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"20.10.2017 16:36:18" youtube.com Dr. Douglas Terrier, Chief Technologist, NASA - What does the future of space exploration look like? World's Top 50 Innovators Series 2017 Keynote Address Our acting Chief Technologist Dr. Douglas Terrier provided the keynote address at the Codex "World's Top 50 Innovators from the Industries of the Future" event. See what Dr. Terrier had to say about the future of space exploration.
"19.10.2017 16:56:19" nasa.gov “Lighten Up” - Deep Space Communications via Faraway Photons “Lighten Up” - Deep Space Communications via Faraway Photons Our spacecraft destined to explore a unique asteroid will also test new communication hardware that uses lasers instead of radio waves. The Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) package aboard the NASA Psyche Mission mission utilizes photons -- the
"18.10.2017 19:21:12" nasa.gov World View Successfully Flight Tests Groundbreaking Altitude Control The new advancement for the company's Stratollite system promises station keeping capabilities and longer stratospheric missions World View's Stratollite uses high-altitude balloons to enable scientists to test payloads in the stratosphere. Previously, technological challenges have limited the duration of balloon flights in the stratosphere due to the lack of trajectory control
"16.10.2017 20:46:10"    Could your 5 pages change the future on Earth and in space? Just a few days left to submit your abstract for NASA iTech's Cycle 3. More info at nasaitech.com.
"12.10.2017 17:38:32"  NASA Ames Research Center TODAY: Join us at 3:00 pm PT / 6:00 pm ET on Facebook for a look at the past, present and future of supersonic flight: http://facebook.com/NASAAmes
"11.10.2017 21:43:29"  NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory A worthwhile test: Here's how tracking networks will observe the close pass of small asteroid 2012 TC4 on Oct 12: https://go.nasa.gov/2i0tZKZ
"04.10.2017 21:19:25"  NASA's Johnson Space Center How on Earth do astronauts train for microgravity? ARGOS simulates the experience of a spacewalk only a few feet off the ground at NASA Johnson, and it is available to license! Learn more from our NASA Technology Transfer Program:
"03.10.2017 21:26:47"    What better way to celebrate #NationalTechiesDay than to submit your ideas for solving space challenges? Entries accepted through October 20 at NASAiTech.com.
"03.10.2017 21:09:30"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration We're always looking for passionate and innovative techies to join the NASA Technology team. From student opportunities to open technology competitions, see how you can get involved: https://nasa.tumblr.com/post/166007463609/happy-national-techies-day
"03.10.2017 20:01:21"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Did you know that some of the technology developed by our techies is also used in the commercial world? For example, the camera used during parachute testing for our deep space capsule is now used for car crash tests. Find out more:
"03.10.2017 19:46:13"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Our techies are always testing new and cutting-edge ideas in extreme environments both here on Earth and in space. For example, techies working on our Deep Space Engine project are looking to create a spacecraft propulsion system that is high-performance,
"03.10.2017 19:36:34"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration When traveling to other planetary bodies, each and every pound of cargo matters. If we can reduce the weight by building tools once we arrive, that's less weight we need to launch from Earth and carry through space. Additive manufacturing is a way of
"03.10.2017 16:03:32" nasa.tumblr.com Happy National Techies Day! October 3 is National Techies Day...and here at NASA we have quite a few people who get REALLY excited about technology. Without techies and the technology they develop, we wouldn't be able to do the... Happy #NationalTechiesDay! Here at NASA we love our techies and wouldn't be able to do the amazing things we do on Earth and in space without them. The passionate engineers, researchers and scientists who work on our technology efforts enable us to make a
"27.09.2017 21:44:07"  NASA Goddard A RAVAN in the Sun

While people across the nation gazed at August's total solar eclipse from Earth, a bread loaf-sized NASA satellite had a front row seat for the astronomical event. 

The Radiometer Assessment using Vertically Aligned Nanotubes, or
"25.09.2017 19:57:10" livestream.com 2017 NIAC Symposium by National Institute of Aerospace Watch National Institute of Aerospace's 2017 NIAC Symposium on Livestream.com. The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program nurtures visionary ideas that could transform future NASA missions with the creation of breakthroughs — radically better or Tune in live for this year's NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Symposium featuring progress presentations from our new Phase I Fellows and current Phase II Fellows. This portfolio of NIAC studies addressing diverse research areas including:
"21.09.2017 20:56:11" colorado.edu From Science Fiction to Science Fact: Inventive Genius Panel on NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts on September 24th at 7pm As a kid, Science Fiction gave you a sense of e In the Boulder area? Hollywood screenwriters and award-winning NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts scientists will discuss the advances of innovative technologies used in space exploration at the Fiske Planetarium on Sunday, September 24.
"20.09.2017 20:56:40" nasa.gov Payload Performance on Parabolic Flights with ZERO-G  We're building, testing and flying #NASAtech. Four university research teams leveraged their Space Technology Research, Development, Demonstration, and Infusion (REDDI) awards to fly promising technologies as part of a Zero Gravity Corporation parabolic
"19.09.2017 22:16:01" nasa.gov Breathing Easy with the Earth and Space Air Prize Competition Breathing Easy with the Earth and Space Air Prize Competition Humans need breathable air both on Earth and in space. Tiny airborne particles, known as aerosols, can contribute to a variety of health problems, such as asthma and respiratory tract irritation. To ensure the health of humans living on Earth, as well as
"19.09.2017 19:33:07"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration When entering a planet's atmosphere…things get hot! That's why we're testing this heat shield material that could one day be used on a spacecraft during atmospheric entry on Mars. How are we testing it? By exposing it to temperatures up to approximately Another day, another #NASAtech test!
"15.09.2017 20:51:58" nasa.gov NASA Calls for Ideas to Enhance Future Space Exploration NASA Calls for Ideas to Enhance Future Space Exploration with Next iTech Challenge A new cycle of our iTech initiative kicks off today with a call for technical solutions to solving some of the toughest challenges here on Earth and in space. Proposals accepted through October 20.
"15.09.2017 16:01:42" nasa.gov Titan Aerial Daughtercraft Saturn's giant moon Titan has become one of the most fascinating bodies in the Solar System. Titan is the richest laboratory in the solar system for studying prebiotic chemistry, which makes studying its chemistry from the surface and in the atmosphere #Cassini paved the way for the exploration of Saturn and its moons. Now, researchers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory are studying an aerial vehicle concept for collecting high-resolution, microscopic images and samples from the surface of Titan:
"15.09.2017 15:04:52" nasa.gov Titan Submarine: Exploring the Depths of Kraken Titan Submarine: Exploring the Depths of Kraken Our NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Researcher Steve Oleson at NASA's Glenn Research Center has been studying the development of a submarine to explore the seas of Saturn's moon Titan with the help of #Cassini data: https://go.nasa.gov/2wv2YAP
"15.09.2017 12:06:35"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration What's Cassini's legacy after the end of the mission at Saturn? We ponder that: http://go.nasa.gov/2h7gZ23
"14.09.2017 21:09:29" www.nasa.gov JUST UPDATED! NASA's Technology Innovation Each issue of our digital publication Technology Innovation features space technology innovators and project developments across NASA, highlighting the American inventors, entrepreneurs, and application engineers who have transformed space exploration NOW AVAILABLE for download in the Apple and Google Play stores, the latest issue of our Technology Innovation app! This digital content can be viewed on iPhones, iPads, or Android platforms as well as on the web. Volume 17, Issue 3 focuses on Small
"13.09.2017 20:31:49"  NASA Aeronautics This Friday: Join us at facebook.com/nasaedgefan at 2PM EDT for a closer look at our QueSST model with NASA Langley Research Center and NASA EDGE!
"13.09.2017 16:39:22" nasa.gov NASA's Dragonfly Project Demonstrates Robotic Satellite Assembly NASA's Dragonfly project, designed to enable robotic satellite assembly in orbit, has completed its first major ground demonstration -- a critical step toward "rewriting the book on what humanity can do in Earth orbit," said one project leader. One of our three "tipping point" projects, SSL's Dragonfly, completed a major milestone in advancing a lightweight system capable of robotic self-assembly of satellites in Earth orbit.
"12.09.2017 21:25:17"  International Space Station LIVE: Launch of crew members NASA Astronaut Joe Acaba, NASA Astronaut Mark Vande Hei, and Cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin to the space station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
"08.09.2017 20:01:56" nasa.gov NASA Opens Call for Space Technology Research Fellowships NASA Opens Call for Space Technology Research Fellowships We're looking to sponsor graduate student researchers who show significant potential to contribute to NASA's goal of creating new and innovative space technologies for the nation's science, exploration and economic future! Proposals are due by Thursday,
"08.09.2017 19:34:25"  NASA Ames Research Center Doing molecular biology experiments in space is a cinch using our innovative tech aboard the International Space Station. Details: https://go.nasa.gov/2eHbO8d
"05.09.2017 20:30:59" nasa.gov NASA Announces New Collaborative Partnerships NASA Announces New Collaborative Partnerships with U.S. Industry to Advance Commercial Space Technology Here are our 10 new U.S.-industry partnerships focused on space technologies that can advance the commercial space sector and benefit future NASA missions. NASA centers will partner with these companies to provide technical expertise and test facilities,
"31.08.2017 03:42:30" nasa.gov Orbital ATK Supports Ground Testing on CIRAS at NASA Langley The Commercial Infrastructure for Robotic Assembly and Services (CIRAS) project has reached an important milestone in advancing technologies to build large structures in space. One of our three "tipping point" projects, Orbital ATK's  Commercial Infrastructure for Robotic Assembly and Services (CIRAS),is advancing technologies to build and assemble large structures in space.
"29.08.2017 04:09:12" nasa.gov NASA Awards Top Teams at Second Phase of 3D-Printing Competition
"28.08.2017 17:30:22"  NASA 360 Live from NASA's 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge: NASA and its partners are holding a $2.5 million competition to build a 3-D printed habitat for deep space exploration, including the agency's journey to Mars. The multi-phase challenge is designed to advance #ICYMI our 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge phase 2 competition took place this weekend. Tune in to see the action at the Caterpillar Inc. arena!
"25.08.2017 17:46:49"  NASA 360 Live from NASA's 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge: NASA and its partners are holding a $2.5 million competition to build a 3-D printed habitat for deep space exploration, including the agency's journey to Mars. The multi-phase challenge is designed to advance Live from our 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge!
"23.08.2017 21:46:47"  NASA Centennial Challenges Teams are preparing for the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge, opening today, and media are invited to attend the competition and awards. It will also be live streamed by NASA 360 on Friday and Saturday. Interested media - get in touch with us! Details and
"22.08.2017 21:03:00" nasa.gov Media Invited to NASA's 3D-Printed Habitat Competition Events & Awards NASA's 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge is advancing the additive construction technology needed to create sustainable housing for deep space exploration. This week our Phase 2, Level 3 competition of the NASA Centennial Challenges' 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge kicks off at the Caterpillar Edwards Demonstration Center. Teams will build structural habitat pieces and stress-test them as part of the
"21.08.2017 14:39:50"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration On Monday, Aug. 21, all of North America will be treated to an eclipse of the Sun, and NASA will carry it live from coast to coast from unique vantage points on the ground and from aircraft and spacecraft, including the International Space Station. Watch the #Eclips2017 live with NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration!
"16.08.2017 20:44:48"  NASA Explores We're asking U.S. industry to conduct studies on deep space power and propulsion -- capabilities that will be critical to support human exploration missions near the Moon and move multi-ton objects in space as we prepare for longer missions farther into
"16.08.2017 17:31:43" media.giphy.com Star GIF - Find & Share on GIPHY Discover & Share this Star GIF with everyone you know. GIPHY is how you search, share, discover, and create GIFs. On Monday, August 21, 2017, all of North America will be treated to an eclipse of the sun. But our coronagraph creates a "fake eclipse." This #NASAtech is a telescopic attachment designed to block out the direct light from a star so that nearby objects or
"14.08.2017 21:27:48"  NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center SHIIVER tank, a #NASATech concept for deep-space missions, arrives at #NASAMarshall for spray-on foam insulation!
"11.08.2017 19:10:03"  World Book, Inc. "Out of this World" launch with NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Tune in live with World Book, Inc. at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago for the unveiling of their "Out of This World!" book series which feature our NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) researchers' space innovations. Each book in the
"11.08.2017 18:35:59"  World Book, Inc. We are here @msichicago getting ready for the book presentation with @nasa - we will be live on Facebook at 2:00 pm CST - join us!
"11.08.2017 14:13:51" Presentation of new book series to NASA Presentation of new book series to NASA Join us tomorrow as we present the "Out of This World" series to #NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. We will be streaming the presentation on Facebook Live starting at 2:00 pm Join us today as World Book, Inc. presents the "Out of This World" book series at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago featuring our NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts fellows' research. We will be streaming the presentation on Facebook Live
"10.08.2017 18:51:18" nasa.gov NASA's Archinaut Conducts First Large 3-D Build in Space-like Environs NASA's Archinaut project seeks to enable on-demand building and assembly of large structures in space. This summer, it achieved that goal -- 3-D printing large beam segments in a NASA test chamber simulating the space environment. One of our three "tipping point" projects, Made In Space's Archinaut is developing cutting-edge technology to build and assemble complex hardware and supersized structures on demand in space.
"10.08.2017 18:10:57" worldbook.com Out of This World  We are so excited to share this collaboration with World Book, Inc. which features our NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts researchers in this new 8-title series, “Out of This World”! Each book in the series highlights researchers talking about what
"09.08.2017 21:04:35"  NASA Langley Research Center Yesterday we shared a feature story about the Junior Game Changer summer camp that took place last week here at NASA Langley. Today we've got a video that shows some of the highlights. Enjoy!
"09.08.2017 20:03:41"  NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center Today's scheduled test is a Green Run Test for Controller FM6 and an ECS Cert with a planned duration of 500 seconds with a maximum power level of 109%.
"08.08.2017 21:02:24" nasa.gov NASA Selects Early Career Faculty for Space Technology Research Grants NASA Selects Early Career Faculty for Space Technology Research Grants We've selected eight university-led proposals for the study of innovative technologies that address the high priority needs of America's space program. The grants from our Space Technology Research Grants program are worth up to $200,000 per year with up
"07.08.2017 20:50:08"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration In two weeks on Aug. 21, everyone in North America will have the chance to see a solar eclipse, if skies are clear. We're giving you a preview of what you'll see, how to watch and why scientists are particularly excited for this eclipse:
"03.08.2017 17:55:06" nasa.gov New NASA Contract Will Advance Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Technology Nuclear thermal propulsion technologies are among the most promising for future deep-space exploration, say NASA Marshall researchers -- and a new contract with BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc. will help refine concepts now in development. Our Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) project could indeed significantly change space travel, largely due to its ability to accelerate a large amount of propellant out of the back of a rocket at very high speeds, resulting in a highly efficient,
"02.08.2017 20:07:20" nasa.gov NASA Seeks Phase I Innovative Advanced Concepts NASA Seeks Phase I Innovative Advanced Concepts We're seeking proposals for early studies of visionary concepts that address NASA's and the nation's goals and offers radically different approaches or innovations to enable new missions or greatly enhance previous ones.
"02.08.2017 18:06:56"  WUCF TV Atmosphere satellites like solar airplanes are being developed by companies like NASA, Google, and Facebook, but few groups are working on developing solar airplanes that use other clean energy options.  William Engblom, professor of Mechanical and From WUCF TV featuring our NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Fellow Professor William Engblom and his research on novel atmospheric satellites. For more info: https://go.nasa.gov/2uZuQhg
"02.08.2017 15:05:31" nasa.gov NASA Awards $14.3 Million for Development of Innovative Technologies NASA has selected 19 proposals from American small businesses and research institutions for Phase II of its competitive Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, totaling $14.3 million in awards. We awarded American small businesses and research institutions $14.3M to help advance NASA missions and the innovation economy.
"31.07.2017 21:27:39" nasa.gov NASA's Douglas Terrier and Chief Scout Michael Surbaugh Trade Patches NASA Acting Chief Technologist Douglas Terrier, left, and Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America Michael Surbaugh pose for a photograph with patches they exchanged at the Boy Scouts of America National Jamboree. #ICYMI: NASA Acting Chief Technologist Douglas Terrier, left, and Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America Michael Surbaugh pose for a photograph with patches they exchanged prior to Terrier leading a discussion titled “NASA Technologies for
"26.07.2017 21:07:41"  NASA Ames Research Center Navigating the Moon's hazardous poles with robotic rovers will take more than good driving skills. We'll need a new way of seeing. Join us today for a look inside our Lunar Lab, and hear about new technologies for lunar rover exploration. Have questions?
"26.07.2017 20:32:43" nasa.gov The Dark Side of the Crater: Learning How to Explore the Moon's Poles Things look different on the Moon. Literally. Because the Moon isn't big enough to hold a significant atmosphere, there is no air and there are no particles in the air to reflect and scatter sunlight. On Earth, shadows in otherwise bright environments are Navigating the Moon's hazardous poles will take more than good driving skills. We'll need a new way of seeing: https://go.nasa.gov/2v8wAaY
"26.07.2017 20:32:06"  NASA Ames Research Center TODAY: Join us at 2 pm PT for a look inside our Lunar Lab and hear about new tech for lunar rover exploration: https://www.facebook.com/NASAAmes
"25.07.2017 17:19:00"  NASA Ames Research Center Join us tomorrow for a look inside our Lunar Lab, where we're developing new technologies for lunar rover exploration. NASA Ames Research Center will be LIVE tomorrow from the Lunar Lab, where we're developing new technologies for lunar rover exploration.
"25.07.2017 15:53:21"  ScoutChat Dr. Douglas Terrier serves as acting chief technologist and is the senior leader of the office. In this role, Terrier is the agency's principal advisor and advocate on NASA technology policy and programs, helping plot the strategic direction of the Our very own Chief Technologist, Douglas Terrier, spoke at the Boy Scouts of America 2017 National Jamboree earlier today about NASA Technologies for Explorers on Earth.
"19.07.2017 20:52:51"  NASA Langley Research Center Air travel, spaceflight, robotic solar-system missions: science fiction to those alive at the turn of the 20th century became science fact to those living in the 21st thanks to our employees at NASA Langley. Check out some of many highlights from a
"17.07.2017 22:34:07" nasa.gov NASA Selects Top Three iTech Innovators for Continued Collaboration Judges at NASA's second iTech Forum have selected the top three best innovative ideas designed to spark innovative new technology development. After two days of entrepreneurs presenting their proposed solutions to tough technology challenges, the top three teams were selected for continued collaboration that may lead to new high technology products with the potential for benefiting NASA in the
"13.07.2017 19:56:46"  NASA 360 It's the final day of the NASA iTech Forum at the National Institute of Aerospace. Join us on Facebook Live at 5:30 PM EDT to hear from our three winners, working to solve the challenges of space exploration. #Tech4Earth2Space Tune into NASA 360 at 5:30 PM ET! They'll be LIVE with our top three winners of this year's iTech Forum.
"11.07.2017 20:38:57" nasa.gov The Sensor That Always Knows What's On NASA provided funding and a testbed for this sensor that uses an algorithm to “listen” and decode electric signals. Just plug it into the circuit box and get reports on your smartphone on which devices and appliances are drawing power. The NASA Ames Research Center's Sustainability Base is an energy-efficient building, but the Verdigris technology sensors are helping "listen" to how people use and save energy: https://go.nasa.gov/2u5WAD5
"10.07.2017 19:35:43"  NASA's Juno Mission to Jupiter Tonight's the night I'll fly over Jupiter's Great Red Spot! Closest approach is at 6:55 p.m. PT (9:55 p.m. ET). JunoCam images expected July 14.
 
More info: https://go.nasa.gov/2sXiTuM #NASAtech Juno spacecraft will fly directly over Jupiter's Great Red Spot, giving humanity its 1st up-close view. More: http://go.nasa.gov/2u8i8My
"06.07.2017 19:07:52"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration LIVE NOW: Vice President Mike Pence is delivering a special address to the workforce inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at our Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Vice President Pence will tour Kennedy and learn more about the center's work as a multi-user #ICYMI Vice President Mike Pence delivered a special address at NASA's Kennedy Space Center today and will learn more about the agency's progress toward traveling past the moon, and eventually on to Mars and beyond.
"04.07.2017 15:57:57"  Happy 4th of July from NASA Technology!  NASA celebrates American leadership in technology in innovation on Independence Day.
"27.06.2017 23:29:20" spinoff.nasa.gov Blue-Light-Cancelling Lens Gives Skiers a Clearer View Following research and development that began in a partnership with NASA, NASTEK now manufactures ski-goggle lenses that use NASA technology to optimize visibility on the slopes. We've got a NASA Spinoff in honor of #NationalSunglassesDay: our optical filtering technology is used in ski goggles that can increase visual acuity and depth perception to help skiers see terrain more clearly.
"21.06.2017 16:30:51"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Today at 1 p.m. EDT, we'll provide important planning information on this summer's #Eclipse2017 on August 21. Details: http://go.nasa.gov/2sTKD2U
"21.06.2017 15:00:46"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration More of our technology is now at your fingertips! We make it easier to license space technology for use here on the ground with our new automated system, ATLAS: http://go.nasa.gov/2sPKf5w
"15.06.2017 20:05:00" www.nasa.gov Plants to Feed This - and Other - Worlds NASA help was critical in developing Florikan's controlled-release fertilizer, which works better for plants and for the environment. Growing plants on the International Space Station, and one day on another planet, is a complicated endeavor. But one tool making it easier is a specially formulated fertilizer, developed years ago with NASA help, which is also increasing yields for
"15.06.2017 19:18:45" nasa.gov Technology Research on Station Breathes Life into Life Support Increased water and oxygen recycling efficiency and system robustness are critical for sending astronauts into deep space and on to Mars. Teams at NASA are using the world's most advanced crewed spacecraft -- the International Space Station -- to test improvements to recycling technologies of the critical life support systems that provide oxygen and water to astronauts in space.
"14.06.2017 21:04:17" blogs.scientificamerican.com Using the Sun as a Cosmic Telescope Astronomers want to harness its spacetime-warping gravity as a lens to image the surface of exoplanets in astonishing detail A piece in Scientific American by one of our NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts researchers, studying the feasibility of a telescope capable of direct megapixel high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy of a potentially habitable exoplanet. More:
"14.06.2017 15:25:29"  NASA 360 NASA 360 is live from the Rasc-Al Special Edition Mars Ice Challenge at NASA Langley Research Center. Join the conversation! #NASALangley100 #RASCAL
"09.06.2017 17:28:16" nasa.gov Top Ten 2017 NASA iTech Finalists Announced Innovators behind the top ten entries in NASA iTech's latest call for ideas have been selected and invited to participate as finalists in the 2017 NASA iTech Forum. NASA iTech is a collaborative effort to find and foster innovative solutions that aim to solve challenges on Earth and for deep space exploration. We've selected the top 10 finalists who will present at the NASA iTech Forum, which will be held at the
"08.06.2017 20:37:32" nasa.gov Three DIY CubeSats Score Rides on Exploration Mission-1 The three winning teams secured space to launch their CubeSats on Exploration Mission-1. We've awarded rides for three small spacecraft on the Exploration Mission-1, the first integrated flight of NASA's Space Launch System and the Orion spacecraft. Each NASA Centennial Challenges Cube Quest winning team also took home $20,000 in prize money
"08.06.2017 20:24:58" nasa.gov Cube Quest Challenge Team Spotlight: CU-E3
"08.06.2017 15:09:54"  NASA Technology welcomes the #NewAstronauts  We're so excited to welcome the #NewAstronauts to the NASA family. With you, we'll push the boundaries of technology and innovation. With you, we'll reach for new heights and reveal the unknown for the benefit of humankind. More on the 2017 Astronaut
"07.06.2017 18:23:07"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Drumroll!! LIVE NOW: Introducing America's #NewAstronauts! We're introducing you to our 2017 astronaut class from Johnson Space Center in Houston. The new astronaut candidates were chosen from more than 18,300 people who submitted applications from
"06.06.2017 15:11:00"  NASA's Johnson Space Center When NASA decided to announce a new class of astronaut candidates, the current members of the Astronaut Corps had something to say—welcome aboard!  From down the hall, across campus, out on the road and up in orbit, have a look at the astronauts' message Only one more day until we announce our #NewAstronauts!
"23.05.2017 20:46:54"  NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory We're live from JPL's Spacecraft Assembly Facility in Pasadena, California, where we make robots to explore Earth, the solar system and even interstellar space. See spacecraft under construction, and meet members of the Mars 2020 and Europa Clipper
"23.05.2017 20:29:45"  NASA Goddard We're live at the Community Coordinated Modeling Center - a space weather lab - at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center near the nation's capital. Here we analyze data from a fleet of satellites: including the Solar Dynamics Observatory and the
"23.05.2017 19:55:35"  NASA Langley Research Center On this stop of NASA's virtual tour we're taking you inside NASA Langley's 14- by 22-foot Subsonic Tunnel and talking about our work testing advanced aerodynamic projects — including the Space Launch System. #StateofNASA
"23.05.2017 19:39:15"  NASA's Kennedy Space Center At 3:30pm ET today, we're taking you LIVE behind the scenes at NASA's Kennedy Space Center with Director Bob Cabana, and an exclusive tour inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) with Ground Systems Development Office (GSDO) Associate Program Manager
"23.05.2017 19:16:14"  NASA Ames Research Center We're live from NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley--stop number 6 on today's virtual tour of NASA! We're bringing viewers into our Arc Jet facility, a plasma wind tunnel used to simulate the extreme heat of spacecraft atmospheric
"23.05.2017 19:11:18"  NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center LIVE NOW: We're at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, CA, taking you behind-the-scenes at one of our aircraft hangars and the X-57 aircraft simulator to learn about NASA's next generation aircraft. #StateofNASA
"23.05.2017 19:10:59"  NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center We're live from NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi—the third stop of today's virtual tour of NASA! During this tour of our Test Control Center, you'll learn more about Stennis' role on our deep-space missions. 

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"23.05.2017 19:10:30"  NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center We are live from #NASAMarshall in our high-tech rocket testing lab on the 2nd stop of today's virtual tour of the State of NASA as we look at the cutting-edge work being done here and around the country. We are giving a behind-the-scenes look today at
"23.05.2017 19:10:07"  NASA's Glenn Research Center We're live from NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio—the first stop of today's virtual tour of NASA! During this tour of our Electric Propulsion Lab you'll learn how we simulate space on Earth and test propulsion technologies that are critical
"23.05.2017 16:57:24" www.youtube.com FY18 State of NASA Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot gives a "State of NASA" address at Headquarters to rollout the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget proposal. "While the budget and appropriation process still has a long way to go, this budget enables us to continue our work with industry to enhance government capabilities, send humans deeper into space, continue our innovative aeronautics efforts and explore
"23.05.2017 15:51:37"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Today at 12:30pm ET: Acting Administrator Lightfoot speaks on the #StateOfNASA with FY2018 budget highlights & more: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-discuss-fy2018-budget-proposal-provide-virtual-tours-of-centers
"22.05.2017 20:13:28" www.nasa.gov Cube Quest Challenge Team Spotlight: Cislunar Explorers The team's CubeSat propulsion idea focuses on a water-electrolysis propulsion system. By zapping H2O with electricity, the bond between hydrogen and oxygen can be overcome, decomposing the liquid into a gaseous mixture that readily combusts. We're counting down until our NASA Centennial Challenges #CubeQuest Challenge! On June 8, we'll be awarding prize money and three rides to space on NASA's Space Launch System. In the coming weeks, we'll be profiling each of our teams so you can get to
"22.05.2017 16:38:23"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration TOMORROW: Join us for a #StateOfNASA virtual tour going behind-the-scenes at 10 NASA locations across the country: https://www.facebook.com/events/304402813315262/
"19.05.2017 15:05:28" www.nasa.gov Cube Quest Challenge Spotlight: Team Miles For Team Miles and their CubeSat entry, it's about propelling citizen science to the moon…and beyond. It's almost time for the culmination of our NASA Centennial Challenges #CubeQuest Challenge! On June 8, we'll be awarding prize money and three rides to space on NASA's Space Launch System. In the coming weeks, we'll be profiling each of our teams so you
"18.05.2017 21:11:08"  NASA Goddard A teaspoon of neutron star interior won't sweeten your coffee but would weigh more than a billion tons on Earth. 

Learn more weird facts about neutron stars here: http://bit.ly/2qBfTQk
"18.05.2017 16:38:26" www.nasa.gov Team Spotlight: Ragnarok Industries Ragnarok Industries is busily working on its Cube Quest Challenge entry, a 6U smallsat named Heimdallr. The spacecraft will feature electric propulsion to reach lunar orbit, explains Luigi Balarinni, chief executive officer and co-founder of the firm. We're gearing up for the fourth and final NASA Centennial Challenges #CubeQuest Ground Tournament in three weeks, when we'll award prize money and three rides to space on NASA's Space Launch System. We'll be profiling each of our teams so you can get to
"17.05.2017 21:29:44" www.nasa.gov NASA Seeks Innovative Early Stage Technology Proposals The grants will sponsor research in specific high-priority areas of interest to America's space program. We're looking for proposals from universities for early stage technology development that will support the our long-term plans for human exploration of Mars and scientific study of our solar system and beyond.
"16.05.2017 19:25:10" nasa.gov Nanotechnology Flight Test: Material Impact on the Future This is first time that carbon nanotube-based composites have been flight-tested in a structural component. Aboard the sounding rocket that launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility today, we're testing a carbon nanotube fiber-based composite tank that could be stronger and lighter than conventional carbon fiber materials. Using nanotechnology to reduce mass
"16.05.2017 14:33:47"  Using Nanotechnology to Enhance Aerospace Systems  Our Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel – COPV for short – will take to the skies today aboard a sounding rocket launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on May 16. Find out more about the research and development that led to today's
"15.05.2017 19:59:33" nasa.gov At Home, NASA Spinoffs Create a Breath of Fresh Air Marshall Space Flight Center partnered with a group at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, to build an ethylene “scrubber” into plant growth chambers. We're working on growing crops in space as part of our strategy for feeding astronauts on the journey to Mars and beyond, but there are many challenges beyond planting a seed and getting it to bloom. Built to "scrub" a gas released by growing plants, this
"12.05.2017 17:40:56"  NASA Explores Thinking of responding to our request for a commercially developed fabrication laboratory to fly on the International Space Station? Join us May 25 onsite at NASA HQ or online for the FabLab industry day. Onsite attendees must register by Friday, May 19!
"12.05.2017 17:34:18"  NASA's Satellite Servicing Projects Division We're on the cusp of satellite ch-ch-ch-ch-changes! Industry showed its interest in our groundbreaking satellite servicing technologies by attending our April 19th Industry Day. Read more: https://go.usa.gov/x5SzY
"12.05.2017 17:25:18" eventbrite.com Inventive Genius Lecture: From Science Fiction to Science Fact MSI teams up annually with NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) to present our annual Inventive Genius lecture, From Science Fiction to Science Fact. If you're in the Chicago area, don't miss out on the chance to meet two of our innovators at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago tomorrow! Their visionary ideas are powering NASA missions to the most extreme environments in and out of our solar
"09.05.2017 21:10:20" nspires.nasaprs.com Flight Opportunities Program REDDI 2017 F1(A) Solicitation Q & A Sessions  Want to test your technology in a space-like environment? Apply to fly on U.S. commercial suborbital reusable launch vehicles, reduced gravity aircraft, or high-altitude balloons through our Flight Opportunities solicitation. Tune in to our Q&A sessions
"08.05.2017 01:32:00" instagram.com Partnership for Public Service (@rpublicservice) • Instagram photos and videos 617 Followers, 805 Following, 514 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Partnership for Public Service (@rpublicservice) Tomorrow our very own Small Business Program Executive Jenn Gustetic will be taking over the Partnership for Public Service Instagram account for Public Service Recognition Week! Follow along to see a little bit of what working at NASA looks like:
"05.05.2017 19:21:23"  Timeline Photos  It might be Cinco de Mayo on Earth, but it's New Year's on Mars. Happy #MartianNewYear from us and our robotic explorers!
https://mars.nasa.gov/allaboutmars/extreme/martianyear/
"05.05.2017 02:32:31" nasa.gov NASA Seeks 'FabLab' Concepts for In-Space Manufacturing NASA is seeking proposals for development of a first-generation, in-space, multi-material fabrication laboratory, or FabLab, for space missions. On-demand manufacturing will be essential for astronauts traveling in deep space because spacecraft can't transport all the extra supplies. Need a wrench? Make it! Broke a fan blade? Print a new one! 

We're looking for new microgravity manufacturing
"04.05.2017 20:40:07"  NASA Ames Research Center Jose Benavides, engineer with the Advanced Control and Evolvable Systems Group in the Intelligent Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center, joins us on the latest #NASASiliconValley podcast. Listen here: https://go.nasa.gov/2pdGJwC
"02.05.2017 14:57:01"  NASA Ames Research Center Steve Ord, technology manager within the Flight Opportunities Program at NASA Ames Research Center, joins us on the latest #NASASiliconValley podcast. Listen here: https://go.nasa.gov/2qnnYGZ
"01.05.2017 15:44:41"  NASA Explores Could water or other volatiles be lurking in permanently shadowed regions of the moon? These regions are a mystery because the dark interiors are difficult to image, but the availability of such resources could make future missions in deep space safer and
"24.04.2017 14:47:57"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration In addition to today's breaking of the US record for total days in space, astronaut Peggy Whitson has made history many times. See five of them: https://nasa.tumblr.com/post/159937413329/five-times-astronaut-peggy-whitson-made-history
"24.04.2017 14:19:28"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration LIVE NOW: Astronaut Peggy Whitson receives a special congrats call from the President on her record-breaking accomplishment. Watch:
"19.04.2017 21:42:16" nasa.gov NASA Eyes Far-Out Technologies with Latest Investment Selections Our small business programs' selection of almost 400 proposals for development are a testament to NASA's support of American innovation. We've selected 399 research and technology proposals from 277 American small businesses and 44 research institutions that will enable NASA's future missions into deep space, and advancements in aviation and science, while also benefiting the U.S. economy.
"19.04.2017 21:08:49" sciencefriday.com A Life Robotic - Science Friday If humans someday colonize the moon and Mars, robotic prospectors and miners will be among the first to arrive, manufacturing fuel, water, and other essentials. #ICYMI, experts at NASA's Kennedy Space Center spoke to Ira Flatow at Science Friday about how robotics can help human explorers live off the land.
"19.04.2017 20:19:02"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Sometimes to find the best solution to a big problem, one has to start small. So we're testing a new type of thermal protection on a robotic exploratory spacecraft designed to transmit information about its environment. Learn more:
"18.04.2017 19:32:56" nasa.gov Tiny Probes Hold Big Promise for Future NASA Missions Tiny Probes Hold Big Promise for Future NASA Missions Today's Orbital ATK #Cygnus spacecraft launched to the International Space Station carrying #NASAtech which will test innovative materials for thermal protection systems. Sensors are embedded on these probes within the heat shields to capture data for
"13.04.2017 16:20:50" nspires.nasaprs.com NSPIRES - Solicitations Summary Link to a Cost Sharing Template spreadsheet for proposers seeking cooperative agreements to help determine cost sharing (link) Want to test your technology in a space-like environment? Apply to fly on U.S. commercial suborbital reusable launch vehicles, reduced gravity aircraft, or high-altitude balloons: http://bit.ly/2opn10Y
"12.04.2017 15:47:06" nasa.gov New Heatshield-making Technique A new approach to applying heat-thwarting tiles to spacecraft makes use of a Vacuum Infusion method. Our Space Technology Research Fellow is helping redesign the heatshields that protect spacecraft from extreme temperatures.
"07.04.2017 16:53:02"  NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center From FIRST Robotics to NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration ,  Amy Quartaro has always loved robots! 

The University of Texas at Austin engineering student spent fall 2016 at NASA Langley Research Center, playing a vital role on the CIRAS
"06.04.2017 20:42:26" nasa.gov NASA Invests in 22 Visionary Exploration Concepts NASA is preparing for a future that could include soft robotic spacecraft with flexible surfaces that can anchor to an asteroid along with other technologies that so far has been limited to the realm of science fiction. We're investing in these 22 early-stage technology proposals that have the potential to transform future human and robotic exploration missions, introduce new exploration capabilities, and significantly improve current approaches to building and operating
"04.04.2017 20:51:07"  Timeline Photos  Just a few days left to submit your entry for our iTech challenge -- a collaborative effort to find and foster potential solutions for future space exploration. Because when ideas go further, we all go farther. https://nasaitech.com
"29.03.2017 13:32:12"  NASA 360 A new concept envisions sending a nano-spacecraft to the surface of Europa, harvesting water and returning samples to Earth.
 
This video represents a research study within the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. NIAC is a visionary and
"24.03.2017 14:52:57" nasa.gov Ancient Art of Weaving Ready to Head to Mars and Beyond Weaving techniques used for millennia are now being repurposed for space — and the high performance materials that result have plenty of uses on Earth too. Weaving processes created millennia ago have helped create some of the most cutting-edge technology on NASA's Orion Spacecraft as well as for future science missions to Venus and Saturn. Three-dimensional woven composites are helping shield humans and
"23.03.2017 17:31:30"    We're visiting with our small business partner Bally Ribbon Mills today here in Bally, Pennsylvania, getting a behind-the-scenes look at how they are revolutionizing the manufacture of thermal protection systems for NASA spacecraft and science missions.
"23.03.2017 13:43:53"  Timeline Photos  Join us today for a Facebook LIVE from Bally Ribbon Mills at 1:30 pm ET. We'll be taking a behind-the-scenes tour of a small business revolutionizing the manufacture of thermal protection systems for NASA spacecraft.
"23.03.2017 12:30:00"  Timeline Photos  Today we're visiting our small business partner, Bally Ribbon Mills in Bally, Pennsylvania. We're touring their facility to see how they manufacture woven thermal protection system materials for NASA spacecraft and science missions heading to Saturn and
"23.03.2017 01:42:21"  Timeline Photos  Join us tomorrow for a Facebook LIVE from Bally Ribbon Mills at 1:30 pm ET. We'll be taking a behind-the-scenes tour of a small business revolutionizing the manufacture of thermal protection systems for NASA spacecraft.
"22.03.2017 22:44:05"  Woven Thermal Protection System Materials at Bally Ribbon Mills  When our spacecraft and instruments go to places like Mars, Saturn or Venus, they need thermal protection systems to withstand the extreme heat produced during atmospheric entry. New woven composite materials are an advanced space technology that are
"21.03.2017 21:02:51"  NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Our Deep Space Atomic Clock is one tick closer to launch. This technology looks to improve space navigation and timekeeping.

Read more: https://go.nasa.gov/2mR52iN
"21.03.2017 20:30:41" nasa.gov NASA Hybrid Computer Enables Raven's Autonomous Rendezvous Capability The Raven module's sensors serve as the eyes and the SpaceCube computing platform acts as the brain, analyzing data and telling components what to do. A hybrid computing system developed at NASA Goddard is the enabling technology behind an ambitious experiment testing a  navigation and autonomous docking capability known as Raven. More: https://go.nasa.gov/2nP9jnz
"21.03.2017 16:00:28"  NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Know when to hold 'em. Know when to fold 'em. PUFFER, an origami robot, could hitch a ride with a future rover. Find our more at https://go.nasa.gov/2nM6Avf
"20.03.2017 17:09:10"  NASA Sun Science Today is an equinox, one of two days a year when night and day are just about equal lengths across the globe. In the Northern Hemisphere, this equinox marks the beginning of astronomical spring.

We're live at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in
"17.03.2017 19:13:54"  NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center Our Flight Opportunities launch provider, Masten Space Systems, is conducting systems checks on their Xodiac rocket in preparation for today's tethered flight with NASA's COBALT payload onboard.

Learn more: https://go.usa.gov/xXB9H
"17.03.2017 15:34:16"  Timeline Photos  In honor of #StPatricksDay, we're celebrating our Green Propellant Infusion Mission, which will demonstrate a "green" alternative to conventional chemical propulsion systems. This #NASAtech project seeks to improve overall propellant efficiency while
"16.03.2017 19:49:32"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration We continue to do amazing work to develop and launch our missions and increase this nation's technical capabilities across the board. The fiscal year 2018 budget proposal enables us to continue our work with industry to enhance government capabilities,
"14.03.2017 20:54:25" www.youtube.com Our Deep Space Atomic Clock and Small Business awards on This Week @NASA - March 10, 2017 See the preparation for the Deep Space Atomic Clock flight demonstration and the selection of 133 proposals from U.S. companies under our Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. On "This Week @ NASA": the Orion spacecraft parachute test and a recent Space Station resupply mission, but also American small business proposals selected to develop technologies for space exploration, aeronautics, science, and human exploration and
"14.03.2017 19:36:00"  WIRED Welcome to NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's exhibit at SXSW! Let's check out some of the latest technologies and innovations for 2017 and beyond. (We've even got astrophysicists to answer your questions!) Some of the NASA crew at SXSW were featured on WIRED's Facebook Live. Check out the exhibits and #NASAtech we brought to Austin.
"08.03.2017 22:17:45" nasa.gov NASA Selects Over 100 Small Business Projects for Space Innovation NASA has selected 133 proposals from U.S. companies to conduct research and develop technologies that will enable NASA's future missions into deep space. We're investing in America's small businesses and supporting the nation's innovation economy. Here's how: we've selected 133 proposals from U.S. companies to conduct research and develop technologies that are critical to our future exploration goals.
"08.03.2017 19:24:23" ustream.tv NASA GSFC Science and Exploration NASA GSFC Science and Exploration #ICYMI, our Space Tech Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk and Chief Technologist Doug Terrier participated on a panel this morning at the American Astronautical Society's 55th Annual Goddard Memorial Symposium on NASA Leadership in the Future of
"08.03.2017 16:10:38"  Small Satellite With Exo-Brake Technology Launches From Intern...  On March 6, 2017, we launched our Technology Educational Satellite-5 (TechEdSat-5) from the International Space Station into low-Earth orbit to demonstrate a critical technology that may allow safe return of science payloads to Earth from space. The
"02.03.2017 16:08:05" nasa.tumblr.com 5 NASA Software Codes You Can Download – For Free! One of the biggest steps of any mission starts right here on Earth at a computer desk – NASA runs on software, period. Rovers can't move, spacecraft can't fly, even rockets can't blast off without the... One of the biggest steps of any mission starts right here on Earth at a computer desk – NASA runs on software, period. Rovers can't move, spacecraft can't fly, even rockets can't blast off without the software codes that run them all. We've compiled
"02.03.2017 15:45:42"  NASA Spinoff Want to get your hands on NASA software? You know, the code that helped Curiosity on its #JourneytoMars and drives the #NASAtech that helps us explore the universe?

Hundreds of software packages are available, for FREE. Check it out:
"24.02.2017 18:07:30" nasa.gov NASA Seeks Innovative Space Exploration Technology Ideas Expanding on the success of the first NASA iTech Forum held last December, the second cycle of the NASA iTech initiative opens today with a call for white papers summarizing ideas that may fill gaps in areas identified by NASA as having a critical impact We're kicking off our iTech Cycle 2, part of a yearlong collaborative effort to find and foster innovative solutions from small and large businesses, universities, non-profits, U.S. government organizations outside of NASA and undiscovered inventors.
"23.02.2017 21:50:39" nasa.gov The NASA Imager Dentists Use Daily High-resolution digital X-rays help dentists make better diagnoses and expose patients to less radiation. The technology is possible thanks to a digital image sensor created at NASA for space. This NASA Spinoff that enables high-resolution, digital X-ray imagery for dentists was developed from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory technology that sought to capture images of other worlds, and our own, from space.
"22.02.2017 22:07:41" nasa.gov NASA Establishes New Public-Private Partnerships NASA is partnering with eight U.S. companies to advance small spacecraft and launch vehicle technologies that are on the verge of maturation and are likely to benefit both NASA and the commercial space market. We're strengthening America's innovation economy by enabling industry to develop promising commercial space capabilities. Find out about our latest co-investments in U.S. companies.
"22.02.2017 18:32:22"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration LIVE NOW: We're announcing a new discovery from beyond our solar system about planets that orbit stars other than our sun, known as exoplanets. Watch:
"22.02.2017 18:30:43"  NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory In a world… 40 light years away, seven Earth-size planets orbit a sun called TRAPPIST-1—three in its habitable zone.

Read all about the discovery: http://go.nasa.gov/2lpBgDv
"22.02.2017 16:32:24"  NASA's Space Launch System Get #SLSFiredUp with us today for a RS-25 engine test on Facebook Live! The test window opens today at 3:40 p.m. CT. That means the test can start anytime after 3:40 p.m. We will keep you updated with an exact time so you can see the test happening live
"21.02.2017 21:49:37" nasa.gov NASA Selects New Technologies for Flight Tests The Flight Opportunities program selects promising space technologies to test through relatively low-cost ways that simulate spaceflight or just reach the edge of “space” on commercial vehicles, balloons or suborbital rockets. Our Flight Opportunities program--which organizes chances to fly and selects experiments--has selected five space technologies to test on low-gravity-simulating aircraft, high-altitude balloons or suborbital rockets. The opportunity to fly on these
"21.02.2017 16:55:33"  NASA's Satellite Servicing Projects Division It's an espresso maker! It's a microwave oven! No, it's Raven! Here's NASA's Raven Mechanical Lead, Jolyn Russell, standing by a life size model of Raven before it makes its way to space tomorrow at 10:01AM EST. Watch her explain Raven:
"20.02.2017 01:11:49"  NASA's Satellite Servicing Projects Division Liftoff! NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Raven is officially on its way to the International Space Station! Here's a first view of Raven in orbit, in the “trunk” of the #Dragon spacecraft. Picture courtesy of SpaceX. More on Raven:
"17.02.2017 20:08:31" nasa.gov NASA 2017 BIG Idea Challenge The Tulane team provided a design solution for large solar electric propulsion-powered orbit transfer vehicles constructed using autonomous robotic assembly. Six students from Tulane University took first place in our second annual Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge for in-space assembly of spacecraft at the NASA Langley Research Center: http://go.nasa.gov/2l2FosE
"16.02.2017 22:49:54" nasa.gov NASA Selects Proposals for First Space Technology Research Institutes These Institutes will study cutting-edge advances in technology with the potential for revolutionary impact on future aerospace capabilities. We've selected our first-ever Space Technology Research Institutes, bringing together researchers from various disciplines and organizations to collaborate on the advancement of cutting-edge technologies in bio-manufacturing and space infrastructure.
"16.02.2017 20:22:21" nasa.gov NASA & MIT Collaborate to Develop Space-Based Quantum-Dot Spectrometer NASA's Center Innovation Fund, which supports potentially trailblazing, high-risk technologies, is funding the effort. A NASA Goddard technologist has teamed up with a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor to transform the way space scientists build spectrometers, a device used by virtually all science disciplines to measure the properties of light
"14.02.2017 20:35:03"  NASA's Satellite Servicing Projects Division The three-eyed raven launches this winter. NASA's Raven has three sensors (visible, infrared and LIDAR), that help it see—in other words, find and track spacecraft. Soon, it will make its way aboard the SpaceX #Dragon to the International Space Station to
"14.02.2017 17:53:18"  NASA 360 A revolutionary new concept for a fusion powered rocket could not only deliver an orbiter to Pluto but a lander too!
 
This video represents a research study within the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. NIAC is a visionary and far-reaching Learn about our NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) researcher's fusion powered rocket study!
"14.02.2017 16:17:10" nasa.gov NASA Announces Awards to Develop Oxygen Recovery Technologies NASA has selected two proposals for the development of oxygen recovery technologies that could help astronauts breathe a little easier on deep space, long-duration missions. The agency will invest as much as $2 million and 24 months for the development of We've selected two proposals for the development of oxygen recovery technologies that could help astronauts breathe a little easier on deep space, long-duration missions.
"11.02.2017 15:46:31" nasa.gov NASA Offers Space Technology Grants to Early Career University Faculty Notices of intent to submit proposals to the Early Career Faculty (ECF) Appendix of NASA's Research Announcement are due March 3. We're seeking proposals from accredited U.S. universities on behalf of outstanding faculty members who are early in their careers. The grants will sponsor research in specific high-priority areas of interest to America's space program, with innovative
"09.02.2017 00:20:59" nasa.gov NASA's Centennial Challenges: Cube Quest Challenge NASA experts are discussing next generation technology advancements for smallsats missions at #SmallSat17. At the Silicon Valley #SmallSat17 Symposium, Space Technology Mission Directorate Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk talks about the agency's deep space small satellite missions, including the NASA Centennial Challenges' CubeQuest competition that
"08.02.2017 16:04:08" ncwit.org Hidden Figures Twitter Chat February 8, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. EST In honor of Black History Month and the film "Hidden Figures,” you're invited to join the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) and the Anita Borg Institute, participants of the Black Women and Girls in Computing Roundtable, and
"07.02.2017 19:31:52"  Timeline Photos  Twenty teams from nine states and three countries have advanced from the qualification round to the finals in our NASA Centennial Challenges' Space Robotics Challenge (SRC).

The teams receive $15,000 for this achievement, and are preparing for the final
"02.02.2017 22:18:06" nasa.gov NASA Seeks Partnerships with U.S. Companies NASA Seeks Partnerships with U.S. Companies to Advance Commercial Space Technologies We're seeking partnerships with U.S. companies focused on industry-developed space technologies that can advance the commercial space sector and benefit future NASA missions. Learn more: http://go.nasa.gov/2kxP7rh
"01.02.2017 22:37:35" nasa.gov NASA Meets the Big Game: Five Things Space and Football Have in Common As Super Bowl LI in Houston approaches and players, coaches and a host of personnel behind the scenes prepare for the big game in Space City, NASA remains on the cutting edge of human space exploration, setting its sights on the journey to Mars. Lots of NASA technology has been adapted for use in sports. As you gear up for #SB51, here's a look at a few things we have in common with football.
"31.01.2017 17:19:15" nasa.gov NASA's New Shape-Shifting Radiator Inspired by Origami Japan's ancient art of paper folding has inspired the design of a potentially trailblazing “smart” radiator that a NASA technologist is now developing to remove or retain heat on small satellites. Vivek Dwivedi, a technologist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, has teamed up with a couple of researchers at BYU (Brigham Young University) to advance an unconventional radiator that would fold and unfold, much like the V-groove paper structures
"27.01.2017 17:30:15"  Timeline Photos  Flight radar only works when there's line of sight, so the radar station can see the plane. That means plenty of flights are “off the grid” when they're over water or in remote areas.

This space-based radio, developed first as #NASAtech, means that's
"26.01.2017 18:06:05" voiceamerica.com The Future of Real Estate with Jessica Stoner | VoiceAmerica The Future of Real Estate radio show is about all aspects of real estate in the future. In case you missed it (#ICYMI), our NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) researcher, Behrokh Khoshnevis, discussed Contour Crafting in 3D printed home construction on The Future of Real Estate Radio Show. Listen in and find out how this innovative
"26.01.2017 15:11:19" gsfctechnology.gsfc.nasa.gov gsfctechnology.gsfc.nasa.gov  How did a NASA Goddard Space Flight Center astrophysicist create a super thin x-ray mirror with high-resolution optics? Learn more about this innovative #NASAtech: http://gsfctechnology.gsfc.nasa.gov/newsletter/Current.pdf
"25.01.2017 23:18:56"  NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Telling the NASA Technology story brings Gina Anderson closer to the stars of space and, recently, of movies: http://go.nasa.gov/2jy9TDA
"23.01.2017 21:52:21" www.nasa.gov NASA Seeks Input for the Small Business Innovation Research NASA Seeks Input for the Small Business Innovation Research Program Solicitation We're seeking feedback on the 2017 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) solicitation and future subtopics for our small business programs through February 28: http://sbir.nasa.gov.
"18.01.2017 23:16:57"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ride along with us for a robot's-eye-view of the 'Mars Yard,' a terrain simulation area at our Jet Propulsion Laboratory where rover hardware and software are tested before being sent to the Red Planet. Video: https://youtu.be/r3-CmT9rL4Y
"13.01.2017 21:10:11" nasa.gov NASA Spaceflight Missions, Robotics Technology, Focus at CES 2017 Joining industry technology leaders, NASA attended the Consumer Electronics show, displaying and discussing its advanced technologies for human and robotic space exploration. #ICYMI we hosted a booth at the Consumer Electronics Show (#CES2017) in Las Vegas from January 5-9 to display and discuss our advanced technologies for human and robotic space exploration and to showcase technology transfer to self-driving cars.
"13.01.2017 15:46:04"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Eight years may not be that long when dealing with galaxies that live light-years away, but here at NASA we've made significant progress and have reached critical milestones in our work for America's space program. In case you missed it, take a look at a
"07.01.2017 18:07:35" nasa.tumblr.com Five NASA Technologies at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show Our technologies are driving exploration and enabling NASA's bold new missions beyond the moon, to an asteroid, to Mars and beyond. At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), we're showing our #NASAtech to industrial pioneers and business leaders from across the globe. Here's a look at five of the technologies we've had on display.
"07.01.2017 02:35:09"  Timeline Photos  Our Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot (PUFFER) robot on display at #CES2017 is an origami-inspired #NASAtech that folds into the size of a smartphone. It is a low-volume, low-cost enhancement whose compact design means that many little robots could be
"07.01.2017 02:11:47"  Photos from NASA Technology's post  IDEAS is a wearable #NASATech at #CES2017! It is an interactive optical computer that works for smart glasses that seeks to enhance real-time operations by providing augmented reality data to field engineers here on Earth and in space. Learn more:
"07.01.2017 02:06:25"  ROV-E at CES 2017  Our Remote Operated Vehicle for Education or ROV-E (a #NASATech at #CES2017) is modeled after NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover. It's a robot that can answer questions about Mars and uses off-the-shelf, easily programmable computers and 3D-printed parts:
"05.01.2017 20:46:23"  Photos from NASA Technology's post  We're here at the International Consumer Electronics Show (#CES2017) showing off our #NASAtech!
"03.01.2017 18:37:58"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration How will future astronauts survive in the extreme environment of Mars? There's a new icy concept for living on the Red Planet, check it out: http://go.nasa.gov/2ivlvaT Part of the concept for this Mars ice home came from the winner of the NASA Centennial Challenges 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge - design phase.
Phase 2 of this challenge is open through January: www.nasa.gov/3DPHab
"29.12.2016 19:08:13" nasa.gov NASA Revamps Technology Commercialization Readiness Program We are creating more opportunities to advance innovative technology with a high potential for commercialization. Are you a small business developing a technology that could benefit future NASA missions? Find out if you're eligible for our Civilian Commercialization Readiness Pilot Program!
"28.12.2016 20:06:51" forbes.com The Movie Passengers Provides A Glimpse At Future Of Space Travel The movie Passengers opens up in theaters this week. The premise revolves around an interstellar mission launched from Earth. The crew is put into hibernation for the 120-year journey, but two crew members (played by Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt) From Forbes on our NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) researcher Dr. John Bradford's work studying human stasis for long-duration space travel: "The Movie '#Passengers' Provides A Glimpse At Future of Space Travel"
"22.12.2016 21:58:06" nasa.gov 2016 in Review: STMD's Pioneering Progress 2016 in Review: STMD's Pioneering Progress We completed several major program milestones in 2016 and made significant progress in advancing #NASAtech and capabilities for future space missions. What's next for 2017?
"16.12.2016 17:50:44" nasa.gov BIG Idea Finalists Devise Concepts for In-space Spacecraft Assembly This year's challenge asked teams to propose innovative concepts for in-space assembly of spacecraft – particularly tugs – propelled by solar electric propulsion that transfer payloads from low-Earth orbit, to an orbit around the moon, or to a lunar Five university teams will get the chance to make the case for their in-space spacecraft assembly concepts as part of the 2017 Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge. Finalists include Tulane University, the University of Colorado
"15.12.2016 16:30:16" nasa.gov Eyes in the Sky Spot Flames on the Ground Among other features, the Conservation International system uses imagery from NASA satellites to spot fires across wide swaths of remote territory and to map ground cover from one year to the next to alert authorities to illegal deforestation. Conservation International, with help from NASA funding and #NASAtech supercomputers and satellites, has created an improved fire-detection, monitoring and risk forecasting system called Firecast.
"14.12.2016 00:13:29"  NASA Ames Research Center A mini-parachute developed at NASA Ames Research Center will help bring small spacecraft and International Space Station cargo back to Earth: http://go.nasa.gov/2gIWKZp
"13.12.2016 21:21:26" nasa.gov NASA iTech Forum Showcases Solutions for Future Exploration Challenges  Innovators from across the country recently traveled to NASA Headquarters to showcase their proposed solutions to solving future space exploration challenges at the NASA iTech Forum. Read on to learn about the top three innovators:
"08.12.2016 15:42:38" nasa.gov Opportunities for Small Businesses to Advance Innovative Technologies The solicitation was released on Nov. 17 and will close on Jan. 20, 2017. We are seeking proposals from small businesses and research institutions for research, development, and demonstration of innovative technologies that could enable NASA missions through the 2017 NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small
"07.12.2016 17:34:21"  NASA 360 NASA Centennial Challenges wants YOUR help building a 3-D printed habitat on Mars. Have an idea? Visit www.nasa.gov/3dphab
"06.12.2016 18:17:01" nasa.tumblr.com 7 Things You Didn't Know Come from NASA Technology NASA innovations that can also be found in our daily lives here on Earth. Every  year, we publish a round-up of NASA innovations that can also be found  in our daily  lives here on Earth. We call them NASA Spinoffs — technologies spun off from America's space program — and this week the 2017 edition was published. Here are some
"05.12.2016 20:24:52" nasa.gov Spinoff 2017 Shows How NASA Technology Makes a Difference on Earth Take a closer look at 50 different companies that are using NASA technology to create products from which we all benefit. Whether it's the self-driving tractor that harvests food, cameras used in car-crash safety tests, or tools making brain surgery safer, #NASAtech plays a significant role in our daily lives.
"02.12.2016 17:07:56" nasa.gov NASA Announces Early Stage Innovation Space Technology Research Grants The proposals selected under the Early Stage Innovations 2016 solicitation address unique, disruptive or transformational technologies in a variety of areas. NASA has selected 13 university-led proposals for the study of innovative, early stage technologies that address high priority needs of America's space program. Find out more about the proposals: http://go.nasa.gov/2ghky40
"01.12.2016 20:24:28"  NASA Spinoff This ultra-small, rechargeable battery was more than two centuries in the making. Now it's available for hearing aids—thanks in part to NASA contributions.

Read more: 
http://go.nasa.gov/2gNcb16
"29.11.2016 21:41:01" nasa.gov Laser-based Navigation Sensor Could Be Standard for Landing Missions “Not only is it smaller, it's more reliable. It has an order of magnitude better precision in its measurements. And it costs less.” We're developing a laser-guided navigation sensor that will help future rovers make safe, precise landings on Mars or destinations beyond. Learn more about this #NASAtech and its upcoming tests: http://go.nasa.gov/2gGbV3Z
"29.11.2016 20:23:37" nasa.gov Metallic Glass Gears Make for Graceful Robots JPL research using metallic glass could change how robots move and reduce their cost. It's all in the gears…and we're building a better one. Metallic glass gears don't get brittle in extreme cold, making them perfect for #NASAtech robotics operated in space or on icy planets. Find out more: http://go.nasa.gov/2gSb6bt
"22.11.2016 20:49:37"  NASA Spinoff Another sneak peek to Spinoff2017:
Laser-imaging technology created to explore other planets — and asteroids, via the OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Mission — is helping us learn the history of this one. 

Check it out! http://go.nasa.gov/2fC3Vj4
"22.11.2016 17:30:21" nasa.gov NASA iTech Finalists Invited to NASA Headquarters to Present Technology Ideas Innovators will have the opportunity to discuss their ideas with participants and explore new technology development partnerships from Dec. 5-8 in DC. Ten finalists who submitted some of the most promising ideas on crew health, propulsion, life support systems and more have been invited to present their potential solutions to #NASAtech challenges at the 2016 NASA iTech Forum in Washington.
"17.11.2016 19:17:10"  NASA Spinoff Spinoff 2017 is just weeks away, but today: #TBT to Spinoff's first issue. 

When was the last time you went to a teller?
"16.11.2016 16:43:15"  NASA Spinoff Crops grow better for less when tractors drive themselves. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration helped make it possible. 
http://go.nasa.gov/2fxm44u
"15.11.2016 21:56:57"  Timeline Photos  In November 2015, the Maraia capsule was launched to test the entry, descent and landing (EDL) subsystems for a small Earth return capsule. Such a capsule design could enable the on-demand return of small science samples from the International Space
"15.11.2016 15:57:00" nasa.tumblr.com 10 Technologies That Are Changing the Game Technologies that are providing solutions to significant national needs and NASA's future space missions. Check out the #NASAtech with the potential to revolutionize future space missions!
"08.11.2016 18:20:29"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Good morning America! Today's #ElectionDay. Here's a look at our country on this Blue Marble. Remember to go vote today!
"07.11.2016 23:28:10" nasaitech.com Top 25 NASA iTech Semifinalists Announced NASA iTech is a yearlong effort to find innovative ideas that address challenges that will fill gaps in critical areas identified by NASA as having a potential impact on future exploration. Innovators from 24 U.S. states submitted ideas for advancing future space exploration missions. Congratulations to the top 25 semifinalists!
"07.11.2016 17:14:02" nasa.gov NASA to Hold Media Call on New Small Satellite Missions to Study Earth NASA will host a teleconference at 2:30 p.m. EST Monday, November 7 to preview several Earth science missions using small satellites heading to space this year. Today at 2:30pm ET tune in to nasa.gov/live to hear NASA leaders brief on small satellite missions, technology development initiatives, and new Earth-observing missions that use individual and constellations of small satellites to study climate change,
"03.11.2016 21:01:40"  Photos from NASA Technology's post  Today our Space Tech Associate Administrator is visiting Massachusetts-based Busek Co. Inc. who developed miniature electrospray small satellite thrusters--a form of solar electric propulsion which accelerate tiny amounts of ionic liquid (molten salts) to
"02.11.2016 15:36:54"  NASA Goddard Thousands of people, for almost two decades, accomplished the construction of the telescope element of the largest space telescope ever created. The optical and science segment of the James Webb Space Telescope stands complete in one of the largest
"31.10.2016 20:50:30"  Timeline Photos  Our NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) researcher Robert Youngquist discovered a novel coating called “Solar White” that, when used in deep space, could potentially reflect more than 99.9 percent of the sun's energy. Research and testing thus far
"25.10.2016 20:37:12"  Timeline Photos  A view inside the Robotic Operations Center at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, our cutting-edge facility for satellite servicing development where #NASAtech and operations for the Restore-L mission are being tested. #TechTuesday 
Learn more:
"25.10.2016 18:09:04"  NASA Centennial Challenges NASA has awarded $30,000 to each of the five top-scoring teams in Ground Tournament-3 our small satellite #CubeQuest Challenge.

Only 1 ground tournament remains before we take this competition into space!

Congratulations to all of the teams!
"24.10.2016 20:06:43" nasa.gov JUST UPDATED! NASA's Technology Innovation Each issue of our digital publication Technology Innovation features space technology innovators and project developments across NASA. Download today! The newest edition of NASA's Technology Innovation Issue 17.2, Living Off the Land, is now available for download! The newest edition of the digital publication is now available in the iTunes store as an iPhone or iPad app as well as in the Google Play
"21.10.2016 16:12:22" nasa.gov NASA Establishes the Small Spacecraft Systems Virtual Institute The Institute will leverage the growing small spacecraft community, promote innovation, and identify emerging technology opportunities for with industry, academia, and other government agencies. Did you know a small spacecraft can range in size from a postage-stamp (under an ounce) up to the size of a refrigerator (about 400 pounds)? Our Small Spacecraft Virtual Institute at NASA Ames Research Center in the heart of Silicon Valley will be a
"18.10.2016 20:37:50"  Timeline Photos  Tune in live tomorrow to learn about our Convective Heating Improvement for Emergency Fire Shelters (CHIEFS) project which utilizes #NASAtech created for spacecraft heat shields to improve the performance of emergency fire shelters for wildland
"17.10.2016 20:55:36" nasaitech.com Submission Guidelines Idea Submission Guidelines NASA iTech is a yearlong initiative to find innovative ideas with the most potential impact on future space exploration and support development of the most promising solutions.Here are some simple guidelines to follow to get your white papers in by
"13.10.2016 15:25:36"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Today at the #WHFrontiers Conference, we're joining innovators to imagine our nation and the world in 50 years and beyond. Learn more:
"12.10.2016 19:42:36" nasaitech.com NASA iTech proposals due October 17! NASA iTech is a yearlong initiative to find innovative ideas with the most potential impact on future space exploration and support development of the most promising solutions. Innovators behind the top 10 iTech #NASAtech ideas will be invited to present at NASA Headquarters in December. Only five days left to apply!
"11.10.2016 16:27:25"  NASA Centennial Challenges Where will we live once we get to Mars?

OPEN NOW: Phase 2 of our 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge.

A year ago, we awarded the top designs from Phase 1. It is time to start building and developing printable materials! Learn more, read the rules and sign up
"06.10.2016 16:41:17" nasa.gov Student Winners Selected For Thinking Outside The Box  These two young 3-D print challenge winners may have a future in space! Inspired by the #BEAM expandable habitat that we launched to the International Space Station earlier this year, we teamed up with Future Engineers to issue the "Think Outside the Box"
"04.10.2016 18:20:26" spacenewsmag.com Starting Small: To develop big ideas | SpaceNews Magazine NASA astronaut Steve Swanson of Expedition 39 activated the red, blue and green LED lights of the Veggie plant growth system on May 7, 2014 that was developed From SpaceNews on our Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer program: "Starting Small: To develop big ideas"
"21.09.2016 18:04:36" nasa.gov NASA iTech Fosters Technology Needed for Journey to Mars NASA is seeking innovative technology for the agency's future exploration missions in the solar system and beyond, including the Journey to Mars, from other U.S. government agencies, academia, the aerospace industry and the public through the new iTech NEW! Our NASA iTech initiative seeks innovative technology for future exploration missions in our solar system and beyond. We're seeking input from non-traditional innovators that will help fill gaps in five critical technology areas: radiation
"21.09.2016 17:23:56"  Our "Radiator" Installation on the ISS  We're testing the next generation of thermal control technologies on the International Space Station. Our phase change material heat exchanger, currently planned for use on the Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle Orion, was installed on the ISS last week and will
"16.09.2016 16:28:26" nasa.gov Balloon Flight Opens Door to Lowering Cost for Solar Research A high-altitude balloon carrying a new, miniature solar-pointing platform was launched from Benson Municipal Airport in Arizona on Sept. 3. Funded by our Flight Opportunities program, this balloon flight tested a payload that will enable research on solar sound waves and the solar atmosphere.
"15.09.2016 15:35:58"  Timeline Photos  Just like cars use radiators to keep cool, spacecraft must also be protected from fluctuating temperatures, especially when orbiting the moon. We're testing the next generation of thermal control technologies on the International Space Station. A phase
"14.09.2016 14:38:23"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Learn about our Asteroid Redirect Mission on Wednesday as we join with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to discuss the mission: http://go.nasa.gov/2cHd5Lz
"14.09.2016 14:31:58" nasa.tumblr.com Mission Possible: Redirecting an Asteroid This mission to visit a large near-Earth asteroid is part of our plan to advance the new technologies and spaceflight experience needed for a human mission to the Martian system in the 2030s. What is NASA's Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) and why are we planning to send a robotic spacecraft to an asteroid tens of millions of miles away? Learn more at: nasa.tumblr.com.
"09.09.2016 05:07:26"  OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Mission After a successful launch, OSIRIS-REx is speeding toward a rendezvous with the asteroid Bennu, which could revolutionize our understanding of the early solar system: http://go.nasa.gov/2chKGfP
"08.09.2016 21:57:46" nasa.gov America's Best and Brightest for Space Technology Research Fellowships Fellows will perform research that could help keep America on the cutting edge of space technology. Attention grad students and researchers: we want YOU! Help NASA create new and innovative space technologies for the nation's science, exploration and economic future.
"08.09.2016 14:04:48"  OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Mission Today, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that will carry OSIRIS-REx to space rolled from the Vertical Integration Facility, where it was assembled, to Space Launch Complex 41. The mission is scheduled to launch Sept. 8 at 7:05 pm EDT.
"07.09.2016 15:00:18" nasa.gov NASA Searches for Big Idea for In-Space Assembly of Spacecraft In the 2017 Breakthrough, Innovative, and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge, NASA is engaging university-level students in its quest to reduce the cost of deep space exploration. If you're an aerospace engineering student, we're looking for your big idea on how to build spacecraft in space.
"06.09.2016 16:56:39"  Timeline Photos  First place and $750,000 awarded to West Virginia University! Congratulations to all of the NASA Centennial Challenges Sample Return Robot challenge teams!
"06.09.2016 14:41:08"  Timeline Photos  Tune in live to the NASA Centennial Challenges Sample Return Robot Awards Ceremony to find out the official results!
"01.09.2016 20:56:16" nasa.gov NASA Selects Proposals for Advancing Key Exploration Technologies NASA has selected 21 research and technology proposals from American small businesses and research institutions that will enable NASA's future missions. Small business drives our economy, and we're helping our nation's entrepreneurs  develop technologies that will enable space exploration.
"30.08.2016 16:50:28" nasa.gov NASA Holds Final Sample Return Robot Competition After five years of competition by more than 40 different teams from around the globe, NASA's Sample Return Robot Challenge has reached its final stage. Our NASA Centennial Challenges' Sample Return Robot prize has reached its final stage! The top seven teams will compete for the $1.36 million prize purse on the campus of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) from September 4-6.
"29.08.2016 21:05:59" youtube.com Nuclear Space Propulsion A human visit to Mars is full of challenges. Chief among them: the time it takes to get to Mars and return home safely -- the long trip is hard on our astron... We're working on shortening the long trip home from Mars for our astronauts. Find out more from this NASA 360 episode on Nuclear Space Propulsion.
"26.08.2016 13:31:57" nasa.gov NASA Announces Early Career Faculty Space Technology Research Grants NASA has selected eight university-led proposals for the study of innovative, early stage technologies that address high priority needs of America's space program. We're funding outstanding faculty researchers early in their careers as they conduct #NASAtech development. Learn more about these awardees from the University of Michigan, Iowa State University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, UConn,
"19.08.2016 21:45:42"  NASA Aeronautics So #WhereIsOrville? Download your NASA Orville and post a pic of where he is today from around the world. We're celebrating #NationalAviationDay!
"19.08.2016 21:29:43" nasa.gov NASA Selects University Partners for Small Spacecraft Collaboration Each of the university teams will be working with engineers and scientists from NASA on two-year projects beginning this fall. Congratulations to the eight university teams (Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Miami, University of California, Irvine, University of Florida, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stanford University, Arizona State University,
"18.08.2016 15:38:16"  3D printing  Our Principal Technologist for Advanced Manufacturing, John Vickers, talks about the innovations in friction stir welding, 3D printing and other projects at #NASAMarsDay. To learn more about the latest in #NASAtech manufacturing:
"18.08.2016 13:58:48"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Join us live at 9:30 am ET for #NASAMarsDay as we discuss our #JourneytoMars. Learn what we're doing to send humans to the Red Planet and use #askNASA to ask your questions. Watch: http://go.nasa.gov/2btMEqU
"17.08.2016 14:57:01"  Timeline Photos  Attention entrepreneurs: Registration is now open for our first Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program Subtopic Workshop (September 12-13) at the NASA Ames Research Center. This workshop will provide
"16.08.2016 20:22:03" nasa.gov NASA Space Robotics Challenge Prepares Robots for the Journey to Mars NASA Space Robotics Challenge Prepares Robots for the Journey to Mars In partnership with Space Center Houston and NineSigma, Inc., a global innovation consultant organization, we have opened registration for a new NASA Centennial Challenges competition -- the Space Robotics Challenge! This event seeks to develop the
"16.08.2016 20:03:55" nasa.gov A Camp Where 'Junior Game Changers' Get Their Game On This four-day camp offered 35 rising high school freshman an opportunity to learn more about science, technology, engineering and math from NASA experts. Students from Newport News attended "camp" at the NASA Langley Research Center to learn more about science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) from NASA experts.
"12.08.2016 19:39:00" nasa.gov NASA Announces Opportunities to Advance 'Tipping Point' Technology NASA expects to select up to seven proposals from U.S. industry across the two technology topics, worth a combined total of approximately $15 million. Are you working on a technology that has reached a 'tipping point'? If so, we are seeking industry-developed technologies that can foster the development of commercial space capabilities and benefit future NASA missions.
"12.08.2016 17:02:16" bit.ly 2016 Sammies Finalist: Call to Service Jenn Gustetic: Tapped into citizen knowledge and expertise to solve pressing national problems by promoting the use of crowdsourcing, challenges and prizes across government. Cast a vote for our very own Jenn Gustetic who was nominated for a Partnership for Public Service 2016 Sammies People's Choice award for all of her amazing work in helping to solve national problems by promoting the use of crowdsourcing, challenges and
"11.08.2016 14:45:24" www.whitehouse.gov Public Sector Prizes and Challenges Grow in Use and Sophistication as Agencies Build Infrastructure OSTP releases its fifth annual comprehensive report describing the use of prize competitions and challenges by Federal agencies and detailing the 116 challenges in FY2015 Yesterday, The White House  Office of Science & Technology blog on its 5th annual report on prize competitions and challenges recognized NASA as a leader. An International Space Station-related challenge led by our very own NASA Solve's Lynn Buquo was
"11.08.2016 14:44:54" www.whitehouse.gov Public Sector Prizes and Challenges Grow in Use and Sophistication as Agencies Build Infrastructure OSTP releases its fifth annual comprehensive report describing the use of prize competitions and challenges by Federal agencies and detailing the 116 challenges in FY2015 Yesterday, The White House  Office of Science & Technology blog on its 5th annual report on prize competitions and challenges recognized NASA as a leader. An International Space Station-related challenge led by our very own NASA Solve's Lynn Buquo was
"11.08.2016 13:20:00" In case you couldn't make it to the 2016 @[294558867295339:274:Small Satellite Conference], here's some of what you missed, courtesy of the Small Spacecraft #NASAtech team. http://go.nasa.gov/2aA6Civ 2016 Small Satellite Conference  In case you couldn't make it to the 2016 Small Satellite Conference, here's some of what you missed, courtesy of the Small Spacecraft #NASAtech team. http://go.nasa.gov/2aA6Civ
"11.08.2016 13:20:00"  2016 Small Satellite Conference  Robert Staehle from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) speaks with a SmallSat Conference 2016 attendee about the Mars Cube One (MarCO), a communications technology demonstration mission that is launching in 2018
as part of JPL's InSight mission. The
"10.08.2016 14:37:00" In case you couldn't make it to the 2016 @[294558867295339:274:Small Satellite Conference], here's some of what you missed, courtesy of the Small Spacecraft #NASAtech team. http://go.nasa.gov/2aA6Civ 2016 Small Satellite Conference  In case you couldn't make it to the 2016 Small Satellite Conference, here's some of what you missed, courtesy of the Small Spacecraft #NASAtech team. http://go.nasa.gov/2aA6Civ
"10.08.2016 14:37:00" In case you couldn't make it to the 2016 @[294558867295339:274:Small Satellite Conference], here's some of what you missed, courtesy of the Small Spacecraft #NASAtech team. http://go.nasa.gov/2aA6Civ 2016 Small Satellite Conference  In case you couldn't make it to the 2016 Small Satellite Conference, here's some of what you missed, courtesy of the Small Spacecraft #NASAtech team. http://go.nasa.gov/2aA6Civ
"09.08.2016 14:07:00" In case you couldn't make it to the 2016 @[294558867295339:274:Small Satellite Conference], here's some of what you missed, courtesy of the Small Spacecraft #NASAtech team. http://go.nasa.gov/2aA6Civ 2016 Small Satellite Conference  In case you couldn't make it to the 2016 Small Satellite Conference, here's some of what you missed, courtesy of the Small Spacecraft #NASAtech team. http://go.nasa.gov/2aA6Civ
"09.08.2016 14:07:00" In case you couldn't make it to the 2016 @[294558867295339:274:Small Satellite Conference], here's some of what you missed, courtesy of the Small Spacecraft #NASAtech team. http://go.nasa.gov/2aA6Civ 2016 Small Satellite Conference  In case you couldn't make it to the 2016 Small Satellite Conference, here's some of what you missed, courtesy of the Small Spacecraft #NASAtech team. http://go.nasa.gov/2aA6Civ
"08.08.2016 20:03:54" media.giphy.com gph.is  Our High Dynamic Range Stereo X (HiDyRS-X) project, a revolutionary high-speed, high dynamic range camera, filmed NASA's Space Launch System booster test, recording propulsion video data in never before seen detail. Read more: http://go.nasa.gov/2avb8TJ
"08.08.2016 17:26:01"  Timeline Photos  At the 2016 Small Satellite Conference in Logan, Utah, Roger Hunter shares upcoming Small Spacecraft Technology Program missions at the NASA Town Hall. To learn more about our SmallSat #NASAtech: http://go.nasa.gov/2aA6Civ
"08.08.2016 17:12:00" In case you couldn't make it to the 2016 @[294558867295339:274:Small Satellite Conference], here's some of what you missed, courtesy of the Small Spacecraft #NASAtech team. http://go.nasa.gov/2aA6Civ 2016 Small Satellite Conference  In case you couldn't make it to the 2016 Small Satellite Conference, here's some of what you missed, courtesy of the Small Spacecraft #NASAtech team. http://go.nasa.gov/2aA6Civ
"08.08.2016 17:12:00" In case you couldn't make it to the 2016 @[294558867295339:274:Small Satellite Conference], here's some of what you missed, courtesy of the Small Spacecraft #NASAtech team. http://go.nasa.gov/2aA6Civ 2016 Small Satellite Conference  In case you couldn't make it to the 2016 Small Satellite Conference, here's some of what you missed, courtesy of the Small Spacecraft #NASAtech team. http://go.nasa.gov/2aA6Civ
"08.08.2016 17:12:00" In case you couldn't make it to the 2016 @[294558867295339:274:Small Satellite Conference], here's some of what you missed, courtesy of the Small Spacecraft #NASAtech team. http://go.nasa.gov/2aA6Civ 2016 Small Satellite Conference  In case you couldn't make it to the 2016 Small Satellite Conference, here's some of what you missed, courtesy of the Small Spacecraft #NASAtech team. http://go.nasa.gov/2aA6Civ
"02.08.2016 20:59:34" nasa.gov NASA Seeks Proposals for Visionary Aerospace Concepts NASA is seeking innovative concepts to develop new aerospace mission architectures or to significantly enhance future aerospace missions with novel technology. Our 2017 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program Phase I solicitation is now open! Got questions about proposing? We've got answers. Tune in on August 18 at 2 p.m. ET to our Virtual Forum. More info: http://go.nasa.gov/2asOt5D
"27.07.2016 19:30:45" nasa.gov NASA Selects New Technologies for Flight Tests NASA's Flight Opportunities program has selected 13 space technology payloads to flight test on parabolic aircraft, high-altitude balloons or suborbital launch vehicles to demonstrate new technologies. Our Flight Opportunities program has selected 13 space technology payloads from industry and academia to flight test in a space-like environment on commercial suborbital launch vehicles, reduced gravity aircraft, and high-altitude balloon flights.
"22.07.2016 15:53:31" comiccon2016.sched.org Comic-Con 2016: NASA & Angry Birds on a Journey to M... Creators of Angry Birds and NASA talent discuss their collaboration and the millions of people it reached, including those from the generation that will eventually set foot on Mars. Attending Comic-Con International's #SDCC16? Make sure you swing by to see our very own Early Stage Portfolio Executive, Jay Falker, on the "NASA & Angry Birds on a #JourneyToMars" panel on Saturday, July 23.
"21.07.2016 16:20:12" nasa.gov How a Mars Architecture Solution Helps with Home Energy Efficiency Software used to plan Mars missions narrows down choices for homebuilders so they can maximize cost and energy efficiencies. From NASA Spinoff: an algorithm created for the #JourneyToMars, now helps build greener homes--cheaper--here on Earth.
"20.07.2016 19:51:07" nasa.gov NASA to Begin Testing Next Generation of Spacecraft Heat Exchangers This hardware is one of NASA's Game Changing Development program's efforts that will advance space technologies and capabilities for the agency's future missions. The Phase Change Material Heat Exchanger (PCM HX) Demonstration Facility hitched a ride to the International Space Station on SpaceX's Dragon cargo craft, which launched July 18 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. This #NASAtech is stuffed
"19.07.2016 17:41:20" nasa.gov www.nasa.gov We're soliciting industry comments and questions prior to issuance of this NASA Research Announcement to foster the development of commercial space capabilities. Help US help YOU advance space technologies that are at a "tipping point" in their development cycle. Later this summer, we'll be seeking industry-developed space technology proposals that can foster commercial space capabilities, while benefiting future
"13.07.2016 18:59:49" nasa.gov Tech Bytes Newsletters NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. The latest edition of TechBytes--the quarterly newsletter on NASA Ames Research Center's emerging technologies--is available for your summer reading pleasure! Catch up on the Nodes smallsats project, Kepler developments, Ames work on ISS, and the 1st
"12.07.2016 23:54:30" youtube.com NASA Works with Forest Service to Improve Fire Shelters After the deadly Yarnell Hill fire in Arizona in 2013, NASA Langley Research Center signed an agreement with the U.S. Forest Service to see if some of its sp... We are making progress on #NASAtech efforts to help the U.S. Forest Service design a better emergency fire shelter for wildland firefighters.
"12.07.2016 14:24:55"  NASA Langley Research Center Check out this wildfire map posted today by the American Red Cross. Men and women are fighting those blazes and facing possible life and death situations. Engineers here are working with the U.S.Forest Service to help design an even better emergency fire
"11.07.2016 14:58:55"  Timeline Photos  Today at NASA's Glenn Research Center: the 2016 Evolvable Cryogenics (eCryo) Industry Technology Workshop! This is the 7th annual technology workshop to share #NASAtech development progress related to cryogenic fluid management (CFM). For more info:
"11.07.2016 14:50:42" nasa.gov NASA Seeks Proposals for Space Technology Research Institutes STRIs will strengthen NASA's ties to the academic community through long-term investment in research critical to the space agency's future. We are seeking proposals from universities through Space Technology Research Institutes (STRI) -- larger, multi-disciplinary, university-led research efforts -- in two technology areas: Bio-Manufacturing for Deep Space Exploration, and Computationally
"07.07.2016 19:08:03" nasa.gov How a NASA Engineer Created the Modern Airplane Wing NASA star aviation engineer Richard Whitcomb relied on his gut to revolutionize aircraft. If you've flown on an airplane, you've benefited from this NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration engineer's designs. Richard T. Whitcomb relied on a combination of intuition and visualization more than calculations when working out new
"06.07.2016 17:21:59" airspacemag.com Mars, Underground Looking for life on other planets? Go deep. From Air & Space magazine on some of our NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program researchers' work: "Mars, Underground: Looking for life on other planets? Go deep."
"05.07.2016 19:06:29"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration After an almost five-year journey to the solar system's largest planet, our Juno spacecraft successfully entered Jupiter's orbit during a 35-minute engine burn. Confirmation that the burn had completed was received on Earth at 11:53 p.m. EDT Monday, July
"29.06.2016 13:32:42" livestream.com NASA's Game Changing Technology Industry Day by National Institute of Aerospace Watch National Institute of Aerospace's NASA's Game Changing Technology Industry Day on Livestream.com. The Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) is hosting the Game Changing Technology Industry Day to engage the aerospace industry and identify Tune in live to our Industry Day, today from 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EST to learn about #NASAtech investments within the Game Changing Development portfolio.
"29.06.2016 02:14:12" nasa.gov NASA's Restore-L Mission to Refuel Landsat 7, Demonstrate Technologies The first mission of its kind in low-Earth orbit will demonstrate that a carefully curated suite of satellite-servicing technologies are fully operational. Our Restore-L mission endeavors to launch a robotic spacecraft in 2020 to refuel a live satellite. Why? Because this demonstration will allow us to build on a history of upgrading and maintaining assets in space.
"27.06.2016 20:39:13" nasa.gov Game Changing Development Industry Day Participants will have the unique opportunity to listen and engage with NASA technologists who seek partnerships that can further innovation in space exploration. REGISTER NOW for the Game Changing Development Industry Day on June 29-30! We'll be focusing on 11 current technologies that are potential targets for commercial and academic partnerships. Can't make it in person? Tune in online to the webcast:
"16.06.2016 14:07:29" youtube.com JOI: Into the Unknown (NASA Juno Mission Trailer) Secrets lie deep within Jupiter, shrouded in the solar system's strongest magnetic field and most lethal radiation belts. On July 4, 2016, NASA's Juno spacec... Secrets lie deep within Jupiter, shrouded in the solar system's strongest magnetic field and most lethal radiation belts. On July 4, 2016, NASA's Juno spacecraft will plunge into uncharted territory, entering orbit around the gas giant and passing closer
"14.06.2016 21:07:18" nasa.gov NASA Ignites Fire Experiment Aboard Space Cargo Ship NASA sets fire on uncrewed spacecraft to understand how fire behaves in microgravity. Understanding how fire spreads in a microgravity environment is critical to the safety of astronauts who live and work in space. The Spacecraft Fire Experiment (#Saffire) is a three-part #NASAtech experiment that will be conducted over the course of three
"14.06.2016 17:18:55" nasa.gov Teams Awarded $5,000 Prizes in Level 1 of NASA's Sample Return Robot Each winning team was awarded $5,000 for their success, and they have earned a shot at Level 2 of the competition, which will take place Sept. 2-5. Five teams are taking home prize money after completing Level 1 of NASA's Sample Return Robot Challenge, part of our NASA Centennial Challenges prize program.
"13.06.2016 20:50:53" youtube.com NASA's Vascular Tissue Challenge: Improving Life in Space and on Earth The Vascular Tissue Challenge, a NASA Centennial Challenges competition, offers a $500,000 prize to be divided among the first three teams that successfully ... The Vascular Tissue Challenge, a new NASA Centennial Challenges competition, offers a $500,000 prize to be divided among the first three teams that successfully create thick, metabolically-functional human vascularized organ tissue in a controlled
"13.06.2016 18:53:48"  NASA Centennial Challenges Announcing a NEW Centennial Challenges competition:

The Vascular Tissue Challenge:
Improving Life in Space and on Earth

DETAILS: www.nasa.gov/vtchallenge

NASA, in partnership with the nonprofit Methuselah Foundation's New Organ Alliance, is seeking
"10.06.2016 15:36:13"  NASA Centennial Challenges Good morning! We are live from the pits at Worcester Polytechnic Institute for the 5th Sample Return Robot Challenge. We are taking you behind the scenes with some of the teams in the competition, and will be taking questions afterward in the comments
"09.06.2016 20:38:51"  Timeline Photos  Please join NASA Centennial Challenges on FB tomorrow at 11 a.m. EST for a behind-the-scenes Live event from the robot pits here at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). We'll chat with some of the teams and show you what it takes for these robotic
"09.06.2016 16:14:36" nasa.gov Roll Out Solar Array Technology: Benefits for NASA, Commercial Sector NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) worked with two private firms to develop advanced structures for high power solar arrays. We worked with two private firms to develop advanced structures for high power solar arrays that are stronger, lighter, and package more compactly for launch. One of those companies, Deployable Space Systems, has partnered with SSL to apply the technology
"09.06.2016 15:18:25"  The Conversation US "Houston, we now know what time it is."

How the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory plans to make interplanetary navigation more accurate and more efficient by sending a new atomic clock into space next year.
"08.06.2016 18:53:54" nasa.gov Teams to Compete for $1.5 Million in Sample Return Robot Competition The objective of the challenge is to encourage innovations in autonomous navigation and robotic manipulation technologies. These innovations may enhance NASA's space exploration capabilities. Twenty-one robotics teams are returning to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) for a fifth year to compete in NASA's $1.5 million Sample Return Robot Challenge. The autonomous robotic competition will take place in two stages, with Level 1 from June
"08.06.2016 18:52:04"  NASA Centennial Challenges Sample Return Robot 2016 has begun! Watch live all week approximately 9am-6pm EST at www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-msfc.

19 teams are attempting to complete Level 1 objectives. More details at www.nasa.gov/robot.
"06.06.2016 14:27:57" fbo.gov Space Technology Research Institutes Appendix The Space Technology Mission Directorate is seeking to invest, via research institutes, in university-led, multidisciplinary basic research and technology development within particular areas of strong interest to NASA and the aerospace industry. We are seeking comments and questions on our draft solicitation on Space Technology Research Institutes: we are dedicating up to $30 million over the next five years to support university-led research institutes to more rapidly develop capabilities needed
"02.06.2016 20:29:31" nasa.gov NASA Awards Contract for Suborbital Flight Services This is the sixth company selected for an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract under the Suborbital Reusable Launch Vehicle (sRLV) Flight and Payload Integration Services solicitation. We have selected Blue Origin to integrate and fly technology payloads in support of our Flight Opportunities Program, which selects promising technologies from industry, academia and government, and tests them on commercial launch vehicles.
"01.06.2016 15:18:10" nasa.gov UPDATE: NASA Small Satellite Duo Deploys from Space Station into Earth Orbit Nodes Satellites Demonstrate Technology 'Firsts' for Small Spacecraft Our Nodes satellites are performing perfectly and, during their first week in orbit, have already accomplished technology 'firsts' that demonstrate the value of very small, low-cost satellites as platforms for more complex science and exploration
"25.05.2016 18:33:18"  NASA Centennial Challenges Coming up in early June, the 2016 Sample Return Robot Challenge at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)! This will be fifth running of this competition, and $1.39 million is still out their, waiting to be claimed!

24 teams have signed on for the
"25.05.2016 16:41:51" nasa.gov Mice Studies in Space Offer Clues on Bone Loss Research on mice in zero gravity helps keep astronaut bones strong — and treat osteoperosis on Earth. Making no bones about it: To advance understanding of how zero gravity affects bone density, scientists from NASA Ames Research Center teamed up with BioServe Space Technologies, University of Colorado Boulder, and Amgen, of Thousand Oaks, California, for
"24.05.2016 20:27:31" nasa.gov NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program: From Science Fiction to Science Fact An attentive audience within the IMAX Theater at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois listened to NIAC researchers discuss their visionary ideas about the space future. Audiences at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago were whisked into the future last month, treated to the visionary ideas and advanced technologies of NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program that seek to explore and utilize space.
"19.05.2016 19:28:13" popsci.com NASA Invests In Suspended Animation, Growable Space Habitats, And More To take us to Mars and beyond From Popular Science on our NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program Phase II selections: "NASA Invests in Suspended Animation, Growable Space Habitats, and More"

For more information on our NIAC visionary technology proposals:
"18.05.2016 20:54:30" nasa.gov SPHERES: How a Class Project Became An Experiment Facility in Space Seventeen years ago in a classroom not that far away, the SPHERES facility was born. As it prepares for the 2018 hand-off to its successor Astrobee, team members look ahead to the future, while celebrating the successes of nearly 600 test hours over 117 Today #NASAtech SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites) is celebrating a rare milestone: 10 years of investigation on the International Space Station! And it all began as a class project...
"17.05.2016 21:28:18" nasa.gov NASA Small Satellite Duo Deploys from Space Station into Earth Orbit NASA Small Satellite Duo Deploys from Space Station into Earth Orbit The ground controllers for our Nodes mission have received confirmation that both satellites are transmitting and are in good health. The first transmission of science data is expected by May 18. Read on to learn what this pair of satellites will do in
"16.05.2016 16:57:37" www.snappytv.com Nodes Deployment After a five-month stay aboard the International Space Station, NASA's two Nodes satellites were deployed on May 16 from the NanoRacks platform and into low-Earth orbit to begin their much anticipated technology demonstration. - Clip from NASA TV After a five-month stay aboard the International Space Station our two Nodes satellites were deployed from the NanoRacks platform and into low-Earth orbit to begin their much anticipated #NASAtech demonstration. More information coming soon on this
"11.05.2016 20:07:49" nasa.gov NASA Invites Universities to Submit Early-Stage Technology Proposals The grants will sponsor research in specific high-priority areas of interest to America's space program. Are you working on space tech at a university? If so, we want YOU! 

We are seeking innovative, early stage technology development proposals from universities that could benefit NASA's space program, other government agencies and the greater aerospace
"06.05.2016 19:07:56" nasa.gov NASA Makes Dozens of Patents Available in Public Domain NASA has released 56 formerly-patented agency technologies into the public domain, making its government-developed technologies freely available for unrestricted commercial use. In addition to the release of these technologies, a searchable database now With love, from NASA. We're gifting our technology into the public domain, meaning dozens of our patents are available for free. Details: http://go.nasa.gov/1T1e1bM #NASATech
"04.05.2016 17:37:06" nasa.gov Ballooning Expectations: New Approach for Astronomy Ballooning Expectations: New Approach for Astronomy Our NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Fellow Christopher Walker's inflatable telescope--or suborbital large balloon reflector--could provide a look down at the outer edge of our planet as well as up to scan the universe. #NASAtech
"28.04.2016 20:36:46"  NASA Spinoff Every year at least 70,000 women die from hemorrhaging after childbirth — mostly in the world's least developed countries.

These devices, first modeled on pressure suits used by test pilots and astronauts, could save many of them.

Read more:
"28.04.2016 16:29:42" nasa.gov NASA Selects American Small Business, Research Institution Projects for Further Development "These proposals represent the entrepreneurial spirit of small businesses that fuel our economy and create jobs on Main Street," said Steve Jurczyk, associate administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD). American small businesses and research institutions are enabling our future missions into deep space, while also benefiting the U.S. economy. Selected proposals will support the development of #NASAtech in the areas of aeronautics, science, human
"27.04.2016 21:57:23" nasa.gov Glenn Celebrates 75 Years of Technology Achievements at Technology Day  NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland will celebrate a legacy of #NASAtech and innovation at Technology Day 2016 on May 24!
"27.04.2016 18:37:05" blogs.nasa.gov Exploring Together | Deputy Administrator Dava Newman Exploring Together Posted on April 27, 2016 at 1:39 pm by Deputy Administrator Dava Newman. We are closer than ever before to sending American astronauts to Mars than anyone, anywhere, at any time has ever been. A new consensus is emerging around NASA's We are closer than ever before to sending American astronauts to Mars. But getting to the Red Planet is hard. That's why we make it a priority to reach out to partners across America and around the world. Our Deputy Administrator Dava Newman on the
"27.04.2016 15:33:31" nasa.gov University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Wins BIG Idea Challenge A team of students from Illinois won a new design competition organized by NASA and the National Institute of Aerospace. A group of students from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign took top honors in our first Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge--an engineering design competition that solicited ideas for #NASAtech that could land
"22.04.2016 22:15:01" www.nasa.gov Join NASA for a #24Seven Celebration of Earth Day NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. Today, #EarthDay, we're giving you a behind-the-scenes look at all we do in Earth science and #NASAtech development -- and the people who are working to better understand our home planet, every minute of every day.

We showed you our day, now show us
"22.04.2016 21:01:52"  NASA Spinoff When disaster strikes, NASA earth science data and software help. #EarthDay #24Seven https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2016/ee_3.html
"22.04.2016 16:45:02"  Timeline Photos  Today, #EarthDay, we're giving you a behind-the-scenes look at all we do in Earth science and #NASAtech development -- and the people who are working to better understand our home planet, every minute of every day.

We showed you our day, now show us
"19.04.2016 21:36:30" nasa.gov NASA Works to Improve Solar Electric Propulsion The advanced electric propulsion system is the next step in NASA's Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) project, which is developing critical technologies to extend the range and capabilities of ambitious new science and exploration missions. NASA has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. of Redmond, Washington, to design and develop an advanced electric propulsion system that will significantly advance the nation's commercial space capabilities, and enable deep space exploration missions,
"18.04.2016 22:13:54" nasa.gov Centennial Challenges Awards $50K to Teams at MAV Prize Competition NASA awarded $50,000 in prize money on April 16 to the top three teams in the Mars Ascent Vehicle Prize, a competition of the agency's Centennial Challenges program. Full details up now for this weekend's NASA Centennial Challenges Mars Ascent Vehicle Prize events and awardees! Every team deserves a huge congratulations, and we are so proud of every one of them.
"16.04.2016 14:35:35"  Timeline Photos  If you find yourself in the DC area this weekend, check out #NASAtech at the USA Science & Engineering Festival at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center! http://go.nasa.gov/1ShTUGb #SciFest
"15.04.2016 20:20:32" nasa.gov Finalists Announced for NASA's BIG Idea University Design Challenge Teams will present their concepts in a design review at the 2016 BIG Idea Forum April 25-26, 2016. Georgia Tech, Purdue University, University at Buffalo, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are advancing to the final round of our 2016 Breakthrough, Innovative, and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge. The challenge asked them to examine
"13.04.2016 20:06:37" nasa.gov Cooling Down the Hot Side of Space Hardware Cooling Down the Hot Side of Space Hardware Michal Talmor, a Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Massachusetts, is in the second year of her NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship. Talmor's #NASAtech study is focused on how to cool
"13.04.2016 15:57:07"  NASA Centennial Challenges Join us live all day - starting NOW - as our Mars Ascent Vehicle Prize teams compete for a share a of $50,000.

Teams must demonstrate autonomous capabilities to retrieve a mock Mars sample, collect it in a rocket, and raise the rocket to prepare for Tune in to the Mars Ascent Vehicle prize challenge! LIVE stream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-msfc.
"13.04.2016 13:43:26" nasa.gov DEEP IN Directed Energy Propulsion for Interstellar Exploration DEEP IN Directed Energy Propulsion for Interstellar Exploration We are pleased to hear that Professor Lubin has received external funding to continue the work started in his NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts study. #Starshot
"12.04.2016 20:42:58" lemelson.mit.edu Heather Hava | Lemelson-MIT Program Heather Hava is a PhD student in the Aerospace Engineering Sciences program at the University of Colorado Boulder with an emphasis in Bioastronautics. She is also the 2012 recipient of the NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship. Heather is a Congratulations to our NASA Space Technology Research Fellow, Heather Hava, on winning the Lemelson-MIT Program Student Prize for her work inventing ways to grow food in space and other extreme environments!
"12.04.2016 19:20:09" nasa.gov NASA Begins Testing of Revolutionary E-Sail Technology Testing has started at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on a concept for a potentially revolutionary propulsion system that could send spacecraft to the edge of our solar system, the heliopause, faster than ever before. We want to set sail...using solar wind! Revolutionary E-Sail #NASAtech could send spacecraft to the edge of the solar system by harnessing solar wind.
"11.04.2016 21:27:03" www.nasa.gov NASA Reaches Out to Universities NASA Reaches Out to Universities for Small Satellite Technology Collaborations WANTED: proposals for the development and/or demonstration of new technologies and capabilities for small spacecraft by U.S. colleges and universities in collaboration with NASA. Help support our missions in science, exploration, space operations, or
"11.04.2016 14:33:57" www.nasa.gov NASA Invests in 2-D Spacecraft, Reprogrammable Microorganisms NASA has selected 13 proposals through NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC), a program that invests in transformative architectures through the development of pioneering technologies. The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program has selected the 2016 Phase I innovations with the potential to revolutionize #NASAtech and future aerospace missions.
"08.04.2016 18:22:07"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration When a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship launches today at 4:43 p.m. EDT, the stage will be set to have six spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. Dragon is carrying 6,900 pounds (3,130 kilograms) of science, crew supplies and hardware. More: When a SpaceX Dragon cargo ship launches today at 4:43 p.m. EDT, the stage will be set to have six spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. Dragon is carrying 6,900 pounds (3,130 kilograms) of science, crew supplies and hardware. More:
"06.04.2016 17:55:02" www.nasa.gov NASA Seeks Public Feedback on Technology Portfolio System NASA seeks feedback from the public on its technology portfolio system, TechPort. We make #NASAtech project information easily accessible through our technology portfolio system, TechPort! This information about tech development activities is a valuable national resource that can expand the scientific knowledge base, encourage
"05.04.2016 18:30:38"  Timeline Photos  During his #YearInSpace aboard the world's only microgravity laboratory, NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly and the crew worked to advance cutting edge research & technology development. Pictured here are just some examples of #NASAtech experiments Commander
"31.03.2016 17:10:02" www.nasa.gov NASA Spacecraft to Test 'Green' Propellant Passes Pre-flight Milestone GPIM will demonstrate the practical capabilities of a hydroxyl ammonium nitrate based fuel/oxidizer propellant blend, known as AF-M315E, which is less toxic than traditional chemical fuels like hydrazine, requires fewer handling restrictions and less Our Green Propellant Infusion Mission--to demonstrate the capabilities of a new propellant that is safer to handle on the ground and more efficient #NASAtech for thrusters in space--is inching toward flight testing next year!
"23.03.2016 17:41:25" nasa.gov NEW! NASA's Digital Technology Innovation Featuring the latest space technology innovators and project developments across the agency. What #NASAtech is advancing manufacturing in space and on Earth? Read our latest Technology Innovation e-zine to find out. 

Now available for download in the iTunes store as an iPhone or iPad app as well as in the Google Play store as an Android app.
"21.03.2016 22:14:26" nasa.gov NASA Awards Second-Round Prizes in Cube Quest Challenge  NASA has awarded $30,000 each to the five top-scoring teams that competed in the latest segment of the NASA Centennial Challenges’ small satellite CubeQuest competition. Teams are competing to design, build and deliver flight-qualified #CubeSats capable
"17.03.2016 20:25:39" nasa.gov NASA Technology  NASA's Johnson Space Center's In Situ Resource Utilization team develops technologies that could turn existing substances on Mars into fuel, oxygen, drinkable water and other crucial resources. Pioneer Energy adapted this #NASAtech to create its CO2 Craft
"14.03.2016 19:29:59" nasa.gov NASA Seeks Public Feedback on Technology Portfolio System NASA seeks feedback from the public on its technology portfolio system, TechPort. NASA makes technology development information easily accessible and simple to use through its technology portfolio system, TechPort! This information about #NASAtech development activities is a valuable national resource that can expand the scientific
"10.03.2016 20:39:19" nasa.gov NASA Technology  NASA Langley Research Center tested how to pack up its Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator, or HIAD, that works like a parachute, using the drag of a planet’s atmosphere to slow a space vehicle as it descends toward a landing surface. Slowing
"07.03.2016 22:38:30" nasa.gov Competition Helps Entrepreneurs Turn NASA Tech into New Products The initiative allows start-up businesses formed for the purpose of licensing NASA technology to do so without any up-front costs and with no minimum fees for three years Join the Space Race--a competition that provides an opportunity to commercialize NASA technology and solicit significant seed funding (up to $1.2 million) from venture capitalists. Compete to launch your startup with #NASAtech!
"03.03.2016 18:34:31" nasa.gov Machines That Tell You When They're Sick Software enables embedded sensors to measure machine vital signs, making their behavior easier to predict. What if airplanes, cars or life support machines could alert to breakdowns before they happen? 

A NASA Ames Research Center engineer developed the Inductive Monitoring System (IMS) to gather and interpret real data from machine sensors in order to
"02.03.2016 16:33:15"  International Space Station NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly and Cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov safely landed back on Earth in their Soyuz spacecraft at 11:26 p.m. EST.

Kelly and Kornienko completed a record-setting one-year mission conducting almost 400 investigations to NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly and Cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov safely landed back on Earth in their Soyuz spacecraft at 11:26 p.m. EST.

Kelly and Kornienko completed a record-setting one-year mission conducting almost 400 investigations to
"29.02.2016 19:22:00" nasa.gov NEW! NASA's Digital Technology Innovation Featuring the latest space technology innovators and project developments across the agency. The latest Technology Innovation e-zine--all about NASA's breakthrough manufacturing initiatives--is available for download! Version 17.1 is now available in the iTunes store as an iPhone or iPad app as well as in the Google Play store as an Android app.
"26.02.2016 19:21:17"  Timeline Photos  This week, at the SmallSat Symposium in Menlo Park, California, we showcased the evolution of our #NASAtech using off-the-shelf consumer smartphones to build low-cost spacecraft. Pictured left, is the PhoneSat 2.4 Engineering Development Unit. The woman
"24.02.2016 15:38:18" nasa.tumblr.com NASA Technology  Since 1976, nearly 2,000 space technologies have transformed into commercial products and services through our NASA Spinoff program. Take a look to see how many you utilize on a regular basis. #NASAtech
"23.02.2016 19:13:31" www.nasa.gov Help NASA Create Better Vision for Robonaut NASA is asking coders to create algorithms for Robonaut 2, or R2, that will improve its 3-D vision. The Robonaut Vision Tool Manipulation contest kicks off on Feb. 23, and offers a total of $10,000 in prizes for the best algorithms. Humans use glasses to help them see better, but for robots, the fix is in their code. Enter the Robonaut Vision Tool Manipulation contest, kicking off today, to help improve our robot's "eyesight" on the International Space Station! 

#TechTuesday
"20.02.2016 00:09:16" nasa.gov NASA Technology  Today Made In Space and NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration showcased their partnerships and work to enable technologies for the future of space exploration. The California-based company's "Archinaut" System to build and assemble
"18.02.2016 16:23:03" www.nasa.gov NASA Plant Researchers Explore Question of Deep-Space Food Crops Spuds in Space - NASA Plant Researchers Explore Question of Deep-Space Food Crops NASA plant scientists have been studying ways to grow safe, fresh food crops efficiently off the Earth. Most recently, astronauts on the International Space Station harvested and ate a variety of red romaine lettuce that they activated and grew in a plant
"17.02.2016 21:51:52"  NASA Spinoff Satellites aren’t small or cheap. The Solar Dynamics Observatory launched by NASA in 2010 weighs about 6,800 pounds and cost $850 million to build and put into orbit.

Even the satellites built under NASA’s Discovery Program, aimed at encouraging
"16.02.2016 20:48:13"  NASA 360 Imagine getting to Mars in just 3 days… or putting points beyond our solar system within our reach. 

New propulsion technologies could one day take us to these cosmic destinations making space travel truly interstellar! NASA 360 features our NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Fellow Philip Lubin's research on interstellar exploration. #NASAtech
"16.02.2016 17:55:50" nasa.gov NASA Seeks Satellite Maker for Series of CubeSat Technology Missions NASA Seeks Satellite Maker for Series of CubeSat Technology Missions WANTED:  NASA’s Small Spacecraft Technology Program is requesting proposals from industry to provide small spacecraft for its Pathfinder technology demonstration missions, expected to demonstrate several new propulsion systems, advanced control systems
"12.02.2016 20:01:42" nasa.gov NASA Offers Space Tech Grants to Early Career University Faculty NASA Offers Space Tech Grants to Early Career University Faculty WANTED: NASA seeking proposals from early-career faculty at U.S. universities beginning innovative research to advance America's space program. Grants can be up to $200k/year for up to three years! Notice of intent to submit proposals due March 4. #N
"11.02.2016 15:08:54" www.nasa.gov NASA Celebrates 40 Years of Spinoffs There's more space in your life than you think. Ever since NASA's founding in 1958, the technologies that we've developed to power space exploration have also found a home here on Earth. Since 1976, the annual NASA Spinoff publication has highlighted the many ways that research and missions in aeronautics and space have also had practical benefits for life on Earth. Over the years, Spinoff has profiled nearly 2,000 such technologies,
"10.02.2016 00:24:29"  Timeline Photos  Administrator Charlie Bolden poses in front of the Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (HIAD) at the NASA Langley Research Center during today's #StateOfNASA. This #NASAtech is one of the many technologies driving exploration at NASA by ena
"09.02.2016 18:30:02"  Timeline Photos  The State of NASA is as strong as it’s ever been. Our work with industry partners, academic partners, and citizen scientists are advancing the technologies that drive exploration and economic growth. At the same time, investments in NASA are creating
"04.02.2016 21:47:24" news.nationalgeographic.com New NASA Spacecraft Will Be Propelled By Light Solar sails could travel to the outermost regions of the solar system faster than ever before. From National Geographic on the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Fellow Bruce Wiegmann's electric sails concept: 'New NASA Spacecraft Will Be Propelled By Light' (see "Positive Energy" segment) #NASAtech
"04.02.2016 16:28:03"  NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Good morning from the Kennedy Space Center - the team at the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout building is ready to start work assembling the crew module. The Orion crew module pressure vessel for NASA’s Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on February 1. Orion will be prepared for its mission here, outfitted with the systems and subsystems necessary for flight, including
"02.02.2016 22:01:11" spinoff.nasa.gov GPS Sensor Web Helps Forecasters Warn of Monsoon Flash Floods NASA Technology In the American Southwest and in northwestern Mexico, more than half the annual rainfall often comes in the form of the torrential and unpredictable downpours of the North American monsoon. A wee bit more accurate than #GroundhogDay predictions, #NASAtech is helping the public predict and respond to natural hazards and dangerous weather events.
"02.02.2016 17:32:57" snappytv.com CubeSat Vine “By virtue of being small, lightweight and made of affordable parts, we can accomplish NASA’s future science and exploration missions more affordably with CubeSats.” Jim Cockrell, Cube Quest Challenge program admin - Clip from NASA TV During today's Exploration Mission-1 payload announcement, Jim Cockrell, Program Administrator for the #CubeQuest Challenge, explained how citizen scientists are not only competing for a launch opportunity on NASA's Space Launch System's first flight
"02.02.2016 16:22:06"  NASA Centennial Challenges LIVE now --- Learn about the 13 CubeSat experiments that will #RideOnSLS to go forth and do science!

Three of our own Cube Quest challengers will earn a spot aboard the powerful rocket. 

Watch live now at nasa.gov/nasatv, and ask your questions usi
"01.02.2016 23:49:12"  NASA 360 What’s the best way to explore comets and asteroids? With spacecraft? Rovers? 

The answer may be a bit both — a spacecraft/rover hybrid. Our very own NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Fellow Marco Pavone and his concept for exploring comets and asteroids with a new kind of hybrid! #NASAtech
"29.01.2016 17:25:31" www.nasa.gov Better Rovers Yield Better Coffee Coffee shops and connoisseurs alike are enjoying coffee from a machine inspired by NASA exploration vehicles. How a mechanical engineer at NASA Ames Research Center  figured out that #NASAtech used to keep rovers moving at constant speeds could also enhance your Cup of Joe. Read on to discover the  Blossom Coffee Inc. story.
"28.01.2016 18:32:57"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Today, we pause to remember the men and women who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration, including the crews of Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia: http://go.nasa.gov/1QExdMW
"22.01.2016 18:32:09" flightopportunities.nasa.gov Flight Opportunities - SpaceTech-REDDI-2016 NASA Flight Opportunities Program Today at 11:30am PST: Get your questions answered during a virtual meeting on the NASA Flight Opportunities solicitation seeking proposals to demonstrate crosscutting space technologies in relevant space-like environments using currently available U.
"21.01.2016 19:16:16" youtube.com Return to The Rock - Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project - 12/22/15 On our recent trip to Alcatraz, we recorded two episodes of Still Untitled in front of a live audience. This second episode features a very special guest: Dr... NASA Chief Technologist David Miller attended the Bay Area Science Festival and "returned to the rock" with Adam Savage and Tested to record a podcast in front of a live audience about #NASAtech, NASA Spinoffs, and space exploration.
"19.01.2016 21:24:50" nasa.gov NASA's Juno Spacecraft Breaks Solar Power Distance Record NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter has broken the record to become humanity's most distant solar-powered emissary. "Juno is all about pushing the edge of technology to help us learn about our origins," said Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. NASA's Juno Mission to Jupiter is a solar-powered spacecraft set
"13.01.2016 22:29:18"  NASA Spinoff When global food prices spiked dramatically in late 2007 and into 2008, the costs of many basic dietary staples doubled or even tripled around the world, sparking protests and riots. Panicked governments stopped exporting food, aggravating the crisis Here's how international leaders are using data from Earth-imaging satellites to make better predictions about weather and crops, potentially averting future food crises.
"12.01.2016 19:24:10" nasa.gov Strengthening Our Space Technology Future: Snapshots of Success Strengthening Our Space Technology Future: Snapshots of Success #NASAtech development accomplishments in 2015 and what's in store for 2016.
"07.01.2016 23:39:00"  Photos from NASA Technology's post  During NASA's maiden voyage to the Consumer Electronics Show, Joey Williams from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory talks to media about the software being utilized on Oculus Rift platform. Also pictured is JPL's Mars Rov-E, most of which was 3D prin
"06.01.2016 19:16:05" livestream.com AIAA SciTech 2016 by AIAA Watch AIAA's AIAA SciTech 2016 on Livestream.com. Note: All Times PST. From its creation in 1963, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has organized conferences to serve the aerospace profession as part of its core mission. S Tune in to see NASA leaders speak on "Space Exploration Through Advancing Technologies" at  #AIAASciTech at 2pm PST!
"18.12.2015 23:07:22"  Timeline Photos  These are, in fact, the droids that NASA and its research partners are looking for. Inspired by a floating droid battling Luke Skywalker in the film #StarWars, the free-flying satellites known as Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experime
"18.12.2015 17:22:51"  NASA 360 NASA’s offering $5 million dollars if you can help them solve this challenge. Who’s in!? NASA 360 dives into the NASA Centennial Challenges CubeQuest Challenge: Competitors will have a shot at a share of $5 million in prize money and an opportunity to fly their very own CubeSat to the moon and beyond as secondary payload on the first int
"16.12.2015 23:03:00" nasa.gov NASA and Star Wars: The Connections Are Strong in This One NASA and 'Star Wars': The Connections are Strong With This One #NASAtech & #StarWars: Our astronauts “use the force” every time they launch and we have real-world droids and ion engines. We’ve seen dual-sun planets like Tatooine and a moon that eerily resembles the Death Star. Read on to learn more as excitement
"16.12.2015 16:03:32" nasa.gov Spinoff 2016 Highlights Space Technologies Used in Daily Life on Earth NASA technology is all around us, turning trash into oil, saving women from a deadly complication of childbirth, and putting the bubbles in beer. How #NASAtech is changing the way we live: Spinoff 2016 is now live!
"15.12.2015 21:22:49" blogs.nasa.gov Working Off Earth to Save Millions of Lives Upon It | NASA Leadership By David Miller, NASA Chief Technologist Today, the The White House released a new report on the actions the United States is taking to improve the health, management, and sustainability of water resources across our planet. NASA's Chief Technologist Dr. David Miller blogs about how #NASAte
"14.12.2015 19:13:58" nasa.gov 'The Bridge' Newsletter NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. Need a break from holiday shopping?  Click and relax with the latest newsletter from the Technology Demonstration Missions, including an update on projects like the Green Propellant Infusion Mission (pictured here) and the Solar Electric Propulsion.
"11.12.2015 20:05:10" youtube.com NASA Small Satellits to Demonstrate Swarm Communications and Autonomy NASA’s two Nodes small satellites hitched a ride to the International Space Station on the fourth Orbital ATK cargo mission, which launched on Dec. 6. Once a... Built at NASA Ames Research Center, NASA’s two Nodes #smallsats hitched a ride to the International Space Station on the fourth Orbital ATK cargo mission, which launched on December 6. Once aboard the station, the satellites will be deployed into low
"09.12.2015 16:15:00"  Photos from NASA Technology's post  Yesterday STMD leadership visited NASA's Kennedy Space Center to see #NASAtech like the Veggie Experiment Plant Growth Chamber and SWAMP WORKS at NASA/Kennedy Space Center's dust mitigation technology.
"08.12.2015 21:09:20"  Timeline Photos  Planning a holiday trip to the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution? Make sure you visit the "Moving Beyond Earth" gallery to see the #NASAtech Robonaut 1A and to learn about human spaceflight! #TechTuesday
"07.12.2015 17:56:08" nasa.gov NASA Small Satellites to Demonstrate Swarm Communications and Autonomy The Nodes mission, which consists of two CubeSats weighing just 4.5 pounds each and measuring 4 inches by 4 inches by 6.5 inches, will test new network capabilities for operating swarms of spacecraft in the future. #NASA’s two Nodes small satellites hitched a ride to the International Space Station on the fourth Orbital ATK cargo mission, which launched on December 6. Once aboard the station later this week, the satellites will settle in for a two-to-three mont
"07.12.2015 03:08:02"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration What's heading to the International Space Station on #Cygnus right now? The cargo includes dozens of science and research investigations that will occur during Expeditions 45 and 46. Here's a look at some of the science & research: http://www.nasa.go
"03.12.2015 21:23:17"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration TODAY: Orbital ATK’s #Cygnus spacecraft atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is set to launch at 5:55 p.m. EST. NASA Television launch coverage begins at 4:30 p.m. There is currently a 30% chance of favorable weather conditions. Watch live: h Small Spacecraft Technology Program Nodes satellites will hitch a ride to the International Space Station on the fourth Orbital ATK cargo mission set to launch this evening. #NASAtech
"03.12.2015 19:58:39" nasa.gov NASA EDGE NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. Game Changing Development Program Manager Steve Gaddis joins NASA EDGE in studio to discuss robotics, rovers and perhaps an upgrade at co-host. #NASAtech
"01.12.2015 19:34:19" unofficialnetworks.com 5 Ways NASA Technology Changed The Ski Industry Whether creating modern water filters or memory foam, NASA has some pretty notable inventions under its belt. However, NASA's effect on the skiing community is just as astounding. Here are the Top ... Winter is coming, which means it's time to start planning your next big ski trip. NASA innovations have been helping ski bums and snowboarders enjoy fresh pow across the globe. From Unofficial Networks, here are five ways #NASAtech has changed the sk
"26.11.2015 01:00:21" nasa.gov Rocket Launch Demonstrates New Capability for Testing Technologies  An @UP Aerospace SpaceLoft sounding rocket soared into the sky November 6 from Spaceport America, New Mexico, carrying four technology experiments for #NASAtech's Flight Opportunities Program that funded the launch of these technologies.
"24.11.2015 16:02:48" nasa.gov Early Stage Innovations Space Technology Research Grants NASA has selected 15 university-led proposals for the study of innovative, early stage technologies that address high priority needs of America's space program. #NASAtech has selected 15 university-led proposals for the study of innovative, early stage technologies that address high priority needs of America's space program. The Early Stage Innovations awards from NASA's Space Technology Research Grants Prog
"13.11.2015 21:23:27" sbir.nasa.gov Solicitations | NASA SBIR & STTR Program Homepage The SBIR and STTR Solicitations are produced annually in partnership with NASA's Mission Directorates and Centers to focus on the Agency's priority mission needs. These needs are organized under topics and subtopics within the Solicitation. Solicitat #NASA has over $200M in funding for Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) awards. If your company is a small business with less than 500 employees, or a non-profit research institution with ties to a #small
"05.11.2015 22:38:01" twit.tv Triangulation 222 Steve Jurczyk from NASA | TWiT.TV Steve Jurczyk earned bachelor and master of science degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia in 1984 and 1986. Jurczyk began his NASA career at Langley in … In case you missed our very own Space Tech Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk on the This Week in Tech (@TWiT) show "Triangulation" with Leo LaPorte, you can #tbt and listen to the podcast:
"04.11.2015 18:19:36" nasa.gov Update on Launch of EDSN Update on Launch of EDSN On November 3, 2015, the eight small satellites of the Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks (EDSN) mission were lost in the failure of the launch vehicle during the U.S. Air Force-led Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Office's ORS-4 mission t
"30.10.2015 21:08:00" nasa.gov Swarming Space for Science EDSN will showcase the ability to use multiple, advanced, yet affordable nanosatellites to perform a host of scientific, commercial, and academic research tasks in space. A cluster of small and low-cost satellites is readying for liftoff from Hawaii – an inventive effort called the Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks (EDSN) mission. #NASAtech
"30.10.2015 18:02:26"  Southern Research Southern Research Engineering was honored to have NASA Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk of NASA Technology in our labs today. Southern Research has a well-established testing and measurements capability and is widely recognized as the leading la NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk visited the Southern Research Institute labs today. Southern Research has a well-established testing and measurements capability and is widely recognized as the leading l
"27.10.2015 20:14:58" scientificamerican.com NASA Eyes Torpedo Tech as an Alternative to Nuclear Batteries The U.S.’s measly stockpile of plutonium is barely adequate for missions planned for the next decade From Scientific American magazine on NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program researcher Michael Paul's concept for Stored Chemical Energy Power Systems (SCEPS): "NASA Eyes Torpedo Tech as an Alternative to Nuclear Batteries"
"26.10.2015 17:33:42" twit.tv   Tune in live today at 2pm ET to hear Space Tech Mission Directorate Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk with Leo Laporte on TWiT's show "Triangulation." https://twit.tv/live
"23.10.2015 18:55:46" nasa.gov NASA’s Next Sample Return Robot Challenge Open for Registration Registration is open for the fifth running of NASA Centennial Challenges’ Sample Return Robot Challenge, which will take place in June and September 2016. The leaves are changing - must be time for ROBOTS! Sample Return Robot 2016 is OPEN for registration!

This $1.5M competition challenges teams from around the world - yes you - to design robots that can search for and pick up samples without human co
"20.10.2015 14:25:21" nasa.gov WFIRST-AFTA: Groundbreaking Space Observatory to Image Exoplanets WFIRST-AFTA: Groundbreaking Space Observatory to Image Exoplanets and Tackle a Universe of Questions "How did I get here?" is not only a question for the Talking Heads (official), but also for NASA's astrophysicists. The #NASAtech Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission seeks to perform an extraordinarily broad set of scientific invest
"16.10.2015 19:45:17" news.nationalgeographic.com How Will We Get Off Mars? We know how to get to Mars. We know how to land on Mars. Now comes the hard part: figuring out how to leave. From National Geographic on NASA's #JourneytoMars and the real #NASAtech needed for a feat like Mark Watney's in #TheMartian: "How Will We Get Off Mars?"
"15.10.2015 18:22:35"  Photos from NASA Technology's post  Last week, Space Tech Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk visited NASA's Johnson Space Center to get a look at the #NASAtech development underway, including Robonaut 5, the Portable Life Support System project, and the High Performance Extravehicul
"14.10.2015 19:56:05" nasa.gov The Real Martian Spinoffs Part 3: Harnessing the Power In this feature, the final of the Real Martians Spinoffs series, products and technologies related to ion propulsion, solar power and radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) development are cited. Ions and solar and RTGs, oh my! In the last installment of our "Real Martian Spinoffs" delving into technologies featured in #TheMartian, learn about the energy and power generation products and technologies, such as ion propulsion, solar power and r
"08.10.2015 19:54:17"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Four small research satellites, or CubeSats, launched today from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The CubeSats we sponsored will test new control and communications systems, Earth observations, amateur radio communications and an X-Band radio NASA's Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD) launched today from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Once in orbit, this #NASAtech will push the boundaries of space-to-Earth communications for CubeSats, as well as test the abili
"08.10.2015 16:23:47" nasa.gov The Real Martian Spinoffs Part 2: Time to Explore In this second part of a three-part series, spinoff technologies and products based on rover and spacesuit technologies are outlined. Two vital #NASAtech areas required for human planetary exploration in real life or on the big screen like in #TheMartian: rovers and spacesuits. Here are some space-inspired technologies that are being used to benefit life right here on Earth.
"08.10.2015 15:00:57"  United Launch Alliance A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the NROL-55 mission lifted off from Space Launch Complex 3 at 5:49 a.m. PDT on Oct. 8, 2015. National Reconnaissance Office 30th Space Wing (Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.) The #NROL55 mission aboard the United Launch Alliance #AtlasV rocket launched this morning at 5:49am PT carrying the #NASAtech CubeSat, Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration, which will demo high-speed optical transmission of data from spac
"07.10.2015 21:35:04" nasa.gov NASA Seeks Big Ideas from Students for Inflatable Heat Shield Tech NASA is giving university and college students an opportunity to be part of the agency’s journey to Mars with the Breakthrough, Innovative, and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge. #NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate and the National Institute of Aerospace are seeking innovative ideas from university students for generating lift using inflatable spacecraft heat shields, or hypersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerator
"07.10.2015 18:38:51"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration What’s our Deputy Administrator Dava Newman’s favorite #JourneyToMars Technology?  From solar electric propulsion to next generation spacesuits, watch as she shares the excitement around the new technologies we’re developing for deep space exploratio Technology drives exploration. Learn from NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman about the #NASAtech in development for the #JourneyToMars.
"07.10.2015 16:06:24" nasa.gov NASA Television to Air CubeSat Launch Events Tune in live to our #NROL55 prelaunch briefings! Thirteen #NASA and National Reconnaissance Office-sponsored CubeSats are scheduled to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 8:49 a.m. EDT (5:49 a.m. PDT) Thursday, October 8, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Tune in to
"06.10.2015 16:06:41" plus.google.com Game Changing Technologies - Google+ Learn how NASA engages the best and brightest! Meet six college students who played an integral role this past summer helping develop two game-changing technologies that will be tested on the HESH 36.310 Mission out of NASA Wallops Flight Facility Oc Hang out with us today at 1:15pm (ET)! Learn how #NASAtech engages the best and brightest: meet six college students who played an integral role this past summer helping develop two game-changing technologies that will be tested on the HESH 36.310 Mi
"05.10.2015 20:52:47" nasa.gov NASA Sets Coverage Schedule for CubeSat Launch Events Tune in live for prelaunch briefings and launch commentary! Thirteen #NASA and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)-sponsored CubeSats are scheduled to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance #AtlasV rocket Thursday, October 8, from the 30th Space Wing (Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.). Prelaunch media brief
"02.10.2015 22:57:00" nasa.gov Nine Real NASA Technologies in 'The Martian' Andy Weir’s “The Martian” tells the story of Mark Watney, a NASA astronaut stranded on Mars. He must improvise and innovate to survive. NASA is already working on some of the technologies he uses to try to stay alive. If you're heading to see #TheMartian this weekend, make sure first you read about the real #NASAtech currently being developed for the #JourneyToMars!
"02.10.2015 19:30:35" nasa.gov Sounding Rocket Launch to Test Drive New Technologies Space Technologies Receiving Test Drive with Oct. 6 Sounding Rocket Launch Two of our #NASAtech payloads will be flown on the sounding rocket slated for launch on October 6 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. One is a fabrication method using near net shape (NNS) technology on the rocket itself, and the other dubbed LEO-1,
"02.10.2015 17:03:03" nasa.gov Robot Preparing To Build Large Light Composite Rocket Parts October 2, 2015 is Manufacturing Day! #NASA engineers are celebrating Manufacturing Day (#MFGday2015) by building some of the largest composite rocket parts ever made. Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are preparing a new automated fiber placement r
"01.10.2015 18:44:25" nasa.gov Big Plans for Small Satellites Big Plans for Small Satellites: Testing Laser Communications, Formation Flying The Small Spacecraft Technology Program will be launching its Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD) project on October 8 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, with the help of the National Reconnaissance Office. Managed by The Aerospace Co
"01.10.2015 00:47:55" nasa.gov NASA Awards Top Three Design Finalists in 3D Printed Habitat Challenge NASA awarded three teams a total of $40,000 in the first stage of the 3-D Printed Habitat Challenge Design Competition at the New York Maker Faire on Sunday, Sept. 27. We were amazed at the participation in this challenge. So many great ideas came in!
"30.09.2015 19:44:14"  National Reconnaissance Office Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, #NROL55 is set to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Ca. L-55 will carry 13 CubeSats, or mini-satellites, on an NRO auxiliary payload known as the Government Rideshare Advanced Concept Experiment (GRACE). Nine of the CubeS Next week, our #NASAtech Small Spacecraft Technology Program Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration project will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base with coordination led by the National Reconnaissance Office. These Cubesats will test and
"30.09.2015 18:17:01" nasa.gov NASA Awards Top Three Design Finalists in 3D Printed Habitat Challenge NASA awarded three teams a total of $40,000 in the first stage of the 3-D Printed Habitat Challenge Design Competition at the New York Maker Faire on Sunday, Sept. 27. In case you missed it this weekend, NASA Centennial Challenges awarded three teams a total of $40,000 in the first stage of the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge Design Competition at the New York Maker Faire on Sunday, September 27. 
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"30.09.2015 15:12:26" nasa.gov The People of Space Tech: GCD's Daniel Yoo The People of Space Tech: GCD's Daniel Yoo The first in our series about the people turning the gears in the Space Technology Mission Directorate: Game Changing Development program's data engineer, Daniel Yoo.

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"29.09.2015 18:03:51" nasa.gov Stayin’ Alive With Life Support Spinoffs In this first part of a three-part series, spinoff technologies and products based on life-support necessities -- including habitats, agriculture, water and air -- are outlined. Here is Part I of our series about real #NASAtech, similar to some of the technologies used in #TheMartian, developed by the American space program and "spun off" to benefit the public.
"23.09.2015 15:34:43" youtube.com NASA Employee Real Martians Moment: Low Density Supersonic Decelerator NASA’s Ian Clark is the Principal Investigator for the Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) Project; it’s basically an inflatable airbrake designed to h... The film #TheMartian, in theaters October 2, takes the work #NASA and others have done exploring Mars and extends it into fiction set in the 2030s, when NASA astronauts are regularly traveling to Mars and living on the surface. 

Across NASA, dozens
"18.09.2015 19:28:10"  NASA 360 Could you build a robot capable of thinking on its own?

NASA put $1.5 million on the line hoping that you can. Check out the latest NASA 360 video on our NASA Centennial Challenges' Sample Return Robot Challenge! #NASAtech
"17.09.2015 21:12:45" spinoff.nasa.gov Content Platforms Meet Data Storage, Retrieval Needs Earth is under a constant barrage of information from space. Whether from satellites orbiting our planet, spacecraft circling Mars, or probes streaking toward the far reaches of the Solar System, NASA collects massive amounts of data from its spacefa Today is International #OzoneDay! Fun fact: With the help of SBIR, #NASAtech developed for storing data from the NASA Ozone Monitoring Instrument translated to content management software and cloud computing applications. Just one of the many ways sp
"17.09.2015 16:31:50" nasa.gov NASA Seeks America's Best and Brightest for STMD Research Fellowships NASA Seeks America's Best and Brightest for Space Technology Research Fellowships Open call for current and future master/PhD students: Seeking innovative space technology research proposals to improve America’s science, exploration and economic future. Earn up to $74k per year!  Proposals due 11/5.

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"15.09.2015 20:49:58" youtube.com Early Career R&D Team Reaches Six Month Mark Engineers from KSC continue their development of a head-mounted display for documentation, communication and environmental awareness. Collaborators from Abac... The Integrated Display and Environmental Awareness System (IDEAS) was selected as part of the Early Career Initiative Pilot, an STMD program that fosters creativity and innovation among early career #NASA technologists by engaging them in hands-on te
"15.09.2015 17:27:38" nasa.gov NASA, U.S. Senate Welcome Robot Challenge Winners to Washington The West Virginia Mountaineers are heading to the Hill! The West Virginia University Mountaineers, winners of the NASA Centennial Challenges 2015 Sample Return Robot Challenge, will be recognized for their achievement at an event from 3 to 4 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 21, in Room 385 of the Senate Russell
"09.09.2015 21:39:34"  NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Hop, Drop & Roll: Hedgehog, a robot that works on any side, could explore the microgravity environments of asteroids and comets. More: http://go.nasa.gov/1KukVp4 "Hedgehog" is currently in Phase II development through the #NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program. The flight development and testing were supported by NASA's Center Innovation Fund and NASA's Flight Opportunities Program. All are program
"09.09.2015 19:03:11"  NASA Centennial Challenges Congratulations to our Top 5 Cube Quest Challenge teams for finishing strong in the first of 4 Ground Tournaments. Our winners are, in order of scoring:

1. Team Miles
2. Ragnarok Industries
3. Novel Engineering
4. MITKit Cube
5. Cislunar Explorers.
"09.09.2015 18:20:21" nasa.gov NASA News Audio NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. We're live, formally awarding the NASA Centennial Challenges top 5 #CubeQuest Challenge teams. Join us and listen live at http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio.

Each team was awarded $20,000 in prize money during the first of four Cube Quest ground tourname
"08.09.2015 14:52:39" nasa.gov NIAC Phase I Solicitation NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. Do you have a big idea that could "change the possible" in aerospace? Consider applying for up to $100k to study visionary, yet credible, advanced concepts in the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program. 

Learn more about the 2016 NIAC Phas
"02.09.2015 15:42:41" nasa.gov NASA Discusses First Ground Tournament Prizes in Cube Quest Challenge Media are invited to learn about the winners of the first round of the Cube Quest Challenge during a teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 9. Media are invited to talk with the five top competitors from the first round of the #CubeQuest Challenge during a teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 9.

NASA's Cube Quest Challenge is a $5.5 million competition to build flight-qualified, s
"01.09.2015 20:21:01" livestream.com AIAA Livestream.com Follow AIAA's profile on Livestream for updates on live events. Tune in live on Wednesday (9/2) at 8am PT to the AIAA - The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Space 2015 panel "Pioneering Space" to hear Space Tech Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk speak about the #NASAtech development activiti
"31.08.2015 14:55:23" twitter.com NASA Technology on Twitter “We've hit 500k followers on @twitter. Thanks for tweeting, sharing & learning about how #NASAtech drives exploration!” Our Twitter account @NASA_Technology has reached 500,000 followers! If you don't already follow us, be sure to help us reach the million mark and learn about how technology drives exploration. 

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"25.08.2015 21:22:52" nasa.gov Green Propellant Infusion Mission Receives Propulsion System NASA's Green Propellant Infusion Mission to develop a high-performance, low-toxicity fuel and propulsion system for spacecraft has passed a major milestone. Space exploration is going green: NASA's Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) to develop a high-performance, low-toxicity fuel and propulsion system for spacecraft has passed a major milestone! 

This green propellant propulsion subsystem, built
"21.08.2015 19:34:26" nasa.gov NIAC Phase I Solicitation This appendix solicits proposals for studying visionary, yet credible, advanced concepts in the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program. NIAC’s goal is to “Change the Possible” in aerospace and aeronautics missions. The #NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program’s Phase I Solicitation is now available! Learn how to submit a proposal to fund your innovative research. 

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"21.08.2015 17:39:22"    One Direction filmed their newly released music video #DragMeDownMusicVideo at NASA's Johnson Space Center, featuring a cameo from our #NASAtech, Robonaut, currently assisting the crew aboard the International Space Station. What we want to know is,
"19.08.2015 16:15:17" nasa.gov NASA's 10 Favorite Ways to Celebrate National Aviation Day Whether it's because you received an overnight shipment, travelled by air to visit friends or relatives, or your job is part of the multi-trillion-dollar global aerospace industry, aviation touches all of our lives every day. #NASA is with you when you fly. Learn more about the history and how to celebrate #NationalAviationDay!
"18.08.2015 20:38:01"    In July, our Flight Opportunities program parabolic flight week provided the chance for researchers to test their technologies in a reduced gravity environment. Here, Principal Investigator Zarana Patel of NASA's Johnson Space Center tested the funct
"14.08.2015 20:31:01" nasa.gov Grants Awarded for Technologies That Could Transform Space Exploration NASA has selected eight university-led proposals to study innovative, early stage technologies that will address high-priority needs of America's space program. Early career researchers providing the fuel for NASA's innovation engine!
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"12.08.2015 22:30:01" panelpicker.sxsw.com Vote for OCCUPY MARS panel at SXSW2016 via PanelPicker! Occupy Mars You've seen the movies about space travel or have read the books about Mars, but do you really know how hard it is to get to Mars? What are the technologies needed for humans to survive on the red planet? Getting there, landing there, and Ever wondered why #NASA wants to go to #Mars and what technologies we're developing to get there?  

Then VOTE for our panel at #SXSW Interactive 2016 to hear innovative NASA engineers and thinkers answer these questions and detail the many ways the
"12.08.2015 20:07:10" nasa.gov NASA Selects Proposals to Build Better Batteries for Space Exploration NASA's Game Changing Development (GCD) program has selected two proposals for Phase II awards targeted toward developing new energy storage technologies to replace the battery systems currently used by America's space program. Cheaper, lighter, longer: what the next-generation batteries propose for storing electrical power in space and better enabling the agency's future robotic and human exploration missions. #321TechOff
"11.08.2015 21:14:44" nasa.gov NASA Smallsat Programs Open Out-of-this-World Research Opportunities NASA Smallsat Programs Open Out-of-this-World Research Opportunities CubeSat launches, challenges, rides and more: #NASA programs are leading the small spacecraft community and demonstrating the giant potential wrapped up in a tiny package. #321TechOff #TechTuesday
"10.08.2015 18:28:16" nasa.gov Space Farming Yields a Crop of Benefits for Earth Space Farming Yields a Crop of Benefits for Earth Growing food in space to nourish our astronauts is also helping to grow new technologies to improve life on earth. Read on to learn about the LED lighting systems, air purification technologies and other agricultural innovations developed from these
"06.08.2015 17:51:42" nasa.gov University Small Spacecraft Researchers Selections NASA Selects University Small Spacecraft Researchers to Collaborate on New Projects #NASA has selected eight university teams to collaborate on developing and demonstrating new technologies and capabilities for small spacecraft. 

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"05.08.2015 17:55:20" popsci.com ‘Windbot’ Probes Designed To Explore Gas Giants Powered by turbulence From Popular Science on #NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) 2015 Phase I Fellow Adrian Stoica's research on how to explore gas giants with robots powered by locally harvested energy, performing in-situ observational atmospheric science. #321Tec
"04.08.2015 19:52:11"    This week, Deputy Administrator Dava Newman and STMD's Senior Technical Officer Jeffrey Sheehy will tour the National Center for Advanced Manufacturing at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center where they'll see one of the largest composites manufacturi
"27.07.2015 19:18:52" nspires.nasaprs.com nspires.nasaprs.com  The #NASA Emerging Space Office has released its 2015 Research Announcement (NRA) for economic research on concepts that encourage emerging commercial and private-sector space capabilities in a manner that promotes U.S. economic growth or provides ot
"21.07.2015 20:55:25"    During his visit to NASA Langley Research Center last week, Space Tech Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk saw some of the innovative advanced manufacturing processes, including this spin formed mock-up of an Orion-type crew module. This process us
"16.07.2015 21:32:48" nasa.gov NASA EDGE: Nanotechnology NASA EDGE explores the latest developments with NASA's game changing Nanotechnology. Going small yields big results! Tune into the NASA EDGE podcast to hear about Space Tech work in teeny tiny nanotechnology.

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"15.07.2015 15:19:03"    Today is the last day to register for the design portion of the NASA Centennial Challenges 3-D Printed Habitat Challenge! It's a $2.25 million competition to design and build a 3-D printed habitat for deep space exploration, including NASA's #Journey
"14.07.2015 13:41:43"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Pluto has sent a love note back to Earth via our New Horizons spacecraft, which has traveled more than 9 years and 3+ billion miles. This is the last and most detailed image of Pluto sent to Earth before the moment of closest approach, which was at 7 The New Horizons mission will help us understand worlds at the edge of our solar system by making the first reconnaissance of the dwarf planet #Pluto and by venturing deeper into the distant, mysterious Kuiper Belt – a relic of solar system formation
"13.07.2015 18:59:42" youtube.com NASA | Four Questions About New Horizons NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is speeding towards Pluto for the first-ever flyby on July 14, 2015. Scientists are eager to collect data on the dwarf planet’... #NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is speeding towards Pluto for the first-ever flyby on July 14, 2015. Scientists are eager to collect data on the dwarf planet’s chemical and atmospheric makeup, and the Ralph spectrometer will do just that. Instrument
"09.07.2015 18:48:29" nasa.gov 'The Bridge' Newsletter Read the latest highlights and progress from NASA's Technology Demonstration Missions. Read about the latest news from our Technology Demonstration Missions! #321TechOff
"07.07.2015 21:45:46" nasa.gov Interview with Steve Jurczyk: Guiding NASA’s Technology Future Interview with Steve Jurczyk: Guiding NASA’s Technology Future Get to know the Space Technology Mission Directorate Associate Administrator, Steve Jurczyk, in this Q&A!

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"07.07.2015 15:14:15" nasa.gov NASA Selects Leading-Edge Technology Concepts for Continued Study  #NASA has selected seven technology proposals for continued study under Phase II of the agency's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program. The selections are based on the potential to transform future aerospace missions, introduce new capabilities
"01.07.2015 18:34:50" nasa.gov Parabolic Flights Test Technologies in Microgravity Flying on NASA's C-9B parabolic aircraft, researchers tested their experiments during June 9 to 11 flights, which simulated either zero gravity, or the gravity of an asteroid. Earlier this month, the #NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate Flight Opportunities program managed from NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center provided a reduced gravity environment for researchers to test their experiments. Learn about who tes
"30.06.2015 21:43:00"    Transforming the way #NASA communicates mission-critical information, the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) will use lasers to encode and transmit data. Laser communications will allow communications rates 10 to 100 times faster than ra
"30.06.2015 17:29:47" spacenews.com NASA Technology Program Seeks To Help Suborbital Vehicle Developers - SpaceNews.com A NASA program originally established to provide suborbital flights for experiments is now expanding its scope to include development of key technologies for the vehicles themselves. From SpaceNews on the #NASA Flight Opportunities program: 'NASA Technology Program Seeks To Help Suborbital Vehicle Developers'

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"27.06.2015 16:00:00"  Timeline Photos  This Saturday, June 27 is #NationalSunglassesDay (http://nationalsunglassesday.com/sunglasses/) which serves as a reminder to consumers to protect their eyes from harmful UV rays. 

NASA technology, originally developed to block the intense light emitted
"27.06.2015 16:00:00"    This Saturday, June 27 is #NationalSunglassesDay (http://nationalsunglassesday.com/sunglasses/) which serves as a reminder to consumers to protect their eyes from harmful UV rays. 

NASA technology, originally developed to block the intense light emi
"25.06.2015 19:20:49"    See the latest photos from #NASA's Flight Opportunities' June 2015 Parabolic Flight week, where a variety of technologies were tested in a reduced gravity environment: https://flic.kr/s/aHskecZR6U

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"23.06.2015 21:37:32"    As part of her tour of NASA Langley Research Center last week, Deputy Administrator Dava Newman got an up-close look at the Integrated Structural Assembly of Advanced Composites, or ISAAC robot for short. ISAAC will help #NASA create and test new com
"19.06.2015 20:06:18" nasa.gov Harnessing Power from the Moon Harnessing Power from the Moon #NASA's Space Technology Research Fellowship (NSTRF) program is funding the design of a lunar solar wind volatiles extraction system through Aaron Olson's groundbreaking research at the Fusion Technology Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madis
"19.06.2015 14:42:05" nasa.gov Green Propellant Infusion Mission Project Turns up the Heat On June 3, members of the Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) project completed the fourth hot-fire acceptance test on a 1 Newton thruster at Aeroject Rocketdyne’s Facility in Redmond, Washington. On June 3, members of the Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) project --  which seeks to replace hydrazine with a more environmentally friendly fuel -- completed the fourth hot-fire acceptance test on a 1 Newton thruster at Aerojet Rocketdyne's
"17.06.2015 21:05:27"    STMD Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk visited NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center this week and got a look at the first, full-scale copper rocket engine part ever 3-D printed. Learn more: http://www.nasa.gov/marshall/news/nasa-3-D-prints-first-f
"17.06.2015 18:20:13" nasa.gov NASA Technology May Help Protect Wildland Firefighters NASA research into flexible, high-temperature space materials may some day improve personal fire shelter systems and help wildland firefighters better survive dangerous wildfires. Just one more example of how #NASA technology developed to expand our nation's space exploration capabilities also benefits life here on earth. 

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"16.06.2015 17:32:09"    Astronaut Catherine Coleman accepted the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Tibbets Award on behalf of the #NASA LAUNCH program yesterday for advancing the success of the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer
"15.06.2015 15:31:53" nasa.gov NASA Awards $100,000 to Winning Team of Robot Challenge NASA Awards $100,000 to Winning Team of Robot Challenge CONGRATS! 
$100,000 prize goes to West Virginia University for completing the NASA Centennial Challenges Sample Return Robot Challenge, hosted at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). 
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"09.06.2015 21:18:02"    Looking toward their future in space and through a crowdsourcing solution called InnoCentive, #NASA wants the public’s input in generating ideas to create a lightweight, flexible hatch seal device that will enable astronauts to complete EVAs from inf
"09.06.2015 13:29:35"    NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (#LDSD) project completed its second flight test when the saucer-shaped craft splashed down safely Monday in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Kauai. A post-flight media teleconference
"08.06.2015 17:20:01" nasa.gov NASA Television | NASA NASA Television provides live coverage of launches, spacewalks and other mission events, as well as the latest news briefings, video files, and the This Week @NASA report. Tune in live as the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (#LDSD) prepares for launch! 

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"08.06.2015 13:51:59" blogs.nasa.gov NASA Go for June 8 LDSD Launch | LDSD 2015 Launch Status Updates The LDSD launch support team is go to report to stations tonight at 9 p.m. HST to begin preparations for a Monday, June 8, 7:30 a.m. HST (1:30 p.m. EDT) launch attempt from the U.S. Navy Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii. So far today we're a go for the 2015 LDSD flight test! #321TechOff
"05.06.2015 19:03:59" nasa.gov Stepping up to the challenge: Sample Return Robot competition Stepping up to the challenge: Sample Return Robot competition Twenty teams are set to compete in next week's NASA Centennial Challenges Sample Return Robot competition to be held at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) from June 8-12, 2015!

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"04.06.2015 13:40:55" blogs.nasa.gov NASA Scrubs June 4 LDSD Launch | LDSD 2015 Launch Status Updates Today’s launch (June 4) of the Low Density Supersonic Decelerator aboard a high-altitude balloon has been cancelled due to weather. A line of rain showers developed overnight moving towards the launch site, which result… UPDATE: June 4 #LDSD Launch Scrubbed

Until tomorrow, stay tuned for developments at https://blogs.nasa.gov/ldsd/
"04.06.2015 11:39:41" blogs.nasa.gov NASA is GO for LDSD Launch June 4 | LDSD 2015 Launch Status Updates NASA’s Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) test flight, carried aloft by a high altitude balloon, has been cleared for launch, Thursday, June 4. The balloon launch will occur no earlier than 1:30 p.m. EST. Our Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (#LDSD) is a GO for launch today! You can watch the test flight live on NASA Television; commentary will begin 30 minutes prior to launch: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
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"03.06.2015 19:00:16" nasa.gov Robotics Teams Prepare to Compete for $1.5 Million Twenty robotics teams, ranging from university students to small businesses, are preparing to compete June 8-13 in the fourth running of the NASA Sample Return Robot Challenge for a prize purse of $1.5 million. The NASA Centennial Challenges Sample Return Robot contest kicks off next week! Watch teams compete for a $1.5 million prize purse on Ustream at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-msfc.

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"03.06.2015 14:16:11"    Mission managers postponed the second launch attempt of a high-altitude balloon carrying #NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (#LDSD) test vehicle due to unfavorable ocean conditions. The next launch opportunity is Thursday, June 4, no earlier
"02.06.2015 00:06:47" blogs.nasa.gov NASA Postponed June 1 LDSD Launch | LDSD 2015 Launch Status Updates Mission managers postponed tomorrow’s scheduled launch of a high-altitude balloon carrying NASA’s Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) test vehicle because of unfavorable ocean conditions. The wave height... #NASA's June 1 #LDSD launch is postponed due to unfavorable ocean conditions. Stay tuned for updates on the next launch attempt, Wednesday, June 3, no earlier than 1:30 a.m. EDT (7:30 a.m. HST).

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"01.06.2015 13:48:11"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Watch our preview briefing today at 2 p.m. EDT (8 a.m. HST) for the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) test. The LDSD project is designed to investigate and test breakthrough technologies for landing future robotic and human Mars missions and Tune in live to today's news briefing to hear about the upcoming flight for the #LDSD project, designed to investigate and test breakthrough technologies for landing future robotic and human Mars missions and safely returning large payloads to Earth.
"29.05.2015 19:33:28" flickr.com 2015 LDSD Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator See what's going on at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) in Hawaii, where preparations continue for the 2015 test flight of the #NASA Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator, which will test breakthrough entry, descent and landing tech
"28.05.2015 21:01:00" nasa.gov Robonaut 2 Lauded as 2014 Government Invention of the Year Robonaut 2, NASA’s first humanoid robot in space, was selected as the NASA Government Invention of the Year for 2014. Congratulations to the NASA's Johnson Space Center and Robonaut teams for earning the 2014 Government Invention of the Year Award! 
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"28.05.2015 18:20:10" spacenews.com Draper To Test Spacesuit Tech on NASA-funded Zero-g Flight Draper Laboratory is getting a fresh $250,000 from NASA to test gravity-imitating spacesuit technology on a commercial parabolic research flight perhaps as soon as this fall. From SpaceNews on the Draper Lab spacesuit: 'Draper To Test Spacesuit Tech on NASA-funded Parabolic Flight'
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"28.05.2015 14:22:51" nasa.gov The Supreme Council of Parachute Experts Building a better parachute – one goal of a team working on NASA's LDSD, a project to develop breakthrough technologies for landing future robotic and human Mars missions. The Supreme Council of Parachute Experts helped re-design, manufacture and test of the supersonic parachute for the upcoming June 2015 flight test of #NASA's Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (#LDSD) which is testing breakthrough technologies for la
"27.05.2015 14:38:59" sbir.gsfc.nasa.gov Post Phase II Initiatives and Opportunities | NASA SBIR & STTR Program Homepage The NASA SBIR/STTR program currently has in place several initiatives for supporting its small business partners past the basic Phase I and Phase II elements of the program that emphasize opportunities for commercialization. Specifically, the NASA SB The #NASA SBIR/STTR programs have put out a call for applications to their Commercial Readiness Program (CRP) in which companies have the potential to receive matching funds of up to $1.5M to commercialize and infuse their technologies. Applications
"26.05.2015 20:33:39" nasa.gov NASA Sets New Launch Window for Supersonic Vehicle Test The second flight test of NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) now will launch no earlier than 12:30 p.m. EDT (7:30 a.m. HST) Tuesday, June 2, from the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) on Kauai, Hawaii. NASA Television co Reporters are invited to learn about NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (#LDSD) at a media day on Monday, June 1 at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii. The briefing will be broadcast live on NASA TV and online at h
"22.05.2015 19:06:53" blogs.nasa.gov LDSD 2015 Launch Status Updates Supersonic Decelerator Gets a Lift to Prepare for Launch Posted on May 22, 2015 at 11:59 am by Kim Newton. NASA teams are continuing preparations for the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) test off the coast of Hawaii June 2-12. This week the We're gearing up for the next round of tests for our Low Density Supersonic Decelerator (#LDSD) project. Learn more about why this technology matters (hint: #JourneyToMars) and stay tuned in to the latest launch updates and test results on our blog!
"21.05.2015 18:38:05" nasa.gov NASA Seeks Innovative Early-Stage Technology Proposals NASA is seeking proposals from universities for early stage technology development that will support the agency's long-term plans for human exploration of Mars and scientific study of our solar system and beyond. The Early Stage Innovations #NASA Research Announcement calls for innovative space #technology proposals that could benefit NASA's space program, other government agencies and the greater aerospace community. First deadline, June 12!

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"21.05.2015 15:08:08"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration As we continue our exploration of deep space, we must find alternative power sources when sunlight is not available. We're investigating the use of fission power as an alternate way to sustain a presence in the dark. One of the many ways technology is driving exploration...
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"19.05.2015 14:44:15"    #NASA's R2 Robot made friends with a 3D printed humanoid robot, InMoov, at the Maker Faire this weekend! #TechTuesday #MFBA15
"18.05.2015 20:52:51"  NASA Centennial Challenges We are at the Bay Area Maker Faire where we just announced a new challenge for $2.2M! A 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge! Read more at www.nasa.gov/3DPHab. This weekend at the Maker Faire (#MFBA15) our #NASA Centennial Challenges program announced a new challenge for $2.2M---a 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge! Read more at www.nasa.gov/3DPHab.

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"14.05.2015 21:04:32"    Yesterday #NASA Chief Technologist David Miller went to Pittsburgh to participate in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Miller also visited Astrobotic where he saw a prototype moon rover.

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"13.05.2015 18:50:00" youtube.com Colbert Needs His Space! Comedy Central pundit Stephen Colbert talks about his support for America's space program and NASA's mission of discovery and exploration that includes scien... Wishing a happy birthday to Stephen Colbert today! Here's to his support of NASA and its mission of discovery and exploration---and that caramel space chip swirl ice cream. 

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"12.05.2015 18:41:26"  NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory We're scientists and engineers working on a bigger/better Mars landing system. Ask us anything! 

#LDSD reddit AMA today 2 p.m. PT (5 p.m. ET/2100 UTC) https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/ Join the #LDSD reddit AMA today at 2pm PT (5 pm ET/2100 UTC)! https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/

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"12.05.2015 17:12:06" youtube.com Lasers Are the Future of Optical Communications in Near Earth and Deep Space Applications The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration project will continue NASA’s efforts to test the use of lasers in all of the agencies space communication needs.... The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) mission proposes to revolutionize the way we send and receive data, video and other information, using lasers to encode and transmit data at rates 10 to 100 times faster than radio, or at the same d
"11.05.2015 21:03:00" nasa.gov NASA Unveils Latest Technology Roadmaps for Future Agency Needs NASA has released the agency’s 2015 technology roadmaps laying out the promising new technologies that will help NASA achieve its aeronautics, science and human exploration missions for the next 20 years, including the agency’s journey to Mars. How does #NASA decide where it's going? The agency's Technology Roadmaps help guide the development of space technologies to expand the frontiers of knowledge and capabilities in aeronautics, science, and space, creating opportunities, markets, and p
"11.05.2015 19:30:16"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Women at NASA are leading on Earth and in space, inspiring future generations of #STEM leaders. Find out how: https://youtu.be/_7ZHzjXZ_nw Women at NASA are leading on Earth and in space, inspiring future generations of #STEM leaders. Find out how: https://youtu.be/_7ZHzjXZ_nw
"08.05.2015 20:30:00"    #NASA has selected Advanced Space Technology Concepts, like the one pictured here, for further study which seek to transform future aerospace missions. This is an artist's rendering depicting 2015 NIAC Phase I Fellow Mason Peck's soft-robotic rover f
"08.05.2015 17:36:52"    This isn’t your everyday party balloon…
In June, #NASA will conduct the second flight of the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (#LDSD) test vehicle designed to land payloads on Mars. The test will begin at an altitude of about 120,000 feet hoisted b
"07.05.2015 20:00:18"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration In the wreckage of a collapsed textile factory and another building in the Nepalese village of Chautara, four men were rescued, thanks to a NASA technology that was able to find their heartbeats. Learn more about FINDER: http://go.nasa.gov/1Ju6AnG In the wreckage of a collapsed textile factory and another building in the Nepalese village of Chautara, four men were rescued, thanks to a NASA technology that was able to find their heartbeats. Learn more about FINDER: http://go.nasa.gov/1Ju6AnG
"07.05.2015 13:41:03"    #NASA Chief Technologist David Miller (center) was inducted as a member of the AIAA - The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 2015 Class of Fellows at the Aerospace Spotlight Awards Gala last evening. #AIAA confers the distinction of F
"06.05.2015 20:33:57"    Eco-what? “Ecopoiesis” is the creation of an ecosystem able to support life. #NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program researcher and chief scientist at Techshot, Inc., Eugene Boland, is studying the feasibility of doing just that...on Mars.
"06.05.2015 17:28:22"  NASA’s Space Technology Investments for Mars Benefitting Life ...  NASA's technology investments enable the nation to achieve its space exploration and discovery goals, but the innovations also benefit the public here on earth. The commercialization of NASA technologies has directly contributed to products and servi
"06.05.2015 15:09:41"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Four men trapped under as much as 10 feet of bricks, mud and other debris have been rescued in Nepal thanks to a new search-and-rescue technology developed in partnership by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directora Department of Homeland Security and #NASA #Technology Helps Save Four in Nepal Earthquake Disaster
"05.05.2015 19:45:58"    Zach Jones (left), an engineer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center's Additive Manufacturing Lab, talks to STMD AA Steve Jurczyk (center) about the initial manufacturing of the first 3D printed copper engine chamber liner. The successful completion
"05.05.2015 00:46:54"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration We have flying robots, too! Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) are bowling-ball sized spherical satellites. They are used inside the space station to test a set of well-defined instructions for spacecraft We have flying robots, too! Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) are bowling-ball sized spherical satellites. They are used inside the space station to test a set of well-defined instructions for spacecraft
"01.05.2015 17:40:16" nasa.gov NASA Invests in Hundreds of U.S. Small Businesses NASA has selected research and technology proposals from 254 small businesses and 39 research institutions in the United States for grants to develop new technologies that will further NASA's journey to Mars. #NASA invests in hundreds of U.S. small businesses to enable space transportation for human and robotic missions, new ways to protect astronauts in space, and innovative ways to keep spacecraft systems operational -- technologies that may, one day, f
"30.04.2015 18:02:00" youtube.com Space Foundation PSA: Willie Nelson and Frank Sinatra What do Frank Sinatra and Willi Nelson have in common? A love of space technology applied here on Earth. The first in a series of classic PSAs that we will b... Willie Nelson turned 82 yesterday and we're wishing him a happy belated with this throwback to his PSA on the benefits of #NASA technology and space research for life on Earth. 
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"30.04.2015 15:40:06" nasa.gov NASA Updates, Reissues 'One-Stop Shop' Software Catalog NASA Updates, Reissues 'One-Stop Shop' Software Catalog #NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist has released the 2nd edition of its popular Software Catalog, a downloadable collection of ready-made coding tools. #321TechOff
"29.04.2015 19:17:11"  NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Aloha! #LDSD hardware arrives in Hawaii by plane in preparations for a June flight test flight.

More info http://go.nasa.gov/1zlWlBA

#JourneytoMars Aloha! #LDSD hardware arrives in Hawaii by plane in preparations for a June flight test flight.

More info http://go.nasa.gov/1zlWlBA

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"29.04.2015 14:16:09" youtube.com NASA’s Space Technology Investments for Mars Benefitting Life on Earth NASA's technology investments enable the nation to achieve its space exploration and discovery goals, but the innovations also benefit the public here on ear... #NASA's technology investments enable the nation to achieve its space exploration and discovery goals, but the innovations also benefit the public here on earth. See how:

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"28.04.2015 21:22:17" nasa.gov Technology Day on Capitol Hill to Show Critical Journey to Mars Tech To demonstrate how technology drives exploration, NASA will highlight key space technologies at its annual Technology Day on the Hill event from 3 to 7 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 29 in the Rayburn House Office Building Foyer in Washington. Join #NASA for Technology Day on Capitol Hill on April 29 to see the latest technologies for our #JourneyToMars #TechTuesday
"24.04.2015 15:46:23" nasa.gov Timepiece for Tomorrow: The Deep Space Atomic Clock Timepiece for Tomorrow: The Deep Space Atomic Clock #NASA has its own bling like the #AppleWatch: but the Deep Space Atomic Clock can navigate to Mars, Europa & beyond!
"23.04.2015 16:55:45" nasa.gov NASA engineers are trying to build rocket engines more affordably. NASA engineers are trying to build rocket engines more affordably. #NASA engineers are trying to save taxpayers millions of pennies by 3-D printing the first full-scale, copper rocket engine part.

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"22.04.2015 17:49:23"    #NASA's star-identification technology now tracks endangered animals, aiding in the protection of our home planet. Learn more: http://1.usa.gov/1xztg4H

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"21.04.2015 20:58:22"    Turbine technology developed for renewable #energy on Mars is also used on Earth! Learn more: http://1.usa.gov/1G5hcuO

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"21.04.2015 15:45:57" nasa.gov NASA Reaches Out to Universities for Smallsat Collaboration NASA Reaches Out to Universities for Smallsat Technology Collaboration Do you work with smallsats at a college or university?  #NASA wants YOU to propose small spacecraft technology projects!

Awards can reach up to $100,000 per year for each project and include direct collaboration with NASA researchers! Proposals are
"20.04.2015 20:58:03"    #NASA technology helps decision makers monitor severe weather. Learn more: http://1.usa.gov/1CASCMd

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"20.04.2015 15:33:36" spinoff.nasa.gov Cloud Computing Technologies Facilitate Earth Research Throughout the years, NASA has done more than any agency to explore what lies beyond our world. It has sent rovers to traverse the Martian landscape and launched spacecraft to monitor the sun. Another satellite, Voyager, is even leaving the solar sys #NASA and Amazon Web Services make it easier than ever to conduct Earth research http://1.usa.gov/1G5j7zr

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"17.04.2015 14:34:24" nasa.gov Rocket Launched Testing Sensors for Future Lunar Mission Masten Xombie rocket tested Carnegie Mellon University sensors for future lunar mission to explore pits that may be lead to cave openings. At the Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, Calif., a #NASA technology demonstration on a rocket launched by Masten Space Systems, Inc. tested Carnegie Mellon University sensors, which will analyze planetary surfaces for future exploration missions.
"16.04.2015 19:10:03" spinoff.nasa.gov Energy Servers Deliver Clean, Affordable Power Imagine you are about to be dropped in the middle of a remote, inhospitable region—say the Kalahari Desert. What would you want to have with you on your journey back to civilization? Food and water, of course, but you can only carry so much. A truck Stackable fuel cells deliver clean, affordable power. Learn more as #NASA gears up for #EarthDay2015! 
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"15.04.2015 20:34:07" nasa.gov NASA Selects American Small Business and Research Institution Projects for Further Development NASA has selected 149 research and technology proposals from American small businesses and research institutions that will enable NASA's future missions into the solar system and beyond while benefiting America's technology-driven economy right here The SBIR/STTR 2014 Phase II Selections--focusing on the development, demonstration and delivery of proposed aerospace technology innovations--have been announced! The selected projects have a total value of approximately $118.1 million, supporting 11
"15.04.2015 17:15:39"  NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration On April 15, 2010, President Barack Obama outlined his plan for America's space program during a visit to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A lot can happen in five years. Watch and see what's happened.
http://www.nasa.gov/fiveyear