Technology Workshops and Events

Past Workshops and Events

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Orbital Science on Hosted Platforms (ancillary meeting at AGU)

Sunday, December 8, 2024 in Washington, DC. This community discussion united stakeholders to explore collaboration and innovation in hosted payloads on orbital platforms, with NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program highlighting vendor capabilities and seeking input to advance science missions.

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Accelerating Informatics for Earth Science

The goal of this event is to foster the development of productive partnerships between commercial data product developers and the science community, and explore innovative ways to improve processing archived and real-time satellite data. 

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Entrepreneurs Challenge

The NASA Entrepreneurs Challenge identifies entrepreneurs and visionaries with innovative ideas for new instruments and technologies with the potential to advance the agency’s science mission goals.

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2023 Technology Showcase for Future NASA Planetary Science Missions

Fostering discussions about innovative new technologies that may substantially improve future planetary science missions. 

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2021 Small Spacecraft Virtual Forum

Facilitating community learning through the sharing, exchange, and collection of experiences with small satellite mission development and execution across all NASA mission areas. 

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2019 NASA SmallSat Mission Technical Interchange Meeting

An overview of SmallSat mission development and fostering new relationships among the NASA community to discuss a variety of topics relevant to SmallSat mission success.

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2018 Workshop on Autonomy for Future Science Missions

Key technical leaders from industry, academia, and NASA discussed how autonomy can impact upcoming NASA missions.