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NASA Cameras to Capture Interaction Between Blue Ghost, Moon’s Surface
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NASA Technologies Aim to Solve Housekeeping’s Biggest Issue – Dust
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Lunar Autonomy Challenge: Selected Teams
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From Houston to the Moon: Johnson’s Thermal Vacuum Chamber Tests Lunar Solar…
NASA Technologies Aim to Solve Housekeeping’s Biggest Issue – Dust
During the flight test with Blue Origin, seven technologies developed by NASA’s Game Changing Development (GCD) program will study regolith…
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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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