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NASA Awards 2026 Innovative Technology Concepts
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The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program has created 18 new awards to support visionary ideas to improve aerospace technologies…

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NASA Announces New Spacecraft Technology Demonstration Mission at Moon    
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NASA is working with industry to advance the next phase of cislunar infrastructure for the agency’s Artemis program and Moon…

July 24, 2026
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Andrew Keys
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Dr. Andrew S. Keys is a space technology consultant with Five Keys Technologies, LLC, a subcontractor to CGI Federal, where…

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NIAC 2026 Selections
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Phase I Saptarshi BandyopadhyayDimming the Sun (DimSun) Using Controllable Dust Cloud to Reduce Solar InsolationNASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryPasadena, CA 91109-80012026…

July 21, 2026
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Precision Astrometry Using Optically Independent Spacecraft for Graviational Wave Detection
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Paul StankusBrookhaven Science Associates  The scientific goal is to enable a new method for observing gravitational waves at low frequencies,…

July 21, 2026
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Mapping Alien Continents: Achieving Optical VLBI for Exoplanet Imaging 
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Paul StankusBrookhaven Science Associates The scientific goal of the proposed work will be reconstructing the image, ie resolving surface features, of…

July 21, 2026
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Interworld Slingshot Resource Surveys
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Pablo Sobron SanchezSETI Institute This proposal explores a new class of reconnaissance spacecraft that map minerals from orbit using Raman…

July 21, 2026
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Robotically Assembled Electromagnetic Metamaterials for Long-Range Space Situational Awareness 
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David SmithDuke University  The increasing population of spacefaring vehicles and satellites motivates increasingly powerful technologies for space situational awareness (SSA). While…

July 21, 2026
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Photophoretic Tracers for Near-Space Remote Sensing at 30-100 km Altitudes 
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Benjamin SchaferRarefied Technologies, Inc. We propose a new approach to atmospheric sensing at 30-100 km altitudes using photophoretically levitating tracers. These…

July 21, 2026
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