Game Changing Development
The Game Changing Development Program is a part of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD). The Program advances space technologies that may lead to entirely new approaches for the Agency’s future space missions and provide solutions to significant national needs. The Program employs a balanced approach of guided technology development efforts and competitively selected efforts from across academia, industry, NASA, and other government agencies.
GCD Projects
GCD collaborates with research and development teams to progress the most promising ideas through analytical modeling, ground-based testing and spaceflight demonstration of payloads and experiments.
Learn More about GCD ProjectsSunlight Extracts Oxygen From Regolith Using Solar Chemistry
NASA’s Carbothermal Reduction Demonstration (CaRD) project completed an important step toward using local resources to support human exploration on the Moon.
Read more about the CaRD project
Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative
Part of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate and Technology Maturation portfolio, LSII develops breakthrough technology, defining new approaches to pave the way for successful human and robotic missions on the surface of the Moon.
Learn More about Lunar Surface Innovation InitiativeLatest in GCD
NASA Kennedy Breathes Life into Moon Soil Testing
NASA Moon Observing Instrument to Get Another Shot at Lunar Ops
NASA’s Dust Shield Successfully Repels Lunar Regolith on Moon
The Sky’s Not the Limit: Testing Precision Landing Tech for Future Space…
