Outreach
PESTO will hold a yearly review of the projects in the technology programs it manages, and hold an alternating year in person Technology Showcase.
The NASA Planetary Exploration Science Technology Office (PESTO) would like to invite you to participate in the Inaugural Planetary Science Technology Symposium. Attendees will encounter the latest advances in NASA-funded technology for Planetary Science, including; remote and in-situ sensing instruments, platforms, components, communications, automation, and modeling.
PESTO will hold an alternating year in person Technology Showcase. The Technology Showcase is a forum created by PESTO to facilitate interactions and meetings between Technology Developers, Scientists, and Mission Managers. The first Technology Showcase successfully débuted in 2023. PESTO will therefore continue to promote these opportunities by holding an alternating-year in-person Technology Showcase.
PESTO Funded Studies
The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover searched for signs of ancient microbial life, which will advance NASA's quest to explore the past habitability of Mars.
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PESTO Related Links
- Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD)
- Moon to Mars
- Artemis
- NASA Taxonomy
- Origins Worlds and Life Decadal Survey and Mission Concept Studies
- Lunar and Planetary Institute
- NASA Analysis and Assessment Groups
- NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES)
- Templates for ROSES
- TechPort
- Open Science Initiative
- Technology Readiness Assessment: Best Practices Guide [SP20205003605]
- NASA Systems Engineering Handbook Rev 2(Advancement Degree of Difficulty)
- Mars Exploration Future Plan
- Planetary Science Electronic Reporting System (ERS), For PI’s only
- PESTO Contacts
Information for Funded Projects
Access to the ERS eBooks is granted only for registered users. You will need your Agency User ID (AUID) and password to access ERS eBooks.
Information for Proposers
Through an open, competitive solicitation process, we provide grants to universities, corporations, and other institutions to explore new instrument designs and technologies.
Volunteer to be a Reviewer
To increase the pool of un-conflicted reviewers we are seeking subject matter experts (SMEs) to engage in discussions at a virtual panel meeting or provide external reviews.
