Synopsis
TechPort is NASA’s online technology transfer portal. It outlines NASA’s strategic objectives and technology development goals across key areas like space transportation, expanding access to planetary surfaces, sustainable living in space, transformative missions and technologies, and more.
Key goals and focus areas are summarized below:
Key Technology Development Goals
Some of NASA’s main technology development goals outlined on TechPort include:
- Ensuring American leadership in space technology
- Enabling rapid and efficient technology development
- Fostering creation and growth of aerospace businesses
- Increasing commercialization of NASA technologies
- Expanding collaboration with industry, academia, and other partners
- Making it easier for all groups to contribute to NASA technology
- Increasing diversity and inclusion in technology development
Key Technology Areas
Specific technology areas highlighted as priorities include:
- Cryogenic fluids storage and management
- Advanced in-space and launch propulsion
- Precision landing and planetary entry systems
- In-situ resource utilization on the Moon and Mars
- Radiation-hardened avionics and computing
- Additive manufacturing and in-space fabrication
- Small spacecraft and nanosatellite technologies
Summary
Key focus areas are bolstering US leadership in space, expanding public-private partnerships, and developing technologies to support sustainable long-duration missions.
