Technology drives exploration to the Moon, Mars and beyond. The Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) develops transformative space technologies to enable NASA’s future missions. NASA’s investments in revolutionary, American-made technologies provide solutions on Earth and in space.
TechPort is a web-based database that showcases NASA technologies, providing key insights on past, current, and planned developments. TechPort transforms this technology development data into information that unlocks new discoveries, analysis, collaboration, partnership and communication.
The Flight Opportunities program develops and provides opportunities for space technologies to be demonstrated and validated in relevant environments. It fosters the development of the commercial reusable suborbital transportation industry.
GCD seeks to identify and rapidly mature high-impact capabilities and technologies, and to investigate innovative ideas and approaches that have the potential to revolutionize future space missions.
The NASA SBIR and STTR programs fund the research, development, and demonstration of innovative technologies that fulfill NASA needs as described in the annual Solicitations and have significant potential for successful commercialization.
Each year, Spinoff highlights NASA technologies that are benefiting life on Earth in the form of commercial products. We’ve profiled nearly 2,000 spinoffs since the publication began in 1976 — there’s more space in your life than you think!
NTRS is the system by which new NASA technologies are disclosed.
At Technology Transfer University (T2U), real-world, NASA-proven technologies are brought into the classroom. Business students creating market assessments and business plans can now hone their abilities by working with our high-tech patent portfolio. They also receive access to the NASA scientists and innovators, giving them a unique look into the fine-grained details of the technology […]
The Software Catalog offers an extensive portfolio of software products for the public to download for free use in a wide variety of technical applications.
