Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD)NASA’s Starling six-month mission will use a team of four CubeSats in low Earth orbit to test technologies that let...NASA's Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, or LOFTID, launched Nov. 10, 2022, to demonstrate inflatable heat shield...In a project led by Purdue University and supported by NASA TechFlights, researchers test various health care-related technologies in microgravity...STMD KilopowerAerostar crew inflate a high-altitude balloon in preparation for flight testing three TechLeap Autonomous Observation Challenge technologies on May 24,...Nutritional Closed-Loop Eco-Unit System, or NUCLEUS, developed by Interstellar Lab of Merritt Island, Florida, is a self-sustaining food production system...Students use computer-aided design (CAD) to develop their TechRise experiment focused on microplastics in the atmosphere.Orbital Medicine’s Evolved Medical Microgravity Suction Device is prepared for a flight test to help mature the technology aboard Blue...Flight Opportunities-supported researcher Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul prepares her payload ahead of its flight aboard Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo in July 2021.Virgin Galactic Makes Space for Second Time in Ten Weeks with Three on BoardWorld View's March 2018 flight for Flight Opportunities brought together two sensor payloads in order to help researchers validate their...High-altitude balloons are one type of suborbital test vehicle available to researchers through commercial providers with support from NASA TechFlights.Graduate students Zach Estlack (left, University of Utah) and Matin Golozar (University of California -- Berkeley) load the “Lab on...The Moon makes a stunning backdrop for the successful launch of the third in a series of polar-orbiting weather satellites...Preparations continue for the launch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) satellite. On...Orion Labs’ Quantum Earth Observatory launches on an Aerostar high-altitude balloon from the company’s facility in Sioux Falls, South Dakota...Flight preparation: The Orion Labs team makes final hardware checks on their Quantum Earth Observation payload prior to launch. From...Zachary Gaines, a rising senior in Cal Poly Pomona’s Bronco Space Lab, points out the camera and sensor used in...Space Foundry CEO and co-founder Dr. Ram Prasad Gandhiraman (left) and CTO and co-founder Dr. Dennis Nordlund operate the company’s...New Shepard (NS-14) lifts off from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in West Texas.A research team from University of California – Davis tested reaction wheels for CubeSats on parabolic flights in December 2021....World View’s Stratollite high-altitude balloon is inflated on the launch pad in Tucson, Arizona on April 9, 2022. Researchers at...Sara Jennings, chief executive officer of Orion Labs and team lead for the company’s TechLeap project, works on a payload...In 2014, the SpaceLoft sounding rocket from UP Aerospace provided the first test for RadPC outside of a ground-based laboratory...NASA and Frontier Aerospace are developing next-generation thrusters for use on Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander. In March 2020, thruster prototypes...Masten Space Systems vertical takeoff vertical landing rocket launched September 10, 2020 to flight test NASA-licensed Psionic navigation doppler lidar...A small spacecraft the size of a mini-refrigerator is packed with cutting-edge “green” technology. NASA’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission, or...
