NASA Technology

06/05/2026

Congratulations to the winners of the Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition! 🏆

University students were challenged to bridge gaps in aerospace technology by innovating new system concepts and prototypes. Read more:

NASA announced the Massachusetts Institute of Technology project, Exploration-Class Lunar Integrated Power SystEm, as the first place winner for the 2026

06/05/2026

✅ Apollo-inspired engineer
✅ Artemis II interface manager
✅ Deep Space Network mission support

Meet Kathleen Harmon, Artemis II interface manager for the Deep Space Network. Kathleen helped ensure the network was prepared to support Artemis II spacecraft communications and mission operations ahead of launch: https://go.nasa.gov/4ttXOBu

06/03/2026

Today at 1 p.m. ET, learn about NASA’s latest TechLeap Prize: the Robotically Manipulated Payload Challenge. Up to three winners will be selected to receive up to $500,000 each and the opportunity for a flight test. Join to hear tips for preparing an application: https://go.nasa.gov/49ECAKd

06/02/2026

There's still time to register for NASA's Mars to Table Challenge! Join the webinar on Thursday, June 4, with experts from NASA and the organization behind BioSim, who will answer questions about the challenge's expectations, rules, and deliverables.

Learn more: https://go.nasa.gov/4ugPc1D

05/22/2026

Could a tiny jumping robot unlock the secrets of Saturn’s icy moon, Enceladus? 🪐

Meet LEAP, a revolutionary mission concept designed to explore Enceladus like never before. This spring-loaded robot could hop across dangerous terrain, leap through towering ice plumes, and collect samples from the subsurface ocean.

From cliffs and canyons to caves and crevices, LEAP could help scientists examine places we’ve never explored before and push robotics-driven exploration farther into the solar system. Discover more: https://go.nasa.gov/43lQo9d

05/20/2026

Congratulations to the winners of NASA's 2026 Gateways to Blue Skies competition! This year's competition challenged student teams to address a critical element of U.S. aviation: aircraft maintenance.

Read more:

The South Dakota State University team took first place at NASA’s fifth annual Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, which challenged student teams to address a

05/19/2026

Space weather just got a new watchful eye! 🛰️👀

On May 14, AEPEX CubeSat reached its target orbit after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

AEPEX now orbits Earth, studying how high-energy particles from Earth’s radiation belts rain down into our upper atmosphere. Right now, it's really hard to monitor this over large areas of our planet. AEPEX will image the X-rays produced during these events so scientists can map the activity.

Better maps mean better space weather forecasts, which help protect our radio communications, satellites, and everyday technology down here on Earth.

More: go.nasa.gov/4tDxmpb

05/18/2026

Gas stations in space? We’re working on it! ⛽

NASA is teaming up with Rocket Lab and Eta Space for LOXSAT, a low Earth orbit technology demo to address the challenges of using super-cold fuel in space. During a nine-month mission, LOXSAT will demonstrate 11 cryogenic fluid management technologies.

Launching aboard an Electron rocket, this demonstration could help shape the future of in-space propellant depots to refuel missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond: https://go.nasa.gov/4wzzq4h

05/14/2026

If future explorers are going to call the Moon home, they need a good foundation. Find out how a NASA challenge to 3D print planetary habitats led to construction solutions for buildings on Earth:

An innovative 3D printing process that advanced NASA’s approach to outfitting a lunar habitat is making buildings on Earth beautiful, efficient, and

05/14/2026

Planning is underway for our Artemis III mission, which will test the capabilities of NASA's Orion spacecraft and one or both commercial landers from Blue Origin and SpaceX as they meet and dock in Earth's orbit.

This highly complex mission will be an important step to landing astronauts on the Moon with Artemis IV in 2028. Details: https://go.nasa.gov/4dv2scO