Lithium-ion just isn't cut out for the cosmos.

Just like your cellphone stays connected by roaming between networks, NASA's Polylingual Experimental Terminal, or PExT, technology demonstration is proving space missions can do the same by switching ...

A NASA technology experiment on the International Space Station completed its first laser link with an in-orbit laser relay system on Dec. 5, 2023. Together, they complete NASA's first two-way, end-to ...

A mission to retrieve the first samples from a Martian moon is preparing for launch, with NASA supplying key technology to ...

The US space and energy agencies have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding establishing a framework for end-to-end ...

WASHINGTON - As NASA focuses on exploring the Moon, Mars, and the solar system for the benefit of humanity, the agency’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) is shifting how it prioritizes ...

WASHINGTON — NASA Headquarters has created a new office devoted to technology and policy issues, part of a restructuring that includes creating a new space security position at the civil space agency.

Work done by General Motors and NASA has led to the creation of robotic, grip- strengthening gloves that the space agency says could help both astronauts and assembly-line workers on the job. The ...

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – For years, NASA has been developing technology to establish long term human presence in space. As part of this ongoing effort, NASA developed a closed-loop system that recycles ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was established in 1958, an evolution of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, ...

As NASA fosters technologies needed to live and work farther away from home than ever before, the agency’s Technology Transfer program has the sole mission of getting those innovations into the hands ...