Technology MaturationTechnology Maturation efforts from NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate's Game Changing Development (GCD) program and Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSII.) In March 2023, the Relativity Space Terran 1 rocket lit up the night sky as it launched from Cape Canaveral...Nokia, Intuitive Machines and Lunar Outpost successfully conducted a major field test of the lunar network bound for the Moon...Nokia, Intuitive Machines and Lunar Outpost successfully conducted a major field test of the lunar network bound for the Moon...Nokia, Intuitive Machines and Lunar Outpost successfully conducted a major field test of the lunar network bound for the Moon...The Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration (CADRE) project is developing a network of shoebox-size rovers that can work together to...NASA's Automated Reconfigurable Mission Adaptive Digital Assembly Systems (ARMADAS) technology advances the ability to autonomously assemble these types of structures...As NASA missions to Mars progress with science and complex human exploration missions, spacecraft will require larger heat shields to...Engineers and technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida install the radiator for the Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations...Engineers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida remove the vibration fixture on the Mass Spectrometer observing lunar operations (MSolo)...Hot fire tests examined the suitability of the materials that could be used in the construction of landing pads on...A high-powered laser and carbothermal reactor located inside the testing chamber of NASA’s Carbothermal Reduction Demonstration (CaRD) at NASA’s Johnson...Niki Werkheiser, right, talks with Lee Roop about the 3-D printer targeted for the International Space Station.Humans won’t trek alone in future crewed missions to deep space. Robots are a central part of NASA’s plan for...Mobility testing of ISRU Pilot Excavator.NASA and Frontier Aerospace are developing next-generation thrusters for use on Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander. In March 2020, thruster prototypes...NASA has selected Intuitive Machines to deliver a drill combined with a mass spectrometer to the Moon.A team at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida tests small- and medium-sized bucket drums in the Granular Mechanics and...Engineers at NASA test a 2,400 lbf thrust 3D-printed copper rocket thrust chamber with composite overwrap to see if the...NASA and Frontier Aerospace are developing next-generation thrusters for use on Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander. In March 2020, thruster prototypes...Testing of a prototype of the Cold Operable Lunar Deployable Arm (COLDArm) at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
