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Next Generation NASA Technologies Tested in Flight
Teams of NASA researchers put their next-generation technologies to the microgravity test in a series of parabolic flights that aim…
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Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative
Developing transformative capabilities for lunar surface exploration across NASA’s Space Technology portfolio
Game Changing Development and Lunar Surface Innovation come together to mature technologies spanning key capability areas to inform safe and productive exploration on the Moon in preparation for missions farther in deep space.
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Technology Maturation
Technology drives exploration and the space economy, transforming future missions and ensuring leadership in aerospace.
Technology maturation activities span the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) pipeline, with capabilities spanning early-stage innovation through ground and flight demonstrations. Investments provide transformative and crosscutting technologies to enable NASA missions and enhance research and development that contributes to U.S. leadership in space technology.
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