Space Technology Mission Directorate

Technology Demonstration Missions Program

NASA Tests New Refuel Device for Future In-Space Refueling Missions

For NASA’s next generation of deep space exploration missions, spacecraft may need to refuel in Earth orbit before pushing farther into the solar system. Similar to how a gas pump needs a nozzle to fit your fuel tank, future spacecraft could require a special device in order to fill up prior to departure, known as […]

Posted June 26, 2026

Technology

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Identifies More Than 40 Space Technologies for Collaboration

NASA selected 41 proposals from 37 companies to advance technologies in support of the agency’s goals to establish a long-term presence on the Moon and enable human exploration of Mars.

Posted June 26, 2026

General

Aeronautics Research

Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate

Glenn Research Center

Materials Science

NASA Centers & Facilities

Space Technology Mission Directorate

New Material Could Help NASA Melt Moon Rocks, Harness Lunar Resources

A material recently discovered and tested at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland could help astronauts pack lighter for future missions to the Moon.

Posted May 22, 2026

Technology

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Releases Technology Priorities to Energize Space Industry

NASA released the 2026 Civil Space Shortfall Ranking list on Wednesday, which integrates more than 400 responses from stakeholders including industry organizations, government agencies, and academia. Shortfalls refer to technology areas requiring further development to meet future exploration, science, and other mission needs.

Posted May 20, 2026

Cryogenic Fluid Management (CFM)

Kennedy Space Center

Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Technology Demonstration Missions Program

NASA, Industry Prepare Cryogenic Fuel Technology Demo

NASA is collaborating with Eta Space of Rockledge, Florida, on an in‑orbit technology demonstration to advance a key capability for future deep space missions.

Posted May 14, 2026

Technology

Game Changing Development Program

High-Tech Computing

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Technology for Space Travel

Technology Transfer

Hello Universe: NASA’s Next-Gen Space Processor Undergoes Testing

NASA’s High Performance Spaceflight Computing project aims to dramatically improve the computing power of spacecraft. Missions need processors that can withstand the harsh space environment, so they use chips developed years ago that are hardy and reliable.

Posted May 12, 2026

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Game Changing Development Program

High-Tech Computing

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Langley Research Center

Technology

Technology for Space Travel

NASA, Industry Advance High Performance Spaceflight Computing

For decades, NASA has advanced on-board spacecraft computer processors that coordinate and execute the functions needed to support mission success. Space computing originated in the 1960s with the Apollo Guidance Computers, which were pivotal for guidance, navigation, and control computations during NASA’s first Moon missions.

Posted May 8, 2026

General

Artemis

Game Changing Development Program

Glenn Research Center

Langley Research Center

NASA Centers & Facilities

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Technology

Technology for Living in Space

Technology Research

NASA Fuel Cell Tests Pave Way for Energy Storage on Moon

With a small blue crane, four researchers hoist a cylindrical fuel cell, which looks like a stack of flattened silver and gold soda cans bundled together, into the air and lower it into a rectangular cart on wheels. A tangle of tubes and wires spiral away from the system, where nearly 270 sensors and 1,000 […]

Posted May 8, 2026

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program

Technology

NASA-Supported Small Spacecraft Launches to Study Solar Particles

Through NASA, a university-designed small spacecraft is paving the way to studying particles, known as neutrinos, that move through the universe at near-light speeds. The Solar Neutrino Astro-Particle PhYsics CubeSat, known as SNAPPY, launched at 12 a.m.

Posted May 7, 2026

Technology

Ames Research Center

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Flight Opportunities Program

Game Changing Development Program

Langley Research Center

Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA Fosters Development of Lunar Resource-Seeking Technologies

To support long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars, NASA and industry are developing technologies that can extract resources such as hydrogen and helium-3 from lunar soil, known as regolith.

Posted May 4, 2026