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An artist rendering of a space craft used to service satellites in space.

On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing – 1

Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD)

This illustration shows NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock technology demonstration and the General Atomics Orbital Test Bed spacecraft that hosts it.

Deep Space Atomic Clock (DSAC)

Green Propellant Infusion Mission above the earth.

Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM)

Illustration of OSAM-2 (On-Orbit Servicing, Manufacturing and Assembly).

On-Orbit Servicing, Manufacturing and Assembly 2

Robotic Refueling Mission 3’s Multi-Function Tool 2

Robotic Refueling Mission 3 (RRM3)

Terrain Relative Navigation (TRN)

Mission Success for MSL Entry, Descent, & Landing Instrument (MEDLI)

Mars Science Laboratory Entry, Descent and Landing Instrumentation (MEDLI)

Autonomous Landing Hazard Avoidance Technology (ALHAT)

Autonomous Landing Hazard Avoidance Technology (ALHAT)

NASA engineers are celebrating National Manufacturing Day by building some of the largest composite rocket parts ever made.

Composites for Exploration Upper Stage (CEUS)

Human Exploration Telerobotics

NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator

Low-Density Supersonic Decelerators (LDSD)

MISSE

Materials International Space Station Experiment-X (MISSE-X)

An artist's concept of a solar sail in Earth orbit.

Solar Sail Demonstration

Low-Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) on a ship deck after reentry after the demo on November 10, 2022.

Low-Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID)

Members of NASA’s Mars 2020 project install the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment

Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment

Deep Space Optical Communications

Deep Space Optical Communications

Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) is the first demonstration of optical communications beyond the Earth-Moon system.

Artist's concept of a fission power system on the lunar surface.

Fission Surface Power

Fission Surface Power (FSP) is working with the Department of Energy (DOE) and industry to design a fission power system that provides at least 40 kilowatts of power.

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