STMD GalleryExpedition 70 Flight Engineers (from left) Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara, both NASA astronauts, are pictured inside the International Space...NASA’s Starling six-month mission will use a team of four CubeSats in low Earth orbit to test technologies that let...Aerostar crew inflate a high-altitude balloon in preparation for flight testing three TechLeap Autonomous Observation Challenge technologies on May 24,...Nutritional Closed-Loop Eco-Unit System, or NUCLEUS, developed by Interstellar Lab of Merritt Island, Florida, is a self-sustaining food production system...The CAPSTONE small satellite successfully tested a navigation technology akin to Earth’s GPS for the first time in May, advancing...Students use computer-aided design (CAD) to develop their TechRise experiment focused on microplastics in the atmosphere.Preparations continue for the launch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) satellite. On...A quartet of CubeSats will show off their moves in a sort of orbital line dance when NASA’s Starling mission...CAPSTONE, the pathfinder for NASA’s lunar outpost, will test an orbit around the Moon that has never been flown before.A Rocket Lab Electron rocket that will carry the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) spacecraft...Sara Jennings, chief executive officer of Orion Labs and team lead for the company’s TechLeap project, works on a payload...The 109th CubeSat selected through NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative deployed from the Space Station.OSCAR is an Early Career Initiative project at the spaceport that studies technology to convert trash and human waste into...The first integrated 3D printer and recycler is part of the cargo that was launched to the International Space Station...A small spacecraft the size of a mini-refrigerator is packed with cutting-edge “green” technology. NASA’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission, or...There are no gas stations or mechanics in deep space. So, if you want the power to perform science in...The Orbital ATK Antares rocket in the Horizontal Integration Facility at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility awaits rollout to the pad...NASA engineers recently built and tested a large, inflatable solar array with the potential to provide affordable, lightweight power for...Using advanced Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) technologies is an essential part of future missions into deep space with larger payloads....Masten Space Systems' Xaero sub-orbital rocket lifts off in a plume of fire during a test launch from the Mojave...Before new landing technologies make it to the Moon, NASA and commercial partners are refining them aboard suborbital rockets that...A terrain relative navigation system under development by Draper of Cambridge, Massachusetts could be the eyes for the next lunar...This week in 2010, NASA’s Fast, Affordable, Science and Technology Satellite mission launched from Kodiak, Alaska.Members of the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 20 mission teams completed final preparations of their respective CubeSats inside Virgin...SpaceLoft Suborbital RocketNASA’s Flight Opportunities funds flight of space technology on UP Aerospace’s rocket poised to launch at Spaceport America in New...Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket sits on the launch pad under an early morning cloud filled sky in West Texas.Technicians fill and prepare a Near Space Corporation high-altitude balloon for a Small Balloon System test flight at the Tillamook...Astrobotic Technology's autonomous landing system is mounted atop Masten Space Systems' Xombie vehicle prior to launch from the Mojave Air...Masten's vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing Xombie technology demonstration vehicle rockets skyward during a flight test of Astrobotic Technology's autonomous landing system.Masten Space Systems technicians attach a tether to the framework around the nose of Masten's Xaero rocket prior to a...Masten Space Systems technicians maneuver the prototype Xaero launch vehicle onto its pad while it is suspended from a crane...UP Aerospace' SpaceLoft-6 rocket soars aloft from a Spaceport America launch pad in New Mexico carrying small DoD and NASA...Masten Space Systems' Xombie rocket with Draper Laboratory's Guidance Embedded Navigator Integration Environment (GENIE) flight control system rests on its...The Power and Propulsion Element's 12 kw thrusters will make Gateway the most powerful solar electric spacecraft ever flown.NASA Glenn engineer Dr. Peter Peterson prepares a high-power Hall thruster for ground testing in a vacuum chamber.The Electric Propulsion Laboratory has many vacuum chambers that simulate the unique conditions of deep space.Supporting the testing of electric propulsion and power systems, VF-5 has the highest pumping speed of any electric propulsion test...Solar Surfing is an early-stage NASA study to support potential future missions to support potential future missions that could travel...Thin-Film Broadband Large Area Imaging System
