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NASA Seeks Industry Input to Accelerate Lunar Surface Technologies

3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Artistic concept of lunar surface technologies and infrastructure capabilities, including in-situ resource utilization oxygen production systems, surface power systems, in‑space manufacturing tools, and advanced nanomaterials production.NASA Long-term lunar exploration requires technology, infrastructure, and operations that function together cohesively on the surface of the Moon. To [...]

By |2026-06-29T10:56:00-04:00June 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NextSTEP-3 A: Lunar Enabling Technology

1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Solicitation Number: 80GRC026R0008  May 19, 2026 – Synopsis issued  June 29, 2026 – Draft BAA and Appendix A Issued | News Release    Artistic concept of lunar surface technologies and infrastructure capabilities, including in-situ resource utilization oxygen production systems, surface power systems, in‑space manufacturing tools, and advanced nanomaterials production.NASA NASA issued [...]

By |2026-06-29T10:56:00-04:00June 29th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Announces Winners for 2026 Human Lander Challenge

3 Min Read NASA Announces Winners for 2026 Human Lander Challenge NASA has announced the top student-developed solutions for environmental control and life support systems in future crewed lunar landers from participants in the 2026 Human Lander Challenge. The announcement marks the culmination of months of research by university teams working to advance technologies [...]

By |2026-06-26T15:44:00-04:00June 26th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

NASA Tests New Refuel Device for Future In-Space Refueling Missions

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Engineers from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and L3Harris con-duct operational testing on a developmental cryocoupler, a vital technology for future in-orbit spacecraft refueling.NASA/Tyson Eason For NASA’s next generation of deep space exploration missions, [...]

By |2026-06-26T14:44:00-04:00June 26th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Off-Duty Day for Upcoming Spacewalkers and Assistants as Cosmonauts Stay Busy

NASA astronaut Chris Williams is pictured outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk to complete the build and installation of a solar array modification kit on March 18, 2026. It was William’s first spacewalk of his career, and the 278th in support of space station maintenance, upgrades, and assembly.NASA/Jessica Meir Four Expedition 74 crew [...]

By |2026-06-26T13:26:00-04:00June 26th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|

Partners, NASA Ready for June Launch of Swift Boost Mission

5 min read Partners, NASA Ready for June Launch of Swift Boost Mission NASA is on a mission to lift its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory along with partners Katalyst Space and Northrop Grumman. Watch to get a sneak peek. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Katalyst Space/Northrop Grumman A mission to raise the orbit of [...]

By |2026-06-26T13:16:00-04:00June 26th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA Identifies More Than 40 Space Technologies for Collaboration

Credit: NASA NASA selected 41 proposals from 37 companies to advance technologies in support of the agency’s goals to establish a long-term presence on the Moon and enable human exploration of Mars. These American companies, picked from NASA’s 2025 Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO), will mature technologies creating solutions for space transportation, planetary surface operations, [...]

By |2026-06-26T11:37:00-04:00June 26th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Euclid Sees Heart of Milky Way

This image by ESA’s (European Space Agency) Euclid (with color added using ground-based images) provides an earlier snapshot of a region of our galaxy that NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will repeatedly observe during the upcoming years.ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, CFHT, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre and E. Bertin (CEA Paris-Saclay) Euclid, an ESA (European Space [...]

By |2026-06-26T11:21:00-04:00June 26th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

Bringing Signals to NASA

At Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, Eric Fernandez stands in front of Building 836, where he performs work as a telemetry engineer for NASA. NASA/Brandon Satterthwaite Growing up on the central California coast, watching rocket launches with his father was part of Eric Fernandez’s childhood routine. Fernandez had posters of rockets on the wall, [...]

By |2026-06-26T10:28:00-04:00June 26th, 2026|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |
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