SMD Technology Programs
SMD develops cutting-edge technologies to enable groundbreaking science via technology development programs sponsored by its science divisions.
- Strategic Astrophysics Technology (SAT)
- Astrophysics Research and Analysis (APRA)
- Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellowships (RTF)
- Pioneers Program
- Heliophysics Technology and Instrument Development for Science (H-TIDeS)
- Heliophysics Low Cost Access to Space (H-LCAS)
- Heliophysics Flight Opportunities for Research and Technology (H-FORT)
*(Managed by the Planetary Exploration Science Technology Office [PESTO])
- *Planetary Instrument Concepts for the Advancement of Solar System Observations (PICASSO)
- *Maturation of Instruments for Solar System Exploration (MatISSE)
- *Development and Advancement of Lunar Instrumentation (DALI)
- *High Operating Temperature Technology (HOTTEch)
- *Concepts for Ocean worlds Life Detection Technology (COLDTech): technologies for instruments and technologies for vehicles
- *Scientific Exploration Subsurface Access Mechanism for Europa (SESAME)
- *Icy Satellites
- Instrument Concepts for Europa Exploration
(ICEE 2) - Radioisotope Power Systems Program (RPSP)
- Applied Information Systems Research: Autonomous Robotics Research for Ocean Worlds (AISR-ARROW) (managed by PSD’s PESTO)
- Sounding Rocket Program (managed by HPD)
- NASA Scientific Ballooning Program (managed by APD)