
Posted September 13, 2024
General
Ames Research Center
Langley Research Center
Small Spacecraft Technology Program
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Now that its reflective sail has deployed fully open in orbit, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System can be seen in the night sky from many locations across the world! Stargazers can join NASA’s #SpotTheSail campaign by using the NASA app on mobile platforms to find out when the spacecraft will be visible at their location. The app, […]
Posted September 9, 2024
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