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NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) aims to transform future missions while ensuring American leadership in aerospace. STMD develops, demonstrates, and transfers new space technologies that benefit NASA, commercial, and other government missions.

Learn More About STMD about Space Technology Mission Directorate Ranked Civil Space Shortfalls NASA invites you to contribute to the prioritization of technology shortfalls critical to civil space by February 20. Your feedback will help shape the future of space technology.

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Starling will demonstrate technologies to enable multipoint science data collection by several small spacecraft flying in swarms. The six-month mission will use four CubeSats in low-Earth orbit to test four technologies that let spacecraft operate in a synchronized manner without resources from the ground.

Visit the Starling Mission Page about Starling The purpose of the Center Innovation Fund is to stimulate and encourage creativity and innovation within the NASA Centers in addressing the technology needs of NASA and the nation.

Go to Center Innovation Fund Flight Opportunities rapidly demonstrates promising technologies for space exploration, discovery, and the expansion of space commerce through suborbital testing with industry flight providers. The program matures capabilities needed for NASA missions and commercial applications while strategically investing in the growth of the U.S. commercial spaceflight industry.

Go to Flight Opportunities Game Changing Development GCD seeks to identify and rapidly mature high-impact capabilities and technologies, and investigate innovative ideas that have the potential to revolutionize future space missions.

Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative NASA’s Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative (LSII) works across industry, academia, non-profits, and with other government agencies to catalyze the development of technology that will enable robotic and human exploration of the Moon and future operations on Mars.

NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts NIAC nurtures visionary ideas that could transform future NASA missions with the creation of breakthroughs—radically better or entirely new aerospace architectures, systems, or missions. Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing NASA connects the public to the agency’s missions and explores creative possibilities for addressing the agency’s needs through prizes, challenges, and crowdsourcing opportunities.

Go to Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs provide an opportunity for small, high tech companies and research institutions.

Small Spacecraft Technology The Small Spacecraft Technology program expands the ability to execute unique missions through rapid development and demonstration of capabilities for small spacecraft applicable to exploration, science and the commercial space sector.

Go to Small Spacecraft Technology Space Tech Research Grants Space Technology Research Grants will accelerate the development of high risk/high payoff technologies to support the future space science and exploration needs of NASA.

Go to Space Tech Research Grants Technology Demonstration Missions (TDM) The mission of NASA’s Technology Demonstration Missions is to bridge the gap between need and means, between scientific and engineering challenges and the technological innovations.

Technology Transfer and Spinoff The NASA Technology Transfer program ensures that innovations developed for exploration and discovery are broadly available to the public, maximizing the benefit to the nation.

Go to Tech Transfer and Spinoff faces of technology videos Go to Faces of Tech Video Playlist Fission Surface Power, Project Manager at NASA's Glenn Research Center Research Electrical Engineer at NASA's Glenn Research Center Aerospace Engineer at NASA’s Glenn Research Center Flight Test Campaign Manager for NASA’s Flight Opportunities program Deputy Manager for the Cryogenic Fluid Management Portfolio Project Office at NASA Avionics Systems Manager at NASA Celebrating the Women who Bring NASA Technology to Life Manager for NASA’s Prize Competitions Project Manager at Colorado State University Program Manager at NASA's Langley Research Center NASA Research Engineer at the National Institute of Aerospace Aerospace Engineer at NASA's Ames Research Center Mechanical Engineer at NASA's Langley Research Center Mechanical Engineer at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Materials Scientist at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Materials Engineer at NASA's Glenn Research Center NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) develops technologies through a community of entrepreneurs, researchers, and innovators to solve the nation’s toughest challenges and enable future NASA and commercial missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

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