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Armstrong Flight Research Center
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Johnson Space Center
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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
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Flight Opportunities Program
NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program
Technology
One of the keys to a sustainable human presence on distant worlds is using local, or in-situ, resources which includes building materials for infrastructure such as habitats, radiation shielding, roads, and rocket launch and landing pads.
Posted May 13, 2025
Technology
Technology Transfer
Technology Transfer & Spinoffs
When most people think of NASA, they picture rockets, astronauts, and the Moon. But behind the scenes, a group of inventors is quietly rewriting the rules of what’s possible — on Earth, in orbit, and beyond.
Posted May 9, 2025
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Goddard Space Flight Center
Technology
One half of NASA’s nearly complete Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope just passed a lengthy test to ensure it will function properly in the space environment. “This milestone tees us up to attach the flight solar array sun shield to the outer barrel assembly, and deployable aperture cover, which we’ll begin this month,” said Jack […]
Posted May 7, 2025
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Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS)
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Technology for Space Travel
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
Artemis
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Kennedy Space Center
Research and Technology at Kennedy Space Center
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Technology
Editor’s note: This article was updated on April 29, 2025, to correct the amount of data collected during Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission. NASA’s PRIME-1 (Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment 1) mission was designed to demonstrate technologies to help scientists better understand lunar resources ahead of crewed Artemis missions to the Moon.
Posted April 29, 2025
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Today is the 100th day of the Trump-Vance Administration after being inaugurated on Jan. 20. In his inaugural address, President Trump laid out a bold and ambitious vision for NASA’s future throughout his second term, saying, “We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on […]
Posted April 29, 2025
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Glenn Research Center
Opportunities For Students to Get Involved
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Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS)
Technology
Technology for Space Travel
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
Glenn Research Center
Opportunities to Contribute to NASA Missions & Get Involved
Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS)
Technology
Technology for Space Travel
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
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