NASA Small Spacecraft Opportunities
Open Opportunities
NASA and Partner Opportunities
Mission Concept 2025 RFP
Mission Concept RFP Q&A Sessions:
- January 22, 2025, 11:00 a.m. MT (Zoom link to be made available here)
- January 28, 2025, 12:00 p.m MT (Zoom link to be made available here)
Proposals Due: February 3, 2025, 4:00 p.m. ET
Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD)
Please check back for open STMD opportunities.
Small Spacecraft Technology Program Opportunities
2025 NASA SBIR/STTR Phase I Solicitations
Submissions Due: March 10, 2025 by 5:00 pm ET
Flight Opportunities Program Opportunities
TechLeap Prize: Space Technology Payload Challenge
Registration Due: March 4, 2025, 2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. ET
Application Due: March 20, 2025, 2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. ET
An online Q&A session will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, at 2:30 pm ET. Recordings of previous information sessions as well as detailed information about the challenge are available on the challenge website: https://www.stpc.nasatechleap.org/
Science Mission Directorate (SMD)
Draft Announcement of Opportunity 2025 Astrophysics Small Explorer (SMEX)
Release Date: January 13, 2025
Comments Due: February 21, 2025
Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences 2024 (ROSES-2024)
- A.48 Commercial Satellite Data Earth Science Research and Applications
Step-1 Proposal PDFs are due Friday, January 31, 2025
Step-2 Proposals are due Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Please note that there will be a telecon for prospective proposers on Friday, December 20, 2024, at 2-3 PM Eastern Time. Connection information for this meeting is in Section 6.2 of the document above.
- D.3 Astrophysics Research and Analysis
Mandatory NOIs Due: 12/13/2024
Proposal Due Date: 01/30/2025
- D.13 Astrophysics Pioneers
Mandatory NOIs Due: 01/24/2025
Proposal Due Date: 03/13/2025
Space Operations Mission Directorate (SOMD)
Please check back for open SOMD opportunities.
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD)
Please check back for open ESDMD opportunities.
Small Spacecraft Systems Virtual Institute
SmallSat Parts On Orbit Now (SPOON) Database Request for Information (RFI)
Special Notices
Sources Sought Special Notice 2024
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Office: Ames Research Center
Closed / Past Solicitations
2024
Industry Supported Battery Passivation Techniques – Request for Information
NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities (NSTGRO25)
A.28 Remote Sensing Theory for Earth Science
B.4 Heliophysics Guest Investigators – Open
B.8 Heliophysics Technology and Instrument Development for Science
B.11 Heliophysics Flight Opportunities for Research and Technology
Announcement of Partnership Opportunity (AoPO) CubeSat Launch Initiative
NASA TechLeap Prize – Universal Payload Interface Challenger
NASA Space Tech Catalyst Prize
A.51 Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition New Vendor Onramp Evaluation
2024 Mission Concept University Nanosatellite Program (UNP)
D.3 Astrophysics Research and Analysis Program
2023
Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences 2023 (ROSES-2023)
NASA TechRise Student Challenge
Suborbital/Hosted Orbital Flight and Payload Integration Services 4
NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities – Fall 2024 (NSTGRO24)
Technology Advancement Utilizing Suborbital and Orbital Flight Opportunities “TechFlights”
Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences – 2022 (ROSES-2022) – FULL SOLICITATION
University Smallsat Technology Partnership (USTP) Appendix – 2023
A.48 Sustainable Land Imaging – Technology
University Nanosatellite Program Solicitation
NASA TechRise Student Challenge
Technology Advancement Utilizing Suborbital and Orbital Flight Opportunities “TechFlights”
2022
Sources Sought Special Notice 2022
Announcement for Partnership Proposals (AFPP) to Advance Tipping Point Technologies
Space Technology Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO)
Announcement of Partnership Opportunity CubeSat Launch Initiative
Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences – 2021 (ROSES-2021) – FULL SOLICITATION
Request for Information – NASA’s Strategic Technology Framework “EXPLORE&LAND Thrusts”
NASA SBIR 2022 Program Solicitation
D.15 Astrophysics Pioneers of Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences – 2021 (ROSES-2021) – FULL SOLICITATION
2021
D.3 Astrophysics Research and Analysis
2021 Astrophysics Explorers Mission of Opportunity
Announcement of Partnership Opportunity CubeSat Launch Initiative
Technology Advancement Utilizing Suborbital Flight Opportunities “Tech Flights”
MUREP Space Technology Artemis Research (M-STAR) solicitation
2020
NASA SBIR and STTR Program Solicitation 2021
Heliophysics Flight Opportunities for Research and Technology
Earth Venture Mission – 3 (EVM-3) Earth System Science Pathfinder Program
Announcement of CubeSat Launch Initiative
Heliophysics Flight Opportunities Studies
NASA’s Small Spacecraft Technology Plan – Request for Information
Lunar Communication Relay and Navigation Services – Request for Information
Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV (Rapid IV) On-Ramp I
Space Technology Announcement Of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO)
Request for Information (RFI) for Space Weather Instruments and Missions for Science
Commercial SmallSat Data Analysis – ROSES-20 Amendment 26
Technology Advancement Utilizing Suborbital Flight Opportunities “Tech Flights”
Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences – 2020 (ROSES-2020)
NASA SBIR and STTR Program Solicitation 2020
2019
Astrophysics Science SmallSat Studies
Announcement of Cubesat Launch Initiative
Smallsat Technology Partnerships
Utilizing Public-Private Partnerships to Advance Tipping Point Technologies
Heliophysics Flight Opportunities for Research and Technology
Technology Advancement Utilizing Suborbital Flight Opportunities “Tech Flights”
Heliophysics Technology and Instrument Development for Science
Space Technology Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO)
Request for Information (RFI) for Innovative Technologies for Small Satellites
Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST)
2018
National Oceanographic Partnership Program
Utilizing Public-Private Partnerships to Advance Tipping Point Technologies
In-space Validation of Earth Science Technologies
NASA SBIR and STTR 2018 Program Solicitations
DRAFT Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx)
Flight and Payload Integration Services
SpaceTech-REDDI-2018 Appendix F1: Tech Flights – NASA Flight Opportunities
SpaceTech-REDDI-2018 Appendix F1: Tech Flights – NASA Flight Opportunities
ROSES-18 Amendment 8: New Opportunity – Astrophysics Science SmallSat Studies
Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration released as amendment 2 to SALMON-3
2018 Heliophysics Technology Demonstration Mission of Opportunity via SALMON-3
2017
Space Technology Announcement of Collaborative Opportunity (ACO)
Advanced Component Technology (ACT)
SpaceTech-REDDI-2017 Appendix F1(A): NASA Flight Opportunities
Smallsat Technology Partnerships (STP)
NASA Flight Opportunities (FO): Technology Advancement Utilizing Suborbital Flight Opportunities
Request for Information – Suborbital Flight Testing and Flight Experiments with CubeSat Payloads
Announcement of CubeSat Launch Initiative
Request for Information: Possible NASA Astrophysics SmallSats
