Lunar Resource-Seeking Technologies
To support long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars, NASA and industry are developing technologies that can extract…
NASA Fires Up Powerful Lithium-Fed Thruster for Trips to Mars
A prototype of a lithium-fed magnetoplasmadynamic thruster was tested in a special chamber at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory…
NASA Releases Powerful LAVA Software to US Aerospace Industry
For years, NASA engineers have turned to a tool called the Launch, Ascent, and Vehicle Aerodynamics (LAVA) framework…
Tech and Science Bound for Low Earth Orbit
Technology and science demonstrations, supported by various NASA industry collaborations and agency developments, are set to launch to…
NASA Selects Intuitive Machines to Deliver Artemis Science, Tech to Moon
NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines of Houston, $180.4 million to deliver NASA-funded science and technology to the lunar…
NASA Selects University Finalists for Technology Concepts Competition
NASA selected 14 university teams from across the nation as finalists in the 2026 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts…
NASA Selects Finalists in Student Aircraft Maintenance Competition – NASA
NASA has selected eight student teams as finalists in the 2026 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, giving them the resources to help address a critical…
NASA Tests Technology for Refueling Landers
The farther the destination, the more fuel a rocket needs. The more fuel the rocket carries, the heavier the spacecraft. The heavier the spacecraft,…
NASA Study to Analyze Fermented Food Samples from Space
Certain nutrients critical for human health lack the shelf life needed to span multi-year missions to the Moon,…
NASA Heat Shield Technology Enables Space Industry Growth
Using cutting-edge material licensed from NASA, a protective heat shield manufactured in-house by Varda Space Industries for the…
NASA Technology Brings Golden Age of Exploration to Earth
As NASA fosters technologies needed to live and work farther away from home than ever before, the agency’s…
Food System Design Challenge
NASA is getting ready to send four astronauts around the Moon with Artemis II, laying the foundation for…