Technology

Goddard Technology
Goddard Space Flight Center
Technology
Wallops Flight Facility
Large amounts of data collected by today’s sensitive science instruments present a data-handling challenge to small rocket and balloon suborbital mission computing and avionics systems.
Posted May 1, 2024
PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)
Earth
Earth Science Division
Earth Science Technology Office
Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard Technology
Science Mission Directorate
Technology
It took the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission just 13 minutes to reach low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in February 2024. It took a network of scientists at NASA and research institutions around the world more than 20 years to carefully craft and test the novel instruments that allow PACE […]
Posted April 26, 2024
Ames Research Center
Climate Change
Climate Science
Earth
Earth Science
High-Tech Computing
Oceanography
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
Technology
“Every time I help with visualizing [ocean] simulation data, I learn about an entirely new area of ocean or climate research, and I’m reminded of how vast and rich this area of research is. And…the real magic happens at the intersection and interaction of simulated and observed data. It is a great honor – and […]
Posted April 22, 2024
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard Technology
Missions
Science-enabling Technology
Technology
The Universe
Engineers at L3Harris Technologies in Rochester, New York, have combined all 10 mirrors for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Preliminary tests show the newly aligned optics, collectively called the IOA (Imaging Optics Assembly), will direct light into Roman’s science instruments extremely precisely.
Posted April 17, 2024
Goddard Space Flight Center
Artemis 3
Earth's Moon
Technology
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, will build a moonquake detector for astronauts to deploy on the Moon in 2026 during the Artemis III mission, which will return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time in more than 50 years.   NASA selected the instrument, the Lunar Environment Monitoring Station (LEMS) […]
Posted April 16, 2024
Glenn Research Center
Glenn History
NASA History
Technology
Technology for Space Travel
“A genuine space success story,” is how Experiments Manager William Kerslake described NASA’s second Space Electric Rocket Test (SERT II), the first long-duration operation of ion thrusters in space.
Posted April 11, 2024
Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS)
Glenn Research Center
NASA Centers & Facilities
NASA STEM Projects
STEM Engagement at NASA
Technology
The Solar System
The Universe
NASA has selected the nine finalists of the Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes.
Posted April 8, 2024
Artemis
Artemis 3
Earth's Moon
Science & Research
Technology
NASA has chosen the first science instruments designed for astronauts to deploy on the surface of the Moon during Artemis III. Once installed near the lunar South Pole, the three instruments will collect valuable scientific data about the lunar environment, the lunar interior, and how to sustain a long-duration human presence on the Moon, which […]
Posted March 26, 2024
Technology
NASA engineers will test a suite of new laser technologies from an aircraft this summer for Earth science remote sensing. Called lidar, the instruments could also be used to improve models of the Moon’s shape and aid the search for Artemis landing sites. Similar to sonar, but using light instead of sound, lidars calculate distances […]
Posted March 19, 2024
General
Ames Research Center
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Spinoffs
Technology
Technology Transfer
Technology Transfer & Spinoffs
Globally, nearly all wildfires start with a human ignition source – not lightning strikes or wildlife encountering power equipment.
Posted March 19, 2024
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