NASA Small Spacecraft Opportunities
Open Opportunities
Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD)
Please check back for open opportunities.
Small Spacecraft Technology Program Opportunities
Industry Supported Battery Passivation Techniques – Request for Information
Due Date: December 13, 2024, by 5:00pm PST
Flight Opportunities Program Opportunities
Please check back for open opportunities.
Science Mission Directorate (SMD)
Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences 2024 (ROSES-2024)
- A.48 Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition New Vendor Onramp Evaluation: Due Dates TBD
NOTICE: The Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition New Vendor Onramp Evaluation may be solicited in ROSES-2024 if new eligible vendors are identified for evaluation.
- D.3 Astrophysics Research and Analysis
Mandatory NOIs Due: 12/13/2024
Proposal Due Date: 01/30/2025
- D.13 Astrophysics Pioneers
Mandatory NOIs Due: 01/24/2025
Proposal Due Date: 03/13/2025
Space Operations Mission Directorate (SOMD)
ANNOUNCEMENT OF PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY (AoPO) CUBESAT LAUNCH INITIATIVE (CSLI)
Proposal Due Date: November 15, 2024, by 5:00pm EST
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD)
Please check back for open ESDMD opportunities.
Small Spacecraft Systems Virtual Institute
SmallSat Parts On Orbit Now (SPOON) Database Request for Information (RFI)
Special Notices
Sources Sought Special Notice 2024
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Office: Ames Research Center
Closed / Past Solicitations
2024
NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities (NSTGRO25)
A.28 Remote Sensing Theory for Earth Science
B.4 Heliophysics Guest Investigators – Open
B.8 Heliophysics Technology and Instrument Development for Science
B.11 Heliophysics Flight Opportunities for Research and Technology
Announcement of Partnership Opportunity (AoPO) CubeSat Launch Initiative
NASA TechLeap Prize – Universal Payload Interface Challenger
NASA Space Tech Catalyst Prize
A.51 Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition New Vendor Onramp Evaluation
2024 Mission Concept University Nanosatellite Program (UNP)
D.3 Astrophysics Research and Analysis Program
2023
Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences 2023 (ROSES-2023)
NASA TechRise Student Challenge
Suborbital/Hosted Orbital Flight and Payload Integration Services 4
NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities – Fall 2024 (NSTGRO24)
Technology Advancement Utilizing Suborbital and Orbital Flight Opportunities “TechFlights”
Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences – 2022 (ROSES-2022) – FULL SOLICITATION
University Smallsat Technology Partnership (USTP) Appendix – 2023
A.48 Sustainable Land Imaging – Technology
University Nanosatellite Program Solicitation
NASA TechRise Student Challenge
Technology Advancement Utilizing Suborbital and Orbital Flight Opportunities “TechFlights”
2022
Sources Sought Special Notice 2022
Announcement for Partnership Proposals (AFPP) to Advance Tipping Point Technologies
Space Technology Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO)
Announcement of Partnership Opportunity CubeSat Launch Initiative
Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences – 2021 (ROSES-2021) – FULL SOLICITATION
Request for Information – NASA’s Strategic Technology Framework “EXPLORE&LAND Thrusts”
NASA SBIR 2022 Program Solicitation
D.15 Astrophysics Pioneers of Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences – 2021 (ROSES-2021) – FULL SOLICITATION
2021
D.3 Astrophysics Research and Analysis
2021 Astrophysics Explorers Mission of Opportunity
Announcement of Partnership Opportunity CubeSat Launch Initiative
Technology Advancement Utilizing Suborbital Flight Opportunities “Tech Flights”
MUREP Space Technology Artemis Research (M-STAR) solicitation
2020
NASA SBIR and STTR Program Solicitation 2021
Heliophysics Flight Opportunities for Research and Technology
Earth Venture Mission – 3 (EVM-3) Earth System Science Pathfinder Program
Announcement of CubeSat Launch Initiative
Heliophysics Flight Opportunities Studies
NASA’s Small Spacecraft Technology Plan – Request for Information
Lunar Communication Relay and Navigation Services – Request for Information
Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV (Rapid IV) On-Ramp I
Space Technology Announcement Of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO)
Request for Information (RFI) for Space Weather Instruments and Missions for Science
Commercial SmallSat Data Analysis – ROSES-20 Amendment 26
Technology Advancement Utilizing Suborbital Flight Opportunities “Tech Flights”
Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences – 2020 (ROSES-2020)
NASA SBIR and STTR Program Solicitation 2020
2019
Astrophysics Science SmallSat Studies
Announcement of Cubesat Launch Initiative
Smallsat Technology Partnerships
Utilizing Public-Private Partnerships to Advance Tipping Point Technologies
Heliophysics Flight Opportunities for Research and Technology
Technology Advancement Utilizing Suborbital Flight Opportunities “Tech Flights”
Heliophysics Technology and Instrument Development for Science
Space Technology Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO)
Request for Information (RFI) for Innovative Technologies for Small Satellites
Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST)
2018
National Oceanographic Partnership Program
Utilizing Public-Private Partnerships to Advance Tipping Point Technologies
In-space Validation of Earth Science Technologies
NASA SBIR and STTR 2018 Program Solicitations
DRAFT Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx)
Flight and Payload Integration Services
SpaceTech-REDDI-2018 Appendix F1: Tech Flights – NASA Flight Opportunities
SpaceTech-REDDI-2018 Appendix F1: Tech Flights – NASA Flight Opportunities
ROSES-18 Amendment 8: New Opportunity – Astrophysics Science SmallSat Studies
Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration released as amendment 2 to SALMON-3
2018 Heliophysics Technology Demonstration Mission of Opportunity via SALMON-3
2017
Space Technology Announcement of Collaborative Opportunity (ACO)
Advanced Component Technology (ACT)
SpaceTech-REDDI-2017 Appendix F1(A): NASA Flight Opportunities
Smallsat Technology Partnerships (STP)
NASA Flight Opportunities (FO): Technology Advancement Utilizing Suborbital Flight Opportunities
Request for Information – Suborbital Flight Testing and Flight Experiments with CubeSat Payloads
Announcement of CubeSat Launch Initiative
Request for Information: Possible NASA Astrophysics SmallSats
