by Douglas Messier
Managing Editor
NASA is funding research into advanced satellite radar technology that would allow scientists to better measure Earth’s ice flows, ice shelves and snow accumulation.
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by Douglas Messier
Managing Editor
NASA is funding research into the development of a constellation of small satellites (smallsats) capable of measuring a storm from start to finish in order to improve weather forecasting.
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by Douglas Messier
Managing Editor
NASA is funding research into advanced technology that would allow spacecraft to combine its propulsion system and the sun’s gravity to reach the distant Kuiper Belt or interstellar space in far less time than is possible today.
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by Douglas Messier
Managing Editor
NASA is funding research into hypervelocity kinetic penetrators that would allow for the destruction of an incoming asteroid on very short notice.
The space agency awarded a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase I grant worth $175,000 to Philip Lubin of the University of California, Santa Barbara for his “Pi — Terminal Defense for Humanity project.
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by Douglas Messier
Managing Editor
NASA is funding research into a swarm of satellites that would enable scientists to measure the impacts of space weather in low-Earth orbit.
The space agency awarded a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase 1 grant worth $175,000 to Marcin Pilinski of University of Colorado Boulder for the In-situ Neutral-Optics Velocity Analyzer for Thermospheric Exploration (INOVATE) project.
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by Douglas Messier
Managing Editor
NASA is funding research into how to reduce noise levels produced by the next generation of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) air mobility vehicles.
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by Douglas Messier
Managing Editor
NASA is funding research by John Mather of Goddard Space Flight Center into the development of a massive orbiting star shade that would allow ground-based telescopes to search for Earth-like exoplanets.
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by Douglas Messier
Managing Editor
NASA is funding research into a system capable of generating oxygen on Mars far more efficiently than the one the space agency tested aboard the Curiosity rover.
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by Douglas Messier
Managing Editor
NASA is funding research into a system that would create a magnetic field around spacecraft to protect astronauts from damaging cosmic rays and solar ration.
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by Douglas Messier
Managing Editor
NASA is funding research into advanced solar sail technology that would allow spacecraft to reach the distant planets such as Uranus and Neptune in less than three years.
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by Douglas Messier
Managing Editor
Former NASA astronaut Bonnie Dunbar is conducting research into the digital manufacturing of custom, high-performance pressure suits that would allow astronauts to explore the surface of Mars with funding from her former employer.
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by Douglas Messier
Managing Editor
NASA is funding research into how to launch kilometer-wide space structures that would be allow astronauts to live in artificial gravity.
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by Douglas Messier
Managing Editor
NASA is funding research into an advanced nuclear power system capable of providing future spacecraft with kilowatts of power.
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by Douglas Messier
Managing Editor
NASA has funded a study of a mission designed to return samples of Venus’ atmosphere to Earth for scientists to search for signs of life.
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by Douglas Messier
Managing Editor
Inflatable winged vehicles could one day explore the clouds of Venus under a project being funded by NASA.
The space agency has provided a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) phase II grant to Javid Bayandor of the State University of New York to continue research on Bioinspired Ray for Extreme Environments and Zonal Exploration (BREEZE) project.
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