Technology for Space Travel

NASA Tests New Ways to Stick the Landing in Challenging Terrain

Advancing new hazard detection and precision landing technologies to help future space missions successfully achieve safe and soft landings is a critical area of space research and development, particularly for future crewed missions.

Posted May 29, 2025

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Opportunities For Students to Get Involved

Opportunities to Contribute to NASA Missions & Get Involved

Technology

NASA Selects Winners of the 2024-2025 Power to Explore Challenge

NASA has chosen three winners out of nine finalists in the fourth annual Power to Explore Challenge, a national writing competition designed to teach K-12 students about the enabling power of radioisotopes for space exploration.

Posted May 7, 2025

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Opportunities For Students to Get Involved

Opportunities to Contribute to NASA Missions & Get Involved

Technology

Nine Finalists Advance in NASA’s Power to Explore Challenge

NASA has named nine finalists out of the 45 semifinalist student essays in the Power to Explore Challenge, a national writing competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes.

Posted April 23, 2025

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Flight Opportunities Program

Game Changing Development Program

Langley Research Center

SBIR STTR

Space Communications Technology

Technology

Technology for Living in Space

The Sky’s Not the Limit: Testing Precision Landing Tech for Future Space Missions

Nestled in a pod under an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft wing, flying above California, and traveling up to the speed of sound, NASA put a commercial sensor technology to the test.

Posted March 26, 2025

Opportunities to Contribute to NASA Missions & Get Involved

Technology

NASA Reveals Semifinalists of Power to Explore Challenge

NASA has selected the 45 semifinalists of the Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes.

Posted March 21, 2025

Artemis

Artemis 4

Earth's Moon

Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

Gateway Program

Gateway Space Station

Humans in Space

Technology

NASA Prepares Gateway Lunar Space Station for Journey to Moon

Assembly is underway for Gateway's Power and Propulsion Element, the module that will power the lunar space station's journey to and around the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis campaign.

Posted February 25, 2025

Planetary Environments & Atmospheres

Technology

NASA Sets Sights on Mars Terrain with Revolutionary Tire Tech

The mystique of Mars has been studied for centuries. The fourth planet from the Sun is reminiscent of a rich, red desert and features a rugged surface challenging to traverse. While several robotic missions have landed on Mars, NASA has only explored 1% of its surface. Ahead of future human and robotic missions to the […]

Posted January 21, 2025

Technology

After 60 Years, Nuclear Power for Spaceflight is Still Tried and True

Six decades after the launch of the first nuclear-powered space mission, NASA is embarking on a bold future of human exploration and scientific discovery.

Posted October 23, 2024

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Biological & Physical Sciences

Flight Opportunities Program

Physical Sciences Program

Technology