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Solicitations

› 2013 NIAC Phase I NRA/Solicitation
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› 2012 Space Technology Research Opportunities for Early Stage Innovations selections.
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› NASA Selects Green Propellant Technology Demonstration Mission
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› NASA Announces Early Career Faculty Space Tech Research Grants
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NASA Tech Transfer Portal

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Bringing technology from NASA back down to Earth!

Space Tech Roadmaps

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Pathways to advance the nation's current capabilities in space.

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NASA City

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Learn how you use NASA technology every day!

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Mars Program Planning Group

Mars

Building the future of Mars exploration.

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NASA Spinoff 2012 Features New Space Technology

Look at how NASA's initiatives in aeronautics and space exploration have resulted in commercial technologies with benefits across the economy.

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NASA Strategic Space Technology Investment Plan

NASA Strategic Space Technology Investment Plan

Prioritizes space technologies essential to the pursuit of NASA's mission and achievement of national goals.

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Robonaut 2 Team Receives AIAA Robotics Award

The NASA team behind Robonaut 2 has been awarded the AIAA Space Automation and Robotics Award for 2013.

2013 Spring Symposium

NIAC Spring Symposium March 12-14, 2013

The NIAC Program's 2013 Spring Symposium will be held March 12-14, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago, IL. REGISTER HERE!

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Space Technology Program: 2012 in Review

NASA is looking forward as well as reflecting upon recent payoffs in its portfolio of space technology investments.

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Latest Interest

NASA Technology Days 2012

To stimulate a collaborative dialogue and foster new partnerships between industry, academia, and government.
2013 NIAC Phase I Solicitation Open

Now seeking proposals for early studies of visionary aerospace concepts
'Smart SPHERES' Fly High Aboard Space Station

In the future, small robots similar to the SPHERES experiment could perform routine maintenance and give astronauts more time for science experiments.

News Releases

NASA Spinoff 2012 Features New Space Tech Bettering Your Life Today

02.13.13 - A plant texts a farmer to say it needs more water. An invisible coating scrubs pollutants from the air. A robot roams a hospital's halls, aiding doctors and nurses by recording vital signs and registrations. The 2012 edition of NASA's annual Spinoff publication captures a nation and world made better by advancements originally achieved for space technology.
NASA Unveils Strategic Space Technology Investment Plan

02.11.13 - NASA's Strategic Space Technology Investment Plan has been posted to the agency's website.
NASA Selects Experimental Commercial Suborbital Flight Payloads

01.22.13 - NASA's Flight Opportunities Program has selected 13 cutting-edge space technology payloads for flights on commercial reusable launch vehicles, balloons and a commercial parabolic aircraft in 2013 and 2014.

Technology and Innovation

Investments in space technology and innovation enable new missions, stimulate the economy, contribute to the nation’s global competitiveness, and inspire America’s next generation of scientists, engineers and astronauts.
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Space Tech In Our Lives

Harnessing the Power of NASA Technology

Zephyr’s consumer device, the HxM

Putting the Spin in Spinoff

Synthecon Inc. has further advanced its bioreactor technology

OCT Twitter Updates

OCT Galleries

William Shatner Promotes NASA Spinoffs

June Lockhart Promotes NASA Spinoffs

Wil Wheaton Promotes NASA Spinoffs

IRVE-3 Launches at Wallops

MISSE–X: Affordable Space Environment Testing

Garver Opens $1.5 Million Robot Challenge

The Ultimate Scavenger Hunt

Alex Trebek Promotes NASA Spinoffs

The Next Generation of Space Communications

Centennial Challenge 2012

NASA's Space Technology Program

Webb Telescope Technology

Will.i.am on NASA Spinoffs

Norah Jones and 'Arthur Christmas' on NASA Spinoffs

Robots Aboard International Space Station

The Next Generation of Space Communications

Masten's Xaero Vehicle

Overview of the OCT

Centennial Challenges

Space Technology Research Grants

Game Changing Development

Technology Demo Missions

Franklin & Edison Small Satellite

Flight Opportunities

Partnership, Innovation & Commercial Space

OCT Town Hall Meeting

Technology's Role in NASA's Future

2009 Centennial Challenges

NASA Technology Day 2012

NASA Deputy Chief Technologist Jim Adams at KSC

Peck Participates in Atlantic Innovation Summit

NASA Technology Day on the Hill 2012

Chief Technologist Mason Peck Visits NASA GRC

Chief Technologist Mason Peck Visits LaRC

NASA Future Forum Celebrates with John Glenn

NASA Chief Technologist Visits Wallops

IRVE Inflation and Telemetry Section

Braun Visits Bigelow Aerospace

NIAC Image Gallery

GCD January Highlights

Technology Demonstration Missions Bi-Monthly Newsletter

Game On: GCD's Annual Round up

IPP Seed Fund Success