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Advancing technology through suborbital flight.
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October 16, 2023
NASA Seeks Development of Universal Payload Interface
July 21, 2022
NASA TechLeap Winners Advance Technology to Aid Lunar Landings
March 31, 2022
Video: Earth, Sun from Moon’s South Pole
February 15, 2022
NASA Challenge Seeks Tech to Shine Light on Precision Lunar Landings
October 7, 2021
NASA Selects Three Winners in Inaugural TechLeap Prize Challenge
June 10, 2021
New NASA Challenge to Fund and Test Small Spacecraft Technologies
May 31, 2020
Flight Opportunities

New NASA Challenge to Fund and Test Small Spacecraft Technologies

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NASA Seeks Development of Universal Payload Interface

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NASA TechLeap Winners Advance Technology to Aid Lunar Landings

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Photo Credit: Matt Kuhns/Masten Space
About TechLeap
To support future missions and reduce risk, NASA seeks to rapidly identify and develop technologies of significant interest through a series of challenges. Participants in these challenges submit an application to develop a specific technology and then compete for awards to build the payloads. As an added incentive, NASA intends to award a suborbital flight test to the Winners of each challenge.
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Learn more about our prizes and solutions to advance technologies for space exploration and Earth observation.
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Universal Payload Interface Challenge
NASA is seeking an optimized interface system – or a system of systems – that enables easy integration of diverse payloads onto various flight vehicles. Up to three Winners may receive awards of up to $650,000 each to build their system and the opportunity for a flight test at no cost.
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Photo Credit: Matt Kuhns/Masten Space
Precision Landing Challenge No 1
Three promising sensing technologies announced July 2022
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Photo Credit: Matt Kuhns/Masten Space
Autonomous Observation Challenge No. 1
Three promising observation technologies announced October 2021
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About Flight Opportunities
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.
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