NASA Sets Coverage for Intuitive Machines’ Next Commercial Moon Launch – NASA

NASA Sets Coverage for Intuitive Machines’ Next Commercial Moon Launch – NASA

Carrying NASA science and technology to the Moon as part of the agency’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, the Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission is targeted to launch no earlier than Wednesday, Feb. 26. The mission will lift off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s … Read more

NASA’s Polar Ice Experiment Paves Way for Future Moon Missions  – NASA

NASA’s Polar Ice Experiment Paves Way for Future Moon Missions  – NASA

NASA’s Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1) is preparing to explore the Moon’s subsurface and analyze where lunar resources may reside. The experiment’s two key instruments will demonstrate our ability to extract and analyze lunar soil to better understand the lunar environment and subsurface resources, paving the way for sustainable human exploration under the agency’s … Read more

NASA’s Advancements in Space Continue Generating Products on Earth   – NASA

NASA’s Advancements in Space Continue Generating Products on Earth   – NASA

The latest edition of NASA’s Spinoff publication, which highlights the successful transfer of agency technology to the commercial sector, is now available online. For nearly 25 years, NASA has supported crew working in low Earth orbit to learn about the space environment and perform research to advance deep space exploration. Astronauts aboard the International Space … Read more

NASA’s Mini Rover Team Is Packed for Lunar Journey – NASA

NASA’s Mini Rover Team Is Packed for Lunar Journey – NASA

A team at JPL packed up three small Moon rovers, delivering them in February to the facility where they’ll be attached to a commercial lunar lander in preparation for launch. The rovers are part of a project called CADRE that could pave the way for potential future multirobot missions. NASA/JPL-Caltech A trio of suitcase-size rovers … Read more

NASA Invites Media to Learn about Spacecraft Autonomous Tech Firsts – NASA

NASA Invites Media to Learn about Spacecraft Autonomous Tech Firsts – NASA

NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley invites media to learn more about Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy (DSA), a technology that allows individual spacecraft to make independent decisions while collaborating with each other to achieve common goals – without human input. The DSA team achieved multiple firsts during tests of such swarm technology as part of … Read more

Tests in Simulated Lunar Gravity to Prep Payloads for Moon

Tests in Simulated Lunar Gravity to Prep Payloads for Moon

The old saying — “Practice makes perfect!” — applies to the Moon too. On Tuesday, NASA gave 17 technologies, instruments, and experiments the chance to practice being on the Moon… without actually going there. Instead, it was a flight test aboard a vehicle adapted to simulate lunar gravity for approximately two minutes. The test began … Read more

NASA Demonstrates Software ‘Brains’ Shared Across Satellite Swarms   – NASA

NASA Demonstrates Software ‘Brains’ Shared Across Satellite Swarms   – NASA

Talk amongst yourselves, get on the same page, and work together to get the job done! This “pep talk” roughly describes how new NASA technology works within satellite swarms. This technology, called Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy (DSA), allows individual spacecraft to make independent decisions while collaborating with each other to achieve common goals – all without … Read more

NASA to Talk Science, Tech Aboard Next Intuitive Machines Moon Flight – NASA

NASA to Talk Science, Tech Aboard Next Intuitive Machines Moon Flight – NASA

NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Friday, Feb. 7, to discuss the agency’s science and technology flying aboard Intuitive Machines’ second flight to the Moon. The mission is part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign to establish a long-term lunar presence.  Audio of the call will … Read more

NASA Space Tech’s Favorite Place to Travel in 2025: The Moon! – NASA

NASA Space Tech’s Favorite Place to Travel in 2025: The Moon! – NASA

NASA Space Technology has big travel plans for 2025, starting with a trip to the near side of the Moon! Among ten groundbreaking NASA science and technology demonstrations, two technologies are on a ride to survey lunar regolith – also known as “Moon dust” – to better understand surface interactions with incoming lander spacecraft and … Read more

NASA Awards 2025 Innovative Technology Concept Studies – NASA

NASA Awards 2025 Innovative Technology Concept Studies – NASA

NASA selected 15 visionary ideas for its NIAC (NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts) program which develops concepts to transform future missions for the benefit of all. Chosen from companies and institutions across the United States, the 2025 Phase I awardees represent a wide range of aerospace concepts. The NIAC program nurtures innovation by funding early-stage technology concept studies … Read more