NextSTEP
Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships
NextSTEP seeks commercial development of new capabilities for human missions in deep space.
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NextSTEP is a public-private partnership model.
NextSTEP seeks commercial development of new capabilities for human missions in deep space.
NASA has increasingly embraced public-private partnerships for achieving its strategic goals and objectives for expanding the frontiers of knowledge, capabilities, and opportunities in space. The next step for human spaceflight is the development of deep space exploration capabilities and demonstrating these capabilities in cislunar space. An important part of NASA’s strategy is to stimulate the commercial space industry while leveraging those same commercial capabilities through future contracts and public-private partnerships to deliver mission capabilities. The initial Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) was released in 2014 with selections made in 2015. This effort, NextSTEP-2, will solicit additional proposals to continue NASA’s development of space exploration technologies, capabilities, and concepts. The Omnibus BAA will be amended with each new appendix release. The current version is available below:
NextSTEP-2 Omnibus BAA about NextSTEP is a public-private partnership model.
NextSTEP Appendices
NextSTEP solicitations are organized into Appendices. Click below to learn about each NextSTEP solicitation.
NextSTEP A: Habitation Systems
NextSTEP B: FabLab
NextSTEP C: Power and Propulsion Element Studies
NextSTEP D: In Situ Resource Utilization Technology
NextSTEP E: Human Landing System Studies, Risk Reduction, Development, and Demonstration
NextSTEP F: Logistics Reduction in Space by Trash Compaction and Processing System (TCPS)
NextSTEP G: Space Relay Partnership and Services Study
NextSTEP H: Human Landing System
NextSTEP I: Commercial Destination Development in Low Earth Orbit using the International Space Station
NextSTEP J: Opportunities to Stimulate Demand in Low Earth Orbit through Applied Research
NextSTEP K: Commercial Destination Development in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Free Flyer
NextSTEP L: CIS Capability Studies II: Wideband/Phased Array/Crosslink
NextSTEP N: Sustainable Human Landing System Studies and Risk Reduction
NextSTEP O: Capability Studies for NASA Communications and Navigation Network Direct-to-Earth (DTE) and Lunar Space Relay (LSR) Commercialization Services
NextSTEP P: Human Landing System Sustaining Lunar Development
