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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 advance a specific technology, competing for awards to support development of payloads that can be tested in flight. As an added incentive, NASA intends to award the opportunity for a flight test to winners of each challenge. These opportunities may include tests on vehicles that offer suborbital, hosted orbital, or parabolic flights. Sign up to receive the Flight Opportunities newsletter as well as announcements for Community of Practice webinars and other opportunities.
Our Challenges
Learn more about our prizes and solutions to advance technologies for space exploration and Earth observation.
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Space Technology Payload Challenge
NASA is seeking bold solutions addressing a variety of technology shortfalls. Up to nine winners may receive awards of up to $500,000 each to build their payloads plus the opportunity for a flight test at no cost.
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Universal Payload Interface Challenge
Three promising technologies that aim to enable easy integration of diverse payloads onto various flight vehicles announced June 2024
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Precision Landing Challenge No 1
Three promising sensing technologies announced July 2022
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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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