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Solicitations

› 2012 Class of NASA Space Technology Research Fellows
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› Game Changing Solar Array System Proposals
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› Space Technology Research Opportunities for Early Career Faculty
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› Game Changing Technology Payloads for Suborbital Research Flights
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› Green Propellant Technology Demonstrations Solicitation
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Space Tech Roadmaps (DRAFT)

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Pathways to advance the nation's current capabilities in space.

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Online Partnering Tool

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The steps to achieving a NASA partnership.

NASA City

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Learn how you use NASA technology every day!

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Mars Program Planning Group

Mars

Building the future of Mars exploration.

HIAD

“Science Friction”

Beating the Heat of Atmospheric Entry

Mason Peck joined a panel of experts

Peck Participates in the Atlantic Innovation Summit

NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck visited the NASA Langley Research Center on Friday, March 30, 2012.

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Spacecraft/Rover Hybrids

Space Exploration by Leaps and Bounds

Small bodies in the cosmos offer tantalizing insight about the very formation of our solar system.

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NASA's Space Technology Program

NASA's Space Technology Program is building, testing and flying the technologies needed for future missions.

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Space Shuttle flyover

Spinoff Technologies from the Space Shuttle Program

Reflecting on the historic contributions of the Space Shuttle Program to human space flight and scientific discovery.

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Latest Interest

Innovator Inducted into Space Technology HOF

Pioneering work to manufacture composite blankets for space applications for the commercial marketplace.
NASA Technology Day on the Hill 2012

Showcasing the latest innovative technologies from across the agency and industry.
Chief Technologist Mason Peck visits NASA GRC

Chief Technologist Mason Peck visited the NASA Glenn Research Center on April 10, 2012.

News Releases

NASA Chief Technologist To Attend Cleveland Manufacturing Event

05.18.12 - NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck will join agency and Ohio officials to name nine small and medium-sized Ohio manufacturers that will receive NASA assistance to solve technical problems with new or existing products.
NASA Announces 2012 Space Technology Research Fellowship Grants

05.17.12 - NASA has selected the 2012 class of Space Technology Research Fellows.
NASA $1.5 Million Robot Competition Rolls Onto WPI Campus June 14-17

05.11.12 - Autonomous robots created by 11 teams of engineers from across the country will compete for a NASA prize purse of $1.5 million on the campus of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), in Worcester, Mass., June 14 -17.

Technology and Innovation

Investments in space technology and innovation enable new missions, stimulate the economy, contribute to the nation’s global competitiveness, and inspire America’s next generation of scientists, engineers and astronauts.
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Space Tech Improving Our Lives

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Lightening the Load of Recovery

the AlterG “anti-gravity” treadmill

OCT Twitter Updates

OCT Galleries

NASA's Space Technology Program

Webb Telescope Technology

Will.i.am on NASA Spinoffs

Norah Jones and 'Arthur Christmas' on NASA Spinoffs

Robots Aboard International Space Station

The Next Generation of Space Communications

Masten's Xaero Vehicle

2010 FAST Flight Week

NASA Technology Helps Cancer Patients

TEDx NASA - Bobby Braun

The Business of Government

OCT Space Technology Program

Overview of the OCT

Centennial Challenges

Space Technology Research Grants

Game Changing Development

Technology Demo Missions

Franklin & Edison Small Satellite

Flight Opportunities

Partnership, Innovation & Commercial Space

LaRC & Honeybee Robotics

OCT Town Hall Meeting

Technology's Role in NASA's Future

2009 Centennial Challenges

Chief Technologist Talks NASA's Future

Optimism About Langley's Future

Peck Participates in Atlantic Innovation Summit

NASA Technology Day on the Hill 2012

Chief Technologist Mason Peck Visits NASA GRC

Chief Technologist Mason Peck Visits LaRC

NASA Future Forum Celebrates with John Glenn

NASA Chief Technologist Visits Wallops

IRVE Inflation and Telemetry Section

Braun Visits Bigelow Aerospace

2010 FAST Flight Week

NIAC Image Gallery

Strong Tether Centennial Challenge

OCT Industry Forum

West Philly Hybrid X Team

Technology Innovation

IPP Seed Fund Success