We develop, demonstrate, and infuse transformational technologies that enhance NASA’s efforts to explore the unknown in space and benefit life on Earth.
- Tweets 7,680
- Following 232
- Followers 1,259,394
- Likes 1,316
ALT Now Available On-Demand: Advancing Lunar Technologies Through Suborbital Flight Tests – Sept. 2
ALT Artistic concept of lunar surface technologies and infrastructure capabilities, including in-situ resource utilization oxygen production systems, surface power systems, in‑space manufacturing tools, and advanced nanomaterials production. Credit: NASA
ALT Group photo of NASA and Australian Space Agency team members standing behind a simulated lunar surface, with two small robotic rovers navigating sand and rocks in the foreground.
ALT Advancing Lunar Technologies Through Suborbital Flight Tests | Wednesday, Sept. 2 from 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET
ALT Pictured is team CERBERUZ, a group of students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who won first place prizes in NASA’s LunaRecycle Challenge. Of the students’ 30-person team, 14 are shown in front of two backdrops showing the NASA “meatball” insignia and NASA’s Centennial Challenges. Team members are holding two large checks made out to the team in amounts of $500,000 and $275,000.
ALT Colorful 3D illustration of a two-story yellow house with blue shutters and a red roof, surrounded by a white picket fence, trees, mountains, and water as part of NASA’s interactive Home & City experience.
ALT Illustration of the HelioSwarm mission showing one central spacecraft surrounded by eight smaller satellites. The main spacecraft, with blue solar panels and long boom arms, sits at the center, while the smaller identical satellites are arranged around it in a loose formation. All spacecraft appear against a plain white background, with the HelioSwarm logo in the lower right corner.
ALT Illustration of Otter, a satellite servicing spacecraft, in low Earth orbit, traveling at roughly 17,500 mph around Earth. Credit: Starfish Space
ALT An image of some of the team members working in the rock yard at NASA's Johnson Space Center. The image is shot through the wheel design from the Huff Helo team. NASA/Luna Posadas Nava
ALT An image of NASA Robotics Academy students testing their wheel design called Scotch Pad Tyres on a lunar rover prototype at NASA's Johnson Space Center. One student is seen remotely operating the rover while other students watch. NASA/Luna Posadas Nava
ALT An image of the winning Scotch Pad Tyres team posing with their wheel design at NASA's Johnson Space Center. They are kneeling in the dirt and lots of rocks surround them that simulate the lunar terrain. In the background are two of NASA’s lunar rover prototypes. NASA/Luna Posadas Nava
ALT A photo collage showing drones and aeronautics structures for the Gateways to Blue Skies Challenge. The challenge name, InfraAir: Aviation for Infrastructure Inspection, is shown at the bottom.
ALT Artist’s rendering depicting lunar surface operations at a future base in the lunar South Pole.
ALT An artist’s rendering of the Polylingual Experimental Terminal (PExT) payload operating in low Earth orbit. The background of the images contains a view of Earth, including clouds, mountains and lit up cities, in front of a dark blue starry space background. The silver spacecraft is seen from the side, with four dark blue solar panels attached to a dark silver box shaped body. There is a large silver antenna attached to the spacecraft facing the right side of the image. A bright white lens flare is seen reflecting off of the right side of Earth.
ALT The NavCube3-mini payload in a laboratory at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. The payload in a small, 3.5 pound piece of square hardware in shares of gold with a blue table and cables coming out the right hand side.
ALT Collage of artist's concepts illustrating a variety of innovative space exploration technologies proposed by the 2026 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) awardees. The montage includes concepts such as a spacecraft exploring Saturn, astronauts working on the lunar surface, a robotic rover descending into a lunar pit, advanced communications and sensing technologies, a solar observation mission, satellite formations, and other futuristic spacecraft and planetary exploration systems arranged in diagonal panels.
ALT Hexagonal NASA Space Roboticist Challenge logo with a blue background and red-and-white border. The words "NASA Space Roboticist Challenge" appear in large white and gold text above and below a white robotic arm icon centered in the badge. A row of small yellow diamonds separates the title from the robotic arm graphic.