Space Technology: Game Changing Development

10 Technologies That Are Changing the Game

Earlier this year, we hosted a Game Changing Technology Industry Day for the aerospace industry, and in October our engineers and technologists visited Capitol Hill showcasing some of these exciting innovations. Check out these technology developments that could soon be making waves on Earth and in space.
A Camp Where ‘Junior Game Changers’ Get Their Game On

Arduinos. Spheros. Microcontrollers.

All foreign sounding words to a group of rising ninth graders from Newport News who, before coming to NASA Langley last week, hadn’t had much interaction with robots or drones.
Revolutionary Camera Recording Propulsion Data Completes Groundbreaking Test

While thousands turned out watch NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) recently complete a full-scale test of its booster, few were aware of the other major test occurring simultaneously.
The 2017 BIG Idea Competition

This year's GCD-sponsored engineering design competition seeks innovative ideas from the academic community for in-space assembly of spacecraft – particularly tugs, propelled by solar electric propulsion (SEP)

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Highlights

Game Changing Development Program: 2016 Annual Magazine

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Game Changing Development Industry Day

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About Game Changing Development Program

The Game Changing Development Program is a part of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate. The Program advances space technologies that may lead to entirely new approaches for the Agency’s future space missions and provide solutions to significant national needs.

Phase Change Material Heat Exchanger (PCM HX)

Space to Ground: Be Cool: 09/16/2016

NASA Facts

Solar Power Generation in Extreme Space Environments

Robotics

NASA Space Robotics Challenge Prepares Robots for the Journey to Mars

Tech Tweets

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Tweets about “#NASA_Technology”

CHIEFS

NASA works to improve fire shelters for firefighters

Bulk Metallic Glass Gears

Researchers are developing unheated gearboxes…

Phase Change Material Heat Exchanger (PCM HX)

From Magnetic Levitation to Frozen Wax, Cargo Spacecraft to Carry Wide Range of Investigations

Entry, Descent and Landing Concepts

NASA EDGE: Game Changing Entry, Descent and Landing Part 1

Entry, Descent and Landing Concepts

NASA EDGE: Game Changing Entry, Descent and Landing Part 2

Highlights

Space Technology: Game Changing Development Highlights (January-March 2016)

About GCD

NASA Facts: Game Changing Development Program

Affordable Access to Space

NASA Facts: Affordable Vehicle Avionics (AVA)

Propulsion

NASA Facts: Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP)

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UB students design inflatable heat shield for NASA Mars mission contest

Propulsion

Cubesats Will Take Over The Skies, Thanks To Electric Propulsion

HIAD-2

Testing inflatable heat shields for spacecraft

Videos

Mary Beth Wusk – Women@NASA

Robotics

NASA Edge video “A Real Life C3PO”

Videos

NASA EDGE: Nanotechnology

Journey to Mars

Will 2016 Be the Year Elon Musk Reveals his Mars Colonial Transporter Plans?

Manufacturing & Materials

This Metal Is 99.9 Percent Air

CHIEFS

NASA Is Testing Next-Generation Fire Shelters at a Burn Site In Northern Canada

Publications

GCD Annual Magazine 2015

Propulsion

MIT SPL delivers the Scalable ion Electrospray Propulsion System

CHIEFS

NASA Technology May Help Protect Wildland Firefighters

Robotics

NASA Looks to University Robotics Groups to Advance Latest Humanoid Robot

Highlights

October-December 2015

Space Technology

Develop.Test.Fly

Highlights

July-August 2015

Meet a Game Changer

Project Animation

Lightweight Materials & Structures

Publications

GCD 2014 Annual Magazine

Videos

Game Changing Technologies

Publications

NASA’S Digital Technology Magazine

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