{"id":258122,"date":"2023-03-25T13:25:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T17:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=topic&p=258122"},"modified":"2024-06-12T17:04:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T21:04:55","slug":"flight-summaries","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-flight-opportunities\/flight-summaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight Summaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-light hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" aria-expanded=\"false\" 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class=\"subtitle-md\">Flight Opportunities<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Flight Summaries<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">Each year, Flight Opportunities supports flight tests of dozens of program-funded technologies on commercial vehicles. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">Here you will find highlights of those flights and links to additional information about the tested innovations tested aboard.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/visitor.r20.constantcontact.com\/manage\/optin?v=001ac3u7uVVAKhDHZ9ReHHJAYR5W3hSNAz_ik7htlW1TQyxiZnc9KNJ3aScNJystJkz_qYets7-7DFNf5MzqCnmrC6GhftPppzRjbJDCjp2mXA%3D\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Subscribe to the Flight Opportunities newsletter <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about 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Xombie lander, landing.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 48% 85%; object-position: 48% 85%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/afrc2019-0204-20.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/afrc2019-0204-20.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/afrc2019-0204-20.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/afrc2019-0204-20.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/afrc2019-0204-20.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/afrc2019-0204-20.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/afrc2019-0204-20.jpg?resize=900,600 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Masten Space Systems\u2019 Xombie\u00a9 lander completes a flight test at the Mojave Spaceport. Xombie\u00a9 represents NASA-sponsored technologies supported by its Flight Opportunities program.<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"padding-0 bg-spacesuit-white wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-page-intro width-full maxw-full padding-y-6 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-4 margin-bottom-3 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"heading-41\"><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg margin-0 margin-bottom-2\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-lg 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7.87725L0.836149 5.47479L4.90799e-07 6.25727L4 10L8 6.25727L7.16385 5.47479L4.59719 7.87725L4.59719 6.0285e-07L3.40281 4.46225e-07Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-6 margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#2021\" class=\"display-flex line-height-sm color-carbon-black text-no-underline flex-align-center border-bottom-1px border-color-carbon-30-important padding-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>2021 Flights<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-0\" width=\"8\" height=\"10\" viewBox=\"0 0 8 10\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M3.40281 4.46225e-07L3.40281 7.87725L0.836149 5.47479L4.90799e-07 6.25727L4 10L8 6.25727L7.16385 5.47479L4.59719 7.87725L4.59719 6.0285e-07L3.40281 4.46225e-07Z\" 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Slosh<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">Two payloads from U.S. universities soared to space aboard Virgin Galactic\u2019s VSS Unity for suborbital flight tests funded by NASA\u2019s Flight Opportunities program.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">A payload from University of California, Berkeley tested a multi-material manufacturing technique known as computed axial lithography, a new type of 3D printing. Rather than printing in layers, this device uses light to solidify liquid and gel materials in a single step in microgravity. Future uses could range from printing spare parts for spacecraft to addressing medical-related issues during long-duration missions \u2014 all necessary to enable future long-duration space missions for NASA and the world.<br>\u00a0<br>A Purdue University payload studied how the sloshing of liquid propellant affects spacecraft pointing \u2014 maneuvers that orient a vehicle for docking or Earth reentry and help optimize imaging satellites orbiting the Earth, Moon, and Mars. The measurements made during this flight test could improve precise modeling of slosh in microgravity, which can\u2019t be done through testing on Earth and could meet an essential need for future space flights that use liquid propellant.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/nasa-program-sends-university-payloads-to-space\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Read more about this flight test <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Flight Test Sheds New Light on In-Space 3D Printing, Propellant Slosh<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/virggal-ucb-purdue-payloads-sp16-t0241-t0293-20240607.jpg?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Two boxes with university and NASA stickers stacked inside spaceplane mounted under circular window\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 54% 39%; object-position: 54% 39%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/virggal-ucb-purdue-payloads-sp16-t0241-t0293-20240607.jpg 7008w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/virggal-ucb-purdue-payloads-sp16-t0241-t0293-20240607.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/virggal-ucb-purdue-payloads-sp16-t0241-t0293-20240607.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/virggal-ucb-purdue-payloads-sp16-t0241-t0293-20240607.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/virggal-ucb-purdue-payloads-sp16-t0241-t0293-20240607.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/virggal-ucb-purdue-payloads-sp16-t0241-t0293-20240607.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/virggal-ucb-purdue-payloads-sp16-t0241-t0293-20240607.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/virggal-ucb-purdue-payloads-sp16-t0241-t0293-20240607.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/virggal-ucb-purdue-payloads-sp16-t0241-t0293-20240607.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/virggal-ucb-purdue-payloads-sp16-t0241-t0293-20240607.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/virggal-ucb-purdue-payloads-sp16-t0241-t0293-20240607.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Payloads from Purdue University (top) and the University of California, Berkeley, installed on Virgin Galactic\u2019s VSS Unity for flight testing conducted on June 8, 2024. <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Virgin Galactic<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technologies tested on the above campaign:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/techport.nasa.gov\/view\/106639\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/techport.nasa.gov\/view\/106639\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Computed Axial Lithography for Rapid, Volumetric Additive Manufacturing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/techport.nasa.gov\/view\/106651\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/techport.nasa.gov\/view\/106651\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spacecraft Pointing Control and Zero-Gravity Slosh (Knowledge Payload)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-full\"><strong><a href=\"#top\">Return to top<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">Spring 2024<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Testing In-Space Manufacturing Techs and More in Flight<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">NASA\u2019s Flight Opportunities program supported the testing of a variety of technologies\u00a0on\u00a0a series of parabolic flights in spring 2024 aboard Zero Gravity Corporation\u2019s G-Force One.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">Researchers collected data for payloads that address several technology shortfalls across the civil space ecosystem \u2013 from advanced manufacturing and entry, descent, and landing technologies to cryogenic fluid management needed for long-duration space missions and more. Check back soon for more information on all payloads. The spring 2024 parabolic campaigns ran February 26-March 1 and March 5-8 as well as in April.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-flight-opportunities\/flight-summaries\/testing-in-space-manufacturing-techs-and-more-in-flight\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about this campaign <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Testing In-Space Manufacturing Techs and More in Flight<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/zerog-redwire-fame-9645-03012024-1900.jpeg?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Four researchers float in zero gravity on a parabolic flight while holding onto their experiment encased in a clear case.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 54% 39%; object-position: 54% 39%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/zerog-redwire-fame-9645-03012024-1900.jpeg 1900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/zerog-redwire-fame-9645-03012024-1900.jpeg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/zerog-redwire-fame-9645-03012024-1900.jpeg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/zerog-redwire-fame-9645-03012024-1900.jpeg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/zerog-redwire-fame-9645-03012024-1900.jpeg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/zerog-redwire-fame-9645-03012024-1900.jpeg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/zerog-redwire-fame-9645-03012024-1900.jpeg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/zerog-redwire-fame-9645-03012024-1900.jpeg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/zerog-redwire-fame-9645-03012024-1900.jpeg?resize=1200,800 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">A research team from Redwire tests the fluidics of a pharmaceutical in-space laboratory aboard Zero Gravity Corporation\u2019s G-Force One on March 1, 2024.\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Zero Gravity Corporation<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technologies tested on the above campaign also had support from:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/international-space-station\/space-station-research-and-technology\/in-space-production-applications\/\">In Space Production Applications<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-game-changing-development\/\">Game Changing Development program<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/sbir_sttr\/\">Small Business Innovation Research \/ Small Business Technology Transfer program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"#top\">Return to top<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:150px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignfull has-text-align-center\" id=\"2023\">2023 Flights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">December 19, 2023<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Suborbital Flight Testing of a Range of Technologies for Space Exploration, Discovery, and Commerce<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">The 14 technologies aboard the flight aim to address some of the opportunities and obstacles presented by humanity\u2019s sustained presence in space. The flight at Blue Origin\u2019s Launch Site One in West Texas was also a significant milestone for the company, serving as the return to flight with their New Shepard reusable suborbital rocket.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">The payloads reached altitude of 351,248 feet, which exposed them to about three minutes of microgravity. Such flight conditions enabled research teams to collect data that will help them evaluate the performance of their technologies and make any necessary improvements before potential future use in space. The suborbital flight test included a range of technology capabilities for space exploration, discovery, and commerce.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/flight-opportunities-program\/nasa-partners-continue-to-advance-space-tech-on-suborbital-flights\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about this flight <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Suborbital Flight Testing of a Range of Technologies for Space Exploration, Discovery, and Commerce<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"927\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/blueorigin-p13-ns-24-boosterlanding-12192023.jpeg?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Reusable rocket coming in for a vertical landing, kicking up a plume of dust from the arid ground. The blue sky is full of wispy clouds.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 54% 39%; object-position: 54% 39%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/blueorigin-p13-ns-24-boosterlanding-12192023.jpeg 2000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/blueorigin-p13-ns-24-boosterlanding-12192023.jpeg?resize=300,181 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/blueorigin-p13-ns-24-boosterlanding-12192023.jpeg?resize=768,463 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/blueorigin-p13-ns-24-boosterlanding-12192023.jpeg?resize=1024,618 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/blueorigin-p13-ns-24-boosterlanding-12192023.jpeg?resize=1536,927 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/blueorigin-p13-ns-24-boosterlanding-12192023.jpeg?resize=400,241 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/blueorigin-p13-ns-24-boosterlanding-12192023.jpeg?resize=600,362 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/blueorigin-p13-ns-24-boosterlanding-12192023.jpeg?resize=900,543 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/blueorigin-p13-ns-24-boosterlanding-12192023.jpeg?resize=1200,724 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">New Shepard\u2019s booster lands on the pad at Blue Origin\u2019s Launch Site One in West Texas on December 19, 2023, after flying payloads supported by NASA\u2019s Flight Opportunities program.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Blue Origin<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technology tested on the above campaign:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/299\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Suborbital Evaluation of Paraffin and Beeswax Formation in Microgravity for Low-Earth-Orbit Propulsion Applications<\/a> (MIT)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/346\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In-Space Biosensors Batch Coating Using Self-Assembled Monolayers<\/a> (Ecoatoms Inc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/296\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Developing autonomous hardware for use on suborbital flight to evaluate the impacts of launch and landing on Candida albicans adaptation to spaceflight<\/a> (Montana State University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/276\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Electrophysiology Recording of Neuronal Networks During Suborbital Spaceflight<\/a> (imec USA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/282\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Functional Integration of Lens Free Imaging in Suborbital Flight<\/a> (imec USA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/243\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Exploring Electrostatic Regolith Interactions in Low Gravity<\/a> (University of Central Florida)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/306\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ASSET: Asteroid Soil Strength Evaluation Tool<\/a> (Honeybee Robotics Ltd.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/321\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Demonstration of Multiphase Microfluidics for Chemical Analysis Systems<\/a> (NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/277\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Propellant Gauging During On-Orbit Refueling and Transfer Operations<\/a> (Carthage College)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/216\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zero-g Slosh Model Technology<\/a> (Purdue University) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/240\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DMEN: Draper Multi-Environment Navigator<\/a> (Draper)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/213\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transport Properties of Fluids for Exploration<\/a> (University of Alabama)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">September 12-October 4, 2023<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Dust Sensor to Aid Lunar Landings<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">This technology could improve lunar landings by measuring the size and speed of surface particles kicked up by the exhaust from a rocket-powered lander. The payload testing involved a series of four tethered flights on Astrobotic\u2019s Xodiac rocket-powered lander in Mojave, California.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">When spacecraft land on the Moon or Mars, the rocket exhaust plume interacts with the surface. This interaction creates regolith ejecta \u2013 abrasive dust and large particles moving at high speeds \u2013 that can damage the lander and surrounding structures. Understanding how a rocket engine\u2019s exhaust affects this ejecta will help mission designers plan more effectively for lunar landings. Researchers at the University of Central Florida developed an instrument named Ejecta STORM (Sheet Tracking, Opacity, and Regolith Maturity) to answer this need while embracing the Flight Opportunities program\u2019s \u201cfly, fix, fly\u201d ethos to quickly advance the technology. After flight tests in 2020, researchers tested the Ejecta STORM technology\u2019s integration with a lander and operation in flight conditions that simulated the plume effects of a lunar lander.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/nasa-supports-tests-of-dust-sensor-to-aid-lunar-landings\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about this flight <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Dust Sensor to Aid Lunar Landings<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><video class=\"hds-video-background\" alt=\"Rocket-powered lander tethered to crane lifts off, hovers above ground as flames come out of it.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 54% 39%; object-position: 54% 39%; object-fit: cover;\" autoplay=\"true\" loop=\"true\" muted=\"true\" playsinline=\"true\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/astrobotic-ejecta-storm-2023-09-13-tether-30strim-09132023.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/><\/video><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">University of Central Florida researchers tested an instrument designed to measure the size and speed of surface particles kicked up by the exhaust from a rocket-powered lander on the Moon or Mars. The four tethered flights on Astrobotic\u2019s Xodiac rocket-powered lander took place in Mojave, California, from Sept. 12 through Oct. 4, 2023. Researchers tested the Ejecta STORM technology\u2019s integration with a lander and operation in flight conditions that simulate the plume effects of a lunar lander.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Astrobotic<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technology tested on the above campaign:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/242\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maturing Ejecta STORM for Lunar Delivery<\/a> (University of Central Florida)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">September 12-14, 2023<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Monitoring the Heating of Lunar Lander Legs to Optimize Performance<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">Designers of reusable landers must be able to quantify the heating of lander legs and surfaces by rocket engine plumes, hot nozzles, etc. Payloads underwent flight testing aboard Exos Aerospace\u2019s SARGE (suborbital autonomous rocket with guidance) BLK3 platform in Caddo Mills, Texas.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">In a series of flight tests, a Purdue University team completed an experiment that tested how rocket plume temperatures heated up a simulated leg of a lunar lander. The campaign demonstrated Purdue\u2019s image-based, whole-field temperature map system in a relevant environment, which will advance and ready the technology for lander development and operations use (e.g., for the design of lander vehicles for Earth-based entry, descent, and landing research flights).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-flight-opportunities\/access-flight-tests\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about accessing flight tests <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Monitoring the Heating of Lunar Lander Legs to Optimize Performance<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1434\" height=\"1074\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/studentsatwork-purdue-sarge-07-t0301-2023-09-12-crop.jpg?w=1434\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Three people stand at a rig with three angled beams. Left and right beams have equipment attached. Middle vertical beam has a pink\/yellow attachment. \" style=\"transform: scale(1.1); transform-origin: 28% 10%; object-position: 28% 10%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/studentsatwork-purdue-sarge-07-t0301-2023-09-12-crop.jpg 1434w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/studentsatwork-purdue-sarge-07-t0301-2023-09-12-crop.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/studentsatwork-purdue-sarge-07-t0301-2023-09-12-crop.jpg?resize=768,575 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/studentsatwork-purdue-sarge-07-t0301-2023-09-12-crop.jpg?resize=1024,767 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/studentsatwork-purdue-sarge-07-t0301-2023-09-12-crop.jpg?resize=400,300 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/studentsatwork-purdue-sarge-07-t0301-2023-09-12-crop.jpg?resize=600,449 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/studentsatwork-purdue-sarge-07-t0301-2023-09-12-crop.jpg?resize=900,674 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/studentsatwork-purdue-sarge-07-t0301-2023-09-12-crop.jpg?resize=1200,899 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1434px) 100vw, 1434px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The Purdue University team prepares for their Sept. 12-14, 2023, flight test on Exos Aerospace\u2019s SARGE BLK3 platform. The paint shield visible in the center changes colors at different temperatures. Shielded camera mounts are visible on the left and right legs of the testing rig. Before-and-after comparisons plus high-definition video during the test run helps researchers discern the temperature field during testing.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Purdue University\u00a0<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technology tested on the above campaign:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/301\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lander-Style Vehicle Plume-Structure Heat Transfer Monitoring Experiment<\/a> (Purdue University)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">August 30, 2023<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Exploring Optical Communications in the Stratosphere<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">Researchers demonstrated an optical communication link from the ground to a high-altitude balloon, flown by Aerostar in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">In an example of other government agencies\u2019 leveraging support and flight provider contracts from Flight Opportunities,\u00a0Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific successfully demonstrated an optical communication link from the ground to a\u00a0high-altitude\u00a0balloon as part of the Stratospheric Optical Link Demonstration (SOLD) project with essential support and collaboration from NASA’s Ames Research Center. SOLD is designed to explore optical communications in the stratosphere and demonstrate the supporting capabilities needed to achieve such optical links while also overcoming the challenges of operating in the stratospheric environment.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-flight-opportunities\/access-flight-tests\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about accessing flight tests <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Exploring Optical Communications in the Stratosphere<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1090\" height=\"1453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/niwc-sold-balloon-immediately-prelaunch-dista-08302023-ed.jpg?w=1090\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Aerostar balloon on the tarmac at night.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 53%; object-position: 50% 53%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/niwc-sold-balloon-immediately-prelaunch-dista-08302023-ed.jpg 1090w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/niwc-sold-balloon-immediately-prelaunch-dista-08302023-ed.jpg?resize=225,300 225w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/niwc-sold-balloon-immediately-prelaunch-dista-08302023-ed.jpg?resize=768,1024 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/niwc-sold-balloon-immediately-prelaunch-dista-08302023-ed.jpg?resize=300,400 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/niwc-sold-balloon-immediately-prelaunch-dista-08302023-ed.jpg?resize=450,600 450w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/niwc-sold-balloon-immediately-prelaunch-dista-08302023-ed.jpg?resize=675,900 675w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/niwc-sold-balloon-immediately-prelaunch-dista-08302023-ed.jpg?resize=900,1200 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1090px) 100vw, 1090px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">An Aerostar stratospheric balloon carrying the SOLD payload prepares to launch on August 30, 2023. <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technology tested on the above campaign:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/351\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stratospheric Optical Link Demonstration (SOLD)<\/a> (Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, NASA\u2019s Ames Research Center)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">May\u2013July 2023<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Space Exploration and Earth Observation Student Experiments Tested in the Stratosphere<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">Student projects flew for several hours at heights ranging from 70,500 to 96,000 feet, enabling data collection for a variety of experiments. Payloads were tested aboard high-altitude balloons from Sioux Falls-based Aerostar and Tuscon-based World View.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">NASA’s TechRise Student Challenge invites teams of sixth to 12th-grade students to design, build, and launch science and technology experiments for space exploration and Earth observation on suborbital flights. Sponsored and managed by Flight Opportunities, the challenge flight tested student payloads on commercial suborbital rocket-powered vehicles and high-altitude balloons. Summer 2023 marked a series of flight tests that successfully flew 80 student payloads on high-altitude balloons \u2013 supporting data collection on a wide range of experiments in areas such as remote sensing, machine learning in low-Earth orbit, climate, agriculture, and human health.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-flight-opportunities\/access-flight-tests\/techrise\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about the TechRise Student Challenge <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Space Exploration and Earth Observation Student Experiments Tested in the Stratosphere<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nasatechrisestudentteams.jpeg?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Balloon in flight carrying gondola against the backdrop of a clear sky with scattered clouds and the sunrise. Green fields below.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.5); transform-origin: 28% 35%; object-position: 28% 35%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nasatechrisestudentteams.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nasatechrisestudentteams.jpeg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nasatechrisestudentteams.jpeg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nasatechrisestudentteams.jpeg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nasatechrisestudentteams.jpeg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nasatechrisestudentteams.jpeg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nasatechrisestudentteams.jpeg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nasatechrisestudentteams.jpeg?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/nasatechrisestudentteams.jpeg?resize=1200,675 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Students experiments from 20 middle and high schools launched aboard a high-altitude balloon on June 14, 2023, as part of NASA\u2019s TechRise Student Challenge.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Fresh Produce<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technology tested on the above campaign:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Fifty student payloads launched in South Dakota on a high-altitude balloon from Sioux Falls-based Aerostar on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/rising-to-the-challenge-nasa-techrise-student-teams-take-flight-2\/\">June 14<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-techrise-student-payloads-explore-new-heights\/\">July 21<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thirty student payloads launched in Arizona on a high-altitude balloon from Tucson-based World View on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-techrise-student-challenge-tests-experiments-in-stratosphere\/\">July 24<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">May 24\u2013June 5, 2023<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Fly-Fix-Fly Testing for SmallSat Planetary Observation<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">Winners of NASA\u2019s first TechLeap Prize flew their payloads on a 12-day stratospheric flight that launched in South Dakota on a high-altitude balloon from Sioux Falls-based Aerostar. The technologies could improve autonomous observation capabilities for small spacecraft flying over Earth, the Moon, or other worlds.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">This marks the second flight for the payloads \u2013 less than a year after their first individual flight tests \u2013 allowing winning teams to fix issues prior to re-flight. Selected through the TechLeap Autonomous Observation Challenge No. 1, teams developed technologies to autonomously detect, locate, track, and collect data on short-lived events, such as wildfires, unique aerosol dispersions like dust and steam plumes, or events on other planetary bodies such as geysers on the icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter. This second high-altitude balloon flight with all three payloads aboard cost-efficiently gave the teams a longer sensing and data collection opportunity. The teams included the SEAK (Systems Engineering, Architecture, and Knowledge) Lab at Texas A&M University in College Station; Bronco Space at Cal Poly Pomona in California; and Orion Labs, a small applied robotic research institution in Nunn, Colorado.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-techleap-prize-winner-tests-quantum-earth-observation-system\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about this flight <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Fly-Fix-Fly Testing for SmallSat Planetary Observation<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"A researcher bends forward to reach into a 3D frame to manipulate the technology suspended in the center via mounting hardware and surrounded by black and red wires and a blue cable.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.1); transform-origin: 28% 35%; object-position: 28% 35%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg 6000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tamu-gorr-integration-img5108.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Researcher Ben Gorr of the SEAK Lab at Texas A&M University prepares the SNAP technology payload for flight testing on a high-altitude balloon in May 2023.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Aerostar<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technology tested on the above campaign:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/335\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Satellite for Natural and Artificial Plumes (SNAP)<\/a> (Texas A&M\u2019s SEAK Lab)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/334\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bronco Ember: Autonomous Nascent Wildfire Detection and Prevention<\/a> (Bronco Space Lab at Cal Poly Pomona)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-techleap-prize-winner-tests-quantum-earth-observation-system\/\">Quantum Earth Observatory (QEOBS)<\/a> (Orion Labs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"#top\">Return to top<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:150px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"2022\">2022 Flights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">November 1-3 and 15-18, 2022<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Space-Based Medical Technology, Autonomous Sampling of Biologic Data, Cryogenic Fluid Management and Modeling, and More Tested on Parabolic Flights<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">Researchers collected data that will help inform future technology advances with the aim of expanding medical capabilities needed for long-duration spaceflight. Payloads were tested aboard Zero Gravity Corporation\u2019s G-FORCE ONE out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">This series of parabolic flights provided testing for several Flight Opportunities\u2013supported technologies. The flights featured brief periods of microgravity that allowed teams to test the performance of their payloads in a space environment. Some of those payloads included space-based medical innovations, such as the integration of suction and surgical technologies from Purdue University and the University of Louisville as well as lab-on-a-chip technology from the University of California, Berkeley. These flights also tested autonomous sampling for biological research, cryogenic fluid management and modeling, an affordable small spacecraft innovation, 3D printing techniques, space-based development of optical components, and devices to monitor for spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS) and to maintain sensorimotor conditioning.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/advancing-space-based-medical-technology-through-suborbital-flights\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about this flight <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Space-Based Medical Technology, Autonomous Sampling of Biologic Data, Cryogenic Fluid Management and Modeling, and More Tested on Parabolic Flights<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1025\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fo-20221117-zerog-boxall-zg660-2543.jpeg?w=1025\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Five researchers run an experiment in microgravity, as indicated by one researcher's floating hair.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 47% 31%; object-position: 47% 31%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fo-20221117-zerog-boxall-zg660-2543.jpeg 5464w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fo-20221117-zerog-boxall-zg660-2543.jpeg?resize=200,300 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fo-20221117-zerog-boxall-zg660-2543.jpeg?resize=768,1151 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fo-20221117-zerog-boxall-zg660-2543.jpeg?resize=683,1024 683w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fo-20221117-zerog-boxall-zg660-2543.jpeg?resize=1025,1536 1025w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fo-20221117-zerog-boxall-zg660-2543.jpeg?resize=1366,2048 1366w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fo-20221117-zerog-boxall-zg660-2543.jpeg?resize=267,400 267w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fo-20221117-zerog-boxall-zg660-2543.jpeg?resize=400,600 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fo-20221117-zerog-boxall-zg660-2543.jpeg?resize=600,900 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fo-20221117-zerog-boxall-zg660-2543.jpeg?resize=800,1200 800w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/fo-20221117-zerog-boxall-zg660-2543.jpeg?resize=1334,2000 1334w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Researchers from MIT conduct microgravity experiments to develop computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models to support designing optimal propellant systems for long-duration, crewed space missions.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\"><em>Zero Gravity Corporation \/ Steve Boxall<\/em><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technologies tested on the above campaign:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/230\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Autonomous Sampling Technology for Biological Research During Suborbital Rocket Flight<\/a> (Mayo Clinic)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/291\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Measuring Cryogenic Two-Phase Heat Transfer Coefficients for Future In-Space Transfer Systems<\/a> (Purdue University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/244\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Determination of Cryogenic Pool Boiling and Subsurface Helium Pressurization Characteristics in Reduced Gravity<\/a> (University of Florida)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/283\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CFD Boiling Models for Cryogenic Fluid Management Systems<\/a> (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/280\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Low-Cost Three-Axis CubeSat Attitude Control with Hard Disk Drive Reaction Wheels<\/a> (University of California \u2013 Davis)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/279\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microfluidic Biochemical Analysis Lab-on-a-Chip<\/a> (University of California \u2013 Berkeley)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/285\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Integrating Microgravity Medical Suction and Microgravity Surgical Facility<\/a> (Purdue University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/293\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Computed Axial Lithography for Rapid Volumetric Additive Manufacturing Under Low-Gravity Conditions<\/a> (University of California \u2013 Berkeley)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/329\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fluidic Telescope Experiment (FLUTE)<\/a> (NASA\u2019s Ames Research Center)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/techport.nasa.gov\/view\/117471\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Goggle-Based Visual Field (GBVF) Device<\/a> for Spaceflight-Associated Neuro-Ocular Syndrome (NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Neuroscience Tilt-Board Inflight Trainer to Maintain Sensorimotor Conditioning (NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"plumeidentification\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">August 3, 2022<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Satellite System for Plume Identification Tested on High-Altitude Balloon<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">Technologies tested may contribute to monitoring of fire, pollution, and volcanic activities. Payloads were tested aboard Aerostar\u2019s Zero-Pressure Balloon System out of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">Developed by TechLeap Prize-winning students at Texas A&M\u2019s Systems Engineering, Architecture, and Knowledge (SEAK) Lab, the Satellite for Natural and Artificial Plumes (SNAP) uses gimbaled cameras to collect image data and a computing system to process the data using a trained neural network to identify and track Earth-based plumes. This balloon flight enabled image collection and testing of SNAP\u2019s plume tracking capability as well as identification of necessary improvements to its onboard computing system in advance of a second flight slated for 2023.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasatechleap.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about the TechLeap Prize <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Satellite System for Plume Identification Tested on High-Altitude Balloon<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1294\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ballon_orion.png?w=1294\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Orion Labs\u2019 Quantum Earth Observatory launches on an Aerostar high-altitude balloon from the company\u2019s facility in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on July 28, 2022. The observatory hardware is housed in the gondola seen carried below the balloon.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ballon_orion.png 1294w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ballon_orion.png?resize=300,168 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ballon_orion.png?resize=768,431 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ballon_orion.png?resize=1024,575 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ballon_orion.png?resize=400,224 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ballon_orion.png?resize=600,337 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ballon_orion.png?resize=900,505 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/ballon_orion.png?resize=1200,673 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1294px) 100vw, 1294px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The SEAK Lab’s SNAP technology launches on an Aerostar high-altitude balloon from the company\u2019s facility in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\"><em>Aerostar\/Anastasia Quanbeck<\/em><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Technology tested on the above campaign:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/335\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/335\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Satellite for Natural and Artificial Plumes<\/a> (Texas A&M\u2019s SEAK Lab)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">July 28, 2022<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Quantum Machine Learning Technology for Earth Observation Tested on High-Altitude Balloon<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">This technology could significantly reduce the bandwidth needed for small spacecraft to send data about terrestrial events back to Earth. Payloads were tested aboard Aerostar\u2019s Zero-Pressure Balloon System out of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">TechLeap Prize winner Orion Labs developed and tested the Quantum Earth Observatory (QEOBS) \u2013 a four unit-sized CubeSat designed to demonstrate how onboard data processing and quantum machine learning can result in reduced downlink requirements. During the flight, QEOBS collected thousands of images of small dams and waterways, processing the image data onboard and efficiently downlinking only data about confirmed dam detections to the ground. The flight results will help the team identify specific Earth observation use cases for the technology and prepare for a potential future demonstration on a small spacecraft.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-techleap-prize-winner-tests-quantum-earth-observation-system\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about this flight <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Quantum Machine Learning Technology for Earth Observation Tested on High-Altitude Balloon<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1294\" height=\"860\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/team_1_orion.png?w=1294\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"From left to right: Frank Soboczenski, Lead Machine Learning Scientist; Philippe Ludivig, Lead Payload Engineer; Sara Jennings, CEO and Principal Investigator; and Kolbron Schoenberger, Payload Science Intern.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/team_1_orion.png 1294w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/team_1_orion.png?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/team_1_orion.png?resize=768,510 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/team_1_orion.png?resize=1024,681 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/team_1_orion.png?resize=400,266 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/team_1_orion.png?resize=600,399 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/team_1_orion.png?resize=900,598 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/team_1_orion.png?resize=1200,798 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1294px) 100vw, 1294px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Flight preparation: The Orion Labs team makes final hardware checks on their Quantum Earth Observation payload prior to launch. From left to right: Frank Soboczenski, Lead Machine Learning Scientist; Philippe Ludivig, Lead Payload Engineer; Sara Jennings, CEO and Principal Investigator; and Kolbron Schoenberger, Payload Science Intern.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\"><em>Orion Labs \/ Margarita Reyes<\/em><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Technology tested on the above campaign:<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/333\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quantum Earth Observatory<\/a> (Orion Labs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">July 8, 2022\u00a0<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Wildfire Detection System Tested on High-Altitude Balloon<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">This balloon flight is advancing a system designed to provide potentially faster, more accurate aerial detection of nascent wildfires. Payloads were tested aboard Aerostar\u2019s Zero-Pressure Balloon System out of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">Student members of\u00a0TechLeap Prize winner Bronco Space Lab at Cal Poly Pomona developed and launched a wildfire detection system called Bronco Ember. Combining a short-wave infrared camera with artificial intelligence, the system is designed to provide potentially faster, more accurate aerial detection of nascent wildfires, which often go undetected by current geolocation methods. This balloon flight enabled the team to evaluate the technology\u2019s efficacy and identify necessary improvements to its detection and tracking consistency \u2013 refinements they plan for the next generation of Bronco Ember.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/winners-of-first-nasa-techleap-challenge-take-flight\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about this flight <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Wildfire Detection System Tested on High-Altitude Balloon<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img3625_dt.jpg?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"From left to right: Charles Pellitteri, Zachary Gaines, Julian Garcia, Thang Nguyen, Jacqueline Llamas, Matthew McDougall, and Cristian Rodriguez.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 54% 26%; object-position: 54% 26%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img3625_dt.jpg 2796w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img3625_dt.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img3625_dt.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img3625_dt.jpg?resize=1024,681 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img3625_dt.jpg?resize=1536,1022 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img3625_dt.jpg?resize=2048,1362 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img3625_dt.jpg?resize=400,266 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img3625_dt.jpg?resize=600,399 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img3625_dt.jpg?resize=900,599 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img3625_dt.jpg?resize=1200,798 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img3625_dt.jpg?resize=2000,1330 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Members of the NASA TechLeap Prize-winning Cal Poly Pomona Bronco Space Lab with their Bronco Ember payload on July 8, 2022, prior to launch on a high-altitude balloon from Aerostar International. From left to right: Charles Pellitteri, Zachary Gaines, Julian Garcia, Thang Nguyen, Jacqueline Llamas, Matthew McDougall, and Cristian Rodriguez.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Aerostar \/ Aaron Propst<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Technologies tested on the above campaign:<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/207\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/334\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Bronco Ember: Autonomous Nascent Wildfire Detection and Prevention<\/a> (Bronco Space Lab at California State Polytechnic University)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">June 27-28, 2022\u00a0<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Cryogenic Management, Space-Based Manufacturing, and Small Spacecraft Technologies Tested on Parabolic Flights<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">Post-flight analyses inform future payload design changes, helping to mature the technologies in advance of future flight tests and potential mission infusion. Payloads were tested aboard Zero Gravity Corporation\u2019s G-FORCE ONE out of Santa Maria, California.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">This flight campaign provided two flights on consecutive days, allowing research teams supported by NASA\u2019s TechFlights awards from both industry and academia to test technologies designed for a range of space-based capabilities. Exposure to both zero gravity and lunar gravity enabled teams to evaluate the performance of their payloads and make adjustments between flights. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-flight-opportunities\/nasa-techflights-solicitation-information\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about NASA TechFlights <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Cryogenic Management, Space-Based Manufacturing, and Small Spacecraft Technologies Tested on Parabolic Flights<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/spacefoundry-parabolicjune2022.jpg?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Space Foundry parabolic flight june 2022\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 54% 26%; object-position: 54% 26%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/spacefoundry-parabolicjune2022.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/spacefoundry-parabolicjune2022.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/spacefoundry-parabolicjune2022.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/spacefoundry-parabolicjune2022.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/spacefoundry-parabolicjune2022.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/spacefoundry-parabolicjune2022.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/spacefoundry-parabolicjune2022.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/spacefoundry-parabolicjune2022.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/spacefoundry-parabolicjune2022.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/spacefoundry-parabolicjune2022.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/spacefoundry-parabolicjune2022.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-credits\"><em><em>Zero Gravity Corporation\/Tasha Dixon<\/em><\/em><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Technologies tested on the above campaign:<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/207\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CubeSat Articulated Boom Option Optimization in Microgravity<\/a> (University of Iowa)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/280\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Low-Cost Three-Axis CubeSat Attitude Control With Hard Disk Drive Reaction Wheels<\/a> (University of California \u2013 Davis)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/290\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Capturing Human Adaptations in Novel Gravitational Environments in Space<\/a> (University of California \u2013 Davis)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/291\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cryogenic Two-Phase Heat Transfer Coefficients for Future In-Space Transfer Systems<\/a> (Purdue University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/312\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Plasma Jet Printing for In-Space Manufacturing<\/a> (Space Foundry)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">May 9-12 and 16-17, 2022<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Payloads for Additive Manufacturing, Biotechnology, and More Tested on Parabolic Flights<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">Brief periods of microgravity enabled the teams to test the performance of their payloads in one of the challenging environments of space. Payloads were tested aboard Zero Gravity Corporation\u2019s G-FORCE ONE out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">These two parabolic flight campaigns provided testing aboard the G-FORCE ONE aircraft for innovations designed for space-based biotech, surgery, 3D printing, power systems, and propellant gauging. Flights were funded by Flight Opportunities though a wide variety of NASA mechanisms (e.g., TechFlights awards, SBIR, Tipping Point awards).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-flight-opportunities\/access-flight-tests\/nasa-techflights-solicitation-information\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about NASA TechFlights <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Payloads for Additive Manufacturing, Biotechnology, and More Tested on Parabolic Flights<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1127\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gf1-ucberkeley.jpg?w=1127\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Researchers float in microgravity while checking experiment.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 52% 24%; object-position: 52% 24%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gf1-ucberkeley.jpg 1127w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gf1-ucberkeley.jpg?resize=300,201 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gf1-ucberkeley.jpg?resize=768,514 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gf1-ucberkeley.jpg?resize=1024,685 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gf1-ucberkeley.jpg?resize=400,268 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gf1-ucberkeley.jpg?resize=600,401 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gf1-ucberkeley.jpg?resize=900,602 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1127px) 100vw, 1127px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-credits\"><em>University of California, Berkeley<\/em><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Technologies tested on the above campaign:<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/277\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Propellant Gauging During On-Orbit Refueling and Transfer Operations<\/a> (Carthage College)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/279\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microfluidic Biochemical Analysis Lab-on-a-Chip<\/a> (University of California, Berkeley)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/287\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Preparations for a Suborbital Evaluation of a Human Tended Surgical Fluid Management System<\/a> (University of Louisville)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/293\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Computed Axial Lithography for Rapid, Volumetric Additive Manufacturing<\/a> (University of California, Berkeley)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/311\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lightweight, Hybrid Screen-Channel Device for Advanced Cryogenic Fluid Management<\/a> (Creare)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/325\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3D Printing of Flexible Electronics for In-Space Manufacturing<\/a> (Iowa State University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/327\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Propellant Mass Gauging in Microgravity with Electrical Capacitance Tomography<\/a> (NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/273\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Hydrogen Electrical Power System<\/a> (Teledyne Energy Systems)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/278\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Novel Technology for a Key Material Property Measurement \u2013 Application to Advanced Manufacturing in Space<\/a> (University of Florida)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/283\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reduced Gravity Experiments to Advance CFD Boiling Models for Cryogenic Fluid Management Systems<\/a> (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/294\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Particle-Based Foams Spraying in Microgravity<\/a> (West Virginia University)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">April 9-13, 2022<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Sensor for Improved Weather Data Collection Tested on High-Altitude Balloon<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">The CubeSounder technology could benefit future balloon flights and CubeSats by enabling state-of-the-art atmospheric sounding capabilities that reveal subtle changes in the Earth\u2019s atmosphere. Payloads were tested aboard World View Enterprises\u2019 Stratollite\u00ae high-altitude balloon out of Tucson, Arizona.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">This flight enabled testing of a small, lightweight, efficient 3D imaging sensor designed for weather forecasting from Arizona State University. The sensors probe the sky vertically for details on temperature, moisture, and water vapor to reveal subtle changes in the Earth\u2019s atmosphere. In this first of two NASA-supported flight tests for the technology, World View\u2019s Stratollite balloon reached a stratospheric altitude of approximately 70,000 feet. Over more than 100 hours of flight time, the CubeSounder collected atmospheric temperature and humidity data as 3D images \u2013 data that could ultimately be downlinked at high speeds from CubeSats or weather balloons and compared with that of other weather satellites and ground stations.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-supported-sensor-aims-to-improve-weather-data-collection\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about this flight <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Sensor for Improved Weather Data Collection Tested on High-Altitude Balloon<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fo-world-view-stratollite.png?w=746\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 52% 36%; object-position: 52% 36%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fo-world-view-stratollite.png 746w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fo-world-view-stratollite.png?resize=168,300 168w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fo-world-view-stratollite.png?resize=573,1024 573w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fo-world-view-stratollite.png?resize=224,400 224w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fo-world-view-stratollite.png?resize=336,600 336w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fo-world-view-stratollite.png?resize=503,900 503w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fo-world-view-stratollite.png?resize=671,1200 671w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-credits\"><em>World View Enterprises<\/em><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Technology tested on the above campaign:<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/289\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/289\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CubeSounder <\/a>(Arizona State University)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:150px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"#top\">Return to top<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"2021\">2021 Flights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">December 7-15, 2021<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Tech Designed for Space-Based First Aid, CubeSat Attitude Control, and More Tested on Parabolic Flights<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">These flights enabled research teams to leverage periods of microgravity to test their innovations. Payloads were tested aboard Zero Gravity Corporation\u2019s G-FORCE ONE out of Orlando, Florida<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">This week of parabolic flights provided testing for a wide range of Flight Opportunities\u2013supported technologies. Research teams leveraged periods of microgravity to test innovations designed for space-based first aid, 3D printing, robotics, and more. Several technologies were also able to apply lessons learned from parabolic flights in November and rapidly refly on these flights just one month later. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-supported-sensor-aims-to-improve-weather-data-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about this flight <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Tech Designed for Space-Based First Aid, CubeSat Attitude Control, and More Tested on Parabolic Flights<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1185\" height=\"892\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/microsoftteams-image_1_2.jpg?w=1185\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Hands around floating box.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 52% 36%; object-position: 52% 36%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/microsoftteams-image_1_2.jpg 1185w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/microsoftteams-image_1_2.jpg?resize=300,226 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/microsoftteams-image_1_2.jpg?resize=768,578 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/microsoftteams-image_1_2.jpg?resize=1024,771 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/microsoftteams-image_1_2.jpg?resize=400,301 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/microsoftteams-image_1_2.jpg?resize=600,452 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/microsoftteams-image_1_2.jpg?resize=900,677 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1185px) 100vw, 1185px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">A research team from University of California \u2013 Davis tested reaction wheels for CubeSats on parabolic flights in December 2021. The flights were provided by Zero Gravity Corporation and made possible through TechFlights.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\"><em>Zero Gravity Corp. \/ Steve Boxall<\/em><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Technologies tested on the above campaign:<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/206\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SmallSat Propellant Management Technology <\/a>(Purdue University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/281\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Enhancing Suborbital Tech Advancement Through Automated Control of High-Def Video Systems<\/a> (Purdue University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/286\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Autonomous Robot Swarms for Lunar Orbit Servicing and Space Asset Assembly<\/a> (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/313\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microgreens Root Zone\/Shoot Zone Partitioned Planting Box<\/a> (NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/325\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3D Printing of Flexible Electronics for In-Space Manufacturing <\/a>(Iowa State University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/312\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Plasma Jet Printing for In-Space Manufacturing<\/a> (Space Foundry)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/285\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Integrating Microgravity Medical Suction and Microgravity Surgical Facility<\/a> (Purdue University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/292\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Strata-2P: Characterizing Sensor-Regolith Interactions in Reduced Gravity<\/a> (University of Central Florida)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/295\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Soil Properties Assessment Resistance and Thermal Analysis (SPARTA) <\/a>(NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/278\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Testing a Novel Technology for a Key Material Property Measurement <\/a>(University of Florida)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/280\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Low-Cost Three-Axis CubeSat Attitude Control with Hard Disk Drive Reaction Wheels <\/a>(University of California \u2013 Davis)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/290\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Capturing Human Adaptations in Novel Gravitational Environments in Space (CHANGES)<\/a> (University of California \u2013 Davis)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/326\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Space Fibers 3 Preflight<\/a> (NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">November 16-19, 2021<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Tech Designed for Space-Based Farming, Additive Manufacturing, and More Tested on Parabolic Flights<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">These flight tests helped researchers prepare their payloads for potential use in future NASA missions. Payloads were tested aboard Zero Gravity Corporation\u2019s G-FORCE ONE out of Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">These flights provided a unique testing environment for space innovations supported by Flight Opportunities. Technologies designed for space farming, 3D printing, on-orbit refueling, and more were put to the test during these flights that provide brief periods of microgravity. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-supported-sensor-aims-to-improve-weather-data-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about this flight <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Tech Designed for Space-Based Farming, Additive Manufacturing, and More Tested on Parabolic Flights<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1430\" height=\"953\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/zerog2-boxall.jpeg?w=1430\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Zero gravity experiments\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 52% 36%; object-position: 52% 36%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/zerog2-boxall.jpeg 1430w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/zerog2-boxall.jpeg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/zerog2-boxall.jpeg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/zerog2-boxall.jpeg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/zerog2-boxall.jpeg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/zerog2-boxall.jpeg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/zerog2-boxall.jpeg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/zerog2-boxall.jpeg?resize=1200,800 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1430px) 100vw, 1430px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-credits\"><em><em>Zero Gravity Corporation\/Steve Boxall<\/em><\/em><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Technologies tested on the above campaign:<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/275\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microgravity Test of Autonomous Multiple Cycle Farming System <\/a>(Florida Institute of Technology)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/277\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Propellant Gauging During On-Orbit Refueling and Transfer Operations<\/a> (Carthage College)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/294\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Particle-Based Foams Spraying in Microgravity<\/a> (West Virginia University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/331\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vulcan Advanced Hybrid Manufacturing<\/a> (Redwire)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/312\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Plasma Jet Printing for In-Space Manufacturing<\/a> (Space Foundry)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/211\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Electrowetting Enhanced Dropwise Condensation in the Zero-g Environment <\/a>(University of Missouri)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/236\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Silicon-based Microfluidic Blood Test for Spaceflight<\/a> (IMEC USA Nanoelectronics Design Center)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/313\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microgreens Root Zone\/Shoot Zone Partitioned Planting Box <\/a>(NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/191\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microgravity Propellant Gauging Using Modal Analysis: Phase III<\/a> (Carthage College)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">October 19, 2021<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">On Demand Payload Delivery Capsule Tested on High-Altitude Balloon<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">The guided re-entry capsule tested during this flight could one day be used for on-demand transport of payloads back to Earth. Payloads were tested aboard Near Space Corporation\u2019s Small Balloon System out of Madras, Oregon.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">This flight enabled testing of a payload return capsule called the Re-entry Device 4U (RED-4U). The capsule was suspended under a high-altitude balloon and released at an altitude of 103,000 feet. It landed within 250 feet of the target touch-down destination, thanks to a guided parafoil. The demonstration was a milestone for evaluating the capsule\u2019s altitude-detection capabilities and the parafoil\u2019s autonomous guidance and control and brings the technology a step closer to potential space-based uses. Approximately 20 inches in diameter, the guided re-entry capsule could one day be used for on-demand transport back to Earth of payloads up to about 18 pounds. It could carry materials manufactured in space for use on Earth, small instruments and tools, biological samples, and science experiments from low-Earth orbit destinations.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-supported-sensor-aims-to-improve-weather-data-collection\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about this flight <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about On Demand Payload Delivery Capsule Tested on High-Altitude Balloon<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1011\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/red-4u-release-spaceworks.jpeg?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Deployed parachute and payload against a cloudy sky\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 52% 36%; object-position: 52% 36%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/red-4u-release-spaceworks.jpeg 1651w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/red-4u-release-spaceworks.jpeg?resize=300,198 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/red-4u-release-spaceworks.jpeg?resize=768,506 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/red-4u-release-spaceworks.jpeg?resize=1024,674 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/red-4u-release-spaceworks.jpeg?resize=1536,1011 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/red-4u-release-spaceworks.jpeg?resize=400,263 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/red-4u-release-spaceworks.jpeg?resize=600,395 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/red-4u-release-spaceworks.jpeg?resize=900,593 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/red-4u-release-spaceworks.jpeg?resize=1200,790 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The release: The SpaceWorks RED-4U capsule in flight after being released from a Near Space Corporation high-altitude balloon at 103,000 feet. The parafoil guiding the capsule\u2019s descent was developed by Earthly Dynamics Corporation and Aerial Delivery Solutions.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\"><em><em>SpaceWorks Enterprises, Inc.<\/em><\/em><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Technology tested on the above campaign:<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/297\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Enabling Low-Cost, Autonomous Recovery of Small Payloads from Low-Earth Orbit<\/a> (SpaceWorks Enterprises)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">October 14, 2021<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">High Tech Video Technology and Regolith Sensor Tested on Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing System<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">This testing was designed to help researchers understand the limit of how far from a planetary surface they would need to eject the payload in order for it to survive landing and function properly. Payloads were tested aboard Masten\u2019s Xodiac out of Mojave, California.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">Video capture during future lunar landings could play an important role in contributing to researchers\u2019 understanding of disturbances in lunar surface materials \u2013 called regolith \u2013 caused by the lander\u2019s rocket plume. This flight test leveraged Masten\u2019s vertical takeoff vertical landing (VTVL) platform to simulate the movement of a lunar lander, enabling researchers to test an ejection mechanism to jettison a high-tech camera and regolith sensor onto the desert surface at specific altitudes just before landing. Once on the ground, the payload\u2019s camera captured video footage from the unique vantage point of the desert surface \u2013 a stand-in for the surface of the Moon.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/action-filming-a-simulated-lunar-landing-from-the-dusty-desert-floor\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about this flight <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about High Tech Video Technology and Regolith Sensor Tested on Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing System<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"1388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/zandef-deskit-exocam.jpg?w=1041\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Camera in round metal cage in the desert.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 51% 67%; object-position: 51% 67%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/zandef-deskit-exocam.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/zandef-deskit-exocam.jpg?resize=225,300 225w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/zandef-deskit-exocam.jpg?resize=768,1024 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/zandef-deskit-exocam.jpg?resize=300,400 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/zandef-deskit-exocam.jpg?resize=450,600 450w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/zandef-deskit-exocam.jpg?resize=675,900 675w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/zandef-deskit-exocam.jpg?resize=900,1200 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Zandef Deksit\u2019s ExoCam in its metal cage<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\"><em><em><em>Jason Achilles Mezilis\/Zandef Deksit<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Technology tested on the above campaign:<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/304\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ExoCam Module Lunar Lander Descent Imaging<\/a> (Zandef Deksit)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">August 26, 2021<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Technologies to Study Lunar Dust, Space-Based Biology, and More Tested on Rocket-Based System<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">This flight helped advance NASA\u2019s trash-to-gas technology, OSCAR, as well as an experiment designed to help understand shifts in biological organisms as they transition between varying levels of gravity. Payloads were tested aboard Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard out of Van Horn, Texas.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">In Blue Origin\u2019s 17th New Shepard mission, the fully reusable launch vehicle carried technologies from NASA, industry, and academia aboard for just over 10 minutes. The vehicle reached an apogee of nearly 350,000 feet, exposing the payloads aboard to some of the conditions they will need to withstand in potential future orbital missions. Key milestones included the second suborbital flight test of NASA\u2019s trash-to-gas technology, OSCAR, as well as the third suborbital flight test for a University of Florida experiment designed to understand shifts in biological organisms as they transition between varying levels of gravity.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-supported-sensor-aims-to-improve-weather-data-collection\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about this flight <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Technologies to Study Lunar Dust, Space-Based Biology, and More Tested on Rocket-Based System<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1506\" height=\"846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/blueorigin_newshepard_ns11_boosterlanding_web_0.jpg?w=1506\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Landing of New Shepard booster.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 51% 67%; object-position: 51% 67%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/blueorigin_newshepard_ns11_boosterlanding_web_0.jpg 1506w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/blueorigin_newshepard_ns11_boosterlanding_web_0.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/blueorigin_newshepard_ns11_boosterlanding_web_0.jpg?resize=768,431 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/blueorigin_newshepard_ns11_boosterlanding_web_0.jpg?resize=1024,575 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/blueorigin_newshepard_ns11_boosterlanding_web_0.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/blueorigin_newshepard_ns11_boosterlanding_web_0.jpg?resize=600,337 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/blueorigin_newshepard_ns11_boosterlanding_web_0.jpg?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/blueorigin_newshepard_ns11_boosterlanding_web_0.jpg?resize=1200,674 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1506px) 100vw, 1506px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-credits\"><em><em><em><em>Blue Origin<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Technologies tested on the above campaign:<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rotational Stability of On-Orbit Propellant Storage and Transfer<\/a> (Zero Gravity Horizons)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/204\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dust In-situ Manipulation System<\/a> (University of Central Florida)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/227\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Liquid Acquisition Device for Cryogenic Fluid Management<\/a> (Southwest Research Institute)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/229\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Propellant Mass Gauging in Gateway Architecture Vehicles<\/a> (Carthage College)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/239\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biological Imaging in Support of Suborbital Science<\/a> (University of Florida \u2013 Gainesville)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">July 27, 2021; September 22, 2021<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Radiation-Tolerant Computing System Tested on High-Altitude Balloon<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">This flight provided critical preparation for future assessment of a radiation-tolerant computing system and its functionality in long-duration space missions. Payloads were tested aboard Raven Aerostar\u2019s Super Pressure Balloon System out of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">Two high-altitude balloon flights enabled researchers to test a radiation-tolerant computing system called RadPC. The innovation is designed to replace failed processors in real time \u2013 and testing was needed to make sure the computing system can withstand the high-energy radiation particles emitted by the Sun and other celestial bodies. During more than 80 hours of flight time, researchers tested the computing technology against more than 3,000 injected system faults; the RadPC recovered from all of them successfully. The flights added to data collected during many other suborbital flights facilitated by Flight Opportunities, including sounding rocket and other balloon flights. The testing and validation were also critical preparation for a planned 2023 lunar demonstration of RadPC, which will enable assessment of its functionality for long-duration space missions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-supported-sensor-aims-to-improve-weather-data-collection\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about this flight <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Radiation-Tolerant Computing System Tested on High-Altitude Balloon<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"812\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/highaltitude-baloon-2.jpg?w=812\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"High Altitude balloon in the sky\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 51% 67%; object-position: 51% 67%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/highaltitude-baloon-2.jpg 812w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/highaltitude-baloon-2.jpg?resize=300,135 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/highaltitude-baloon-2.jpg?resize=768,346 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/highaltitude-baloon-2.jpg?resize=400,180 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/highaltitude-baloon-2.jpg?resize=600,270 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-credits\"><em><em><em><em>Raven Aerostar<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Technology tested on the above campaign:<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/233\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RadPC@scale<\/a> (Montana State University)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">June 14, 2021<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Advanced Cloud Sensor Tested on High-Altitude Balloon<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">The new nephelometer tested here may provide information about a cloud\u2019s water content as well as its impact on a planet\u2019s atmosphere or thermal and radiation environments. Payloads were tested aboard Raven Aerostar\u2019s Zero-Pressure Balloon System out of Baltic, South Dakota.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">This flight test enabled researchers to assess a new nephelometer called NephEx, a sensor that measures light scattering by airborne particles, including cloud droplets and ice particles. NephEx could also supplement common techniques for cloud and climate monitoring, such as remote sensing via satellite. The high-altitude balloon flight provided an important step in maturing the technology and assessing its capabilities to measure the size, concentration, and distribution of cloud particles \u2013 data critical to understanding the impact of clouds on a planet\u2019s climate.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-supported-sensor-aims-to-improve-weather-data-collection\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about this flight <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Advanced Cloud Sensor Tested on High-Altitude Balloon<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1043\" height=\"775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balloon2inflate.png?w=1043\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Raven Aerostar\u2019s Lightning Zero Pressure Balloon System inflated.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 51% 67%; object-position: 51% 67%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balloon2inflate.png 1043w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balloon2inflate.png?resize=300,223 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balloon2inflate.png?resize=768,571 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balloon2inflate.png?resize=1024,761 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balloon2inflate.png?resize=400,297 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balloon2inflate.png?resize=600,446 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/balloon2inflate.png?resize=900,669 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1043px) 100vw, 1043px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-credits\"><em>Raven Aerostar<\/em><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Technology tested on the above campaign:<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/233\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/260\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NephEx<\/a> (NASA\u2019s Ames Research Center)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">June 1-6, 2021<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Turbulence Detection Technologies Tested on Hybrid Balloon\/Glider System<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">These flights enabled testing of instruments designed to aid turbulence detection for remote-piloted and autonomous aerial vehicles, including commercial aircraft and on-demand delivery drones. Payloads were tested aboard Stratodynamics\u2019 HiDRON out of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">This series of flights provided by Stratodynamics Inc. of Lewes, Delaware, leveraged the company\u2019s HiDRON stratospheric glider. The glider launched from a high-altitude balloon at Spaceport America in New Mexico, carrying technology supported by NASA\u2019s Flight Opportunities program for the first time. The flights aimed to help researchers assess the performance of both a wind probe developed by the University of Kentucky in Lexington and an infrasonic microphone sensor, developed by researchers at Langley and licensed by Stratodynamics in 2020. The flights enabled cross validation of the sensor with the wind probe. The HiDRON glider enabled the instruments to capture wind velocity, direction, magnitude, and low-frequency sound waves.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-supported-sensor-aims-to-improve-weather-data-collection\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about this flight <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Turbulence Detection Technologies Tested on Hybrid Balloon\/Glider System<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hidron_lift_off.jpg?w=1041\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"The uncrewed HiDRON stratospheric glider from Stratodynamics in the air.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 51% 67%; object-position: 51% 67%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hidron_lift_off.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hidron_lift_off.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hidron_lift_off.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hidron_lift_off.jpg?resize=1024,681 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hidron_lift_off.jpg?resize=400,266 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hidron_lift_off.jpg?resize=600,399 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hidron_lift_off.jpg?resize=900,598 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">In a series of flights between June 1 and 6 Stratodynamics Inc. of Lewes, Delaware, launched its HiDRON stratospheric glider<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\"><em>Stratodynamics, Inc.<\/em><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Technology tested on the above campaign:<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/235\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Forward-Sensing Turbulence Detection Strategies for Stratospheric Flight<\/a> (University of Kentucky)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">May 22, 2021<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Suborbital Sensor Suite, Dust Experiment, and Space-Based Surgical System Tested on Rocket-Powered Space Plane<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">The technologies tested on this flight were designed to provide information about the environmental conditions inside a spacecraft; the behavior of dust and fine particles in response to human and robotic activities in space; and a system to help facilitate wound care in microgravity conditions. Payloads were tested aboard Virgin Galactic\u2019s SpaceShipTwo out of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">Taking off for the first time from New Mexico\u2019s Spaceport America and reaching an altitude of more than 50 miles (80 kilometers), Virgin Galactic\u2019s SpaceShipTwo exposed several Flight Opportunities-supported payloads to more than two minutes of microgravity, enabling researchers to assess performance and make necessary design updates based on the data collected. The technologies aboard included a sensor suite designed to provide suborbital researchers with vital information about the environmental conditions inside a spacecraft; a dust experiment that aims to advance our understanding of the behavior of dust and fine particles in response to human and robotic activities in space; and a space-based surgical system designed to help facilitate wound care in microgravity conditions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-supported-sensor-aims-to-improve-weather-data-collection\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about this flight <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Suborbital Sensor Suite, Dust Experiment, and Space-Based Surgical System Tested on Rocket-Powered Space Plane<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vg-second-spaceflight-rocket-motor-burn.jpeg?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Spacecraft with "Virgin" written on the side rocketing through a deep blue sky\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 51% 67%; object-position: 51% 67%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vg-second-spaceflight-rocket-motor-burn.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vg-second-spaceflight-rocket-motor-burn.jpeg?resize=300,158 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vg-second-spaceflight-rocket-motor-burn.jpeg?resize=768,403 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vg-second-spaceflight-rocket-motor-burn.jpeg?resize=1024,538 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vg-second-spaceflight-rocket-motor-burn.jpeg?resize=1536,806 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vg-second-spaceflight-rocket-motor-burn.jpeg?resize=400,210 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vg-second-spaceflight-rocket-motor-burn.jpeg?resize=600,315 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vg-second-spaceflight-rocket-motor-burn.jpeg?resize=900,473 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/vg-second-spaceflight-rocket-motor-burn.jpeg?resize=1200,630 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-credits\"><em>Virgin Galactic<\/em><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Technologies tested on the above campaign:<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/196\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JANUS 3.0 <\/a>(Johns Hopkins University\u2019s Applied Physics Lab)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/36\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Collisions Into Dust Experiment <\/a>(University of Central Florida)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/155\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aqueous Immersion Surgical System<\/a> (University of Louisville)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">May 4-7, 2021<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Long-Term Food Storage, Autonomous Lunar Robots, Origami-Inspired Solar Arrays, and More Tested on Parabolic Flights<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">This series of flights allowed research teams to leverage brief periods of microgravity to test their innovations. Payloads were tested aboard Zero Gravity Corporation\u2019s G-FORCE ONE out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">This series of parabolic flights provided testing for a wide range of Flight Opportunities-supported technologies. Research teams leveraged brief periods of microgravity to test innovations designed for structural inspections and servicing, space-based blood transfusions, propellant management, surgical fluid management, space-based manufacturing, and more.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-supported-sensor-aims-to-improve-weather-data-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        View photos from this flight\u2014THIS LINK HAS NO PHOTOS <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Long-Term Food Storage, Autonomous Lunar Robots, Origami-Inspired Solar Arrays, and More Tested on Parabolic Flights<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/purdue-zero-g-flight-2021.jpeg?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Researchers from Purdue University aboard G-FORCE One\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 51% 67%; object-position: 51% 67%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/purdue-zero-g-flight-2021.jpeg 4240w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/purdue-zero-g-flight-2021.jpeg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/purdue-zero-g-flight-2021.jpeg?resize=768,513 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/purdue-zero-g-flight-2021.jpeg?resize=1024,684 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/purdue-zero-g-flight-2021.jpeg?resize=1536,1026 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/purdue-zero-g-flight-2021.jpeg?resize=2048,1368 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/purdue-zero-g-flight-2021.jpeg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/purdue-zero-g-flight-2021.jpeg?resize=600,401 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/purdue-zero-g-flight-2021.jpeg?resize=900,601 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/purdue-zero-g-flight-2021.jpeg?resize=1200,802 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/purdue-zero-g-flight-2021.jpeg?resize=2000,1336 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Technologies tested on the above campaign:<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/191\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microgravity Propellant Gauging Using Modal Analysis: Phase III<\/a> (Carthage College)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/209\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Evaluation of Preserved Blood for Transfusion Therapy <\/a>(University of Louisville)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/263\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vapor Compression Refrigeration System for Cold Food Storage<\/a> (Air Squared)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/228\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Composite Origami for Spacecraft Solar Arrays and Deployable Structures<\/a> (North Carolina State University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/206\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Preparations for a Human-Tended Surgical Fluid Management System<\/a> (University of Louisville)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/206\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallsat Propellant Management Technology<\/a> (Purdue University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/229\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Propellant Mass Gauging in Gateway Architecture Vehicles<\/a> (Carthage College)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/284\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Glass Alloy Manufacturing Machine \u2013 Acoustic Levitation<\/a> Furnace (Redwire)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/286\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Autonomous Robot Swarms for Lunar Orbit Servicing and Space Asset Assembly<\/a> (MIT)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">April 28-30, 2021<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Biomedical Research Technology, CubeSat Boom, and Manufacturing Method for Life Support Systems Tested on Parabolic Flights<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">These flights were critical to evaluating ring-sheared drop and fluid dispensing experiments from NASA\u2019s Marshall Space Flight Center and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ahead of deployment on the International Space Station. Payloads were tested aboard Zero Gravity Corporation\u2019s G-FORCE ONE out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">This series of parabolic flights provided testing for several Flight Opportunities-supported technologies. The experiment is designed to study the formation of potentially destructive amyloid fibrils, or protein clusters, like those found in the brain tissue of patients with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer\u2019s and Parkinson\u2019s. Conducting the experiment in microgravity enables researchers to \u201cpin\u201d a droplet of liquid between two rings and cultivate amyloid fibrils for study. The flights enabled the research team to demonstrate that their hardware is capable of deploying and pinning each of the protein solutions that will be used on the station to help advance neurodegenerative disease research.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-supported-sensor-aims-to-improve-weather-data-collection\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about this flight <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Biomedical Research Technology, CubeSat Boom, and Manufacturing Method for Life Support Systems Tested on Parabolic Flights<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/g-force-one-parabolic-flight-2021.jpeg?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Researchers on G-FORCE ONE parabolic flight\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 56% 7%; object-position: 56% 7%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/g-force-one-parabolic-flight-2021.jpeg 4480w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/g-force-one-parabolic-flight-2021.jpeg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/g-force-one-parabolic-flight-2021.jpeg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/g-force-one-parabolic-flight-2021.jpeg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/g-force-one-parabolic-flight-2021.jpeg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/g-force-one-parabolic-flight-2021.jpeg?resize=2048,1366 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/g-force-one-parabolic-flight-2021.jpeg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/g-force-one-parabolic-flight-2021.jpeg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/g-force-one-parabolic-flight-2021.jpeg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/g-force-one-parabolic-flight-2021.jpeg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/g-force-one-parabolic-flight-2021.jpeg?resize=2000,1334 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Technologies tested on the above campaign:<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/219\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Adapting the Ring-Sheared Drop Technology as a Bioreactor<\/a> (Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/252\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fluid Dispensing Tube Limits for Drop Delivery<\/a> (NASA\u2019s Marshall Space Flight Center) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/207\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CubeSat Articulated Boom Option Optimization in Microgravity<\/a> (University of Iowa)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/245\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lunar Manufacturing of Life Support Systems Using a Direct-Writing Technique<\/a> (University of Colorado \u2013 Boulder)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">April 15, 2021<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Small Payload Delivery System Tested on High-Altitude Balloon<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">This flight provided an important preparatory step for future testing of a technology designed to carry research samples and other small payloads from astronauts on the International Space Station back to Earth. Payloads were tested aboard Near Space Corporation\u2019s Small Balloon System out of Madras, Oregon.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">This balloon flight enabled testing of an 11-inch diameter small payload delivery system called the KREPE capsule (previously referred to as the KRUPS capsule) designed to carry research samples and other small payloads from astronauts on the International Space Station back to Earth. Although the balloon reached an altitude of approximately 100,000 feet, the conditions did not expose KRUPS to the temperatures needed to test its thermal protection system (TPS). However, the test did provide an important preparatory step in advance of a subsequent orbital test of the capsule and its TPS.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-supported-sensor-aims-to-improve-weather-data-collection\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about this flight <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Small Payload Delivery System Tested on High-Altitude Balloon<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/krups2.jpg?w=680\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"The KRUPS unit\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 56% 7%; object-position: 56% 7%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/krups2.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/krups2.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/krups2.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/krups2.jpg?resize=600,337 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The KRUPS unit is shown here at the University of Kentucky in Lexington in preparation for flight testing on a Near Space Corporation high-altitude balloon. The metal enclosure around the small capsule opens to release it at the appropriate altitude.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\"><em>University of Kentucky<\/em><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Technology tested on the above campaign:<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/219\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/214\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kentucky Re-entry Universal Payload System<\/a> (University of Kentucky)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">March 12, 2021<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Advanced Communications Technology for CubeSat Swarms Tested on High-Altitude Balloon<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\">This flight enabled testing of the V-R3x technology, designed to support advanced communications and navigation capabilities among coordinated groups \u2013 or swarms \u2013 of CubeSats. Payloads were tested aboard Raven Aerostar\u2019s Zero Pressure Balloon System out of Madras, Oregon.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">Specifically, the flight allowed researchers to evaluate V-R3x’s advanced swarm communications by forming a mesh network between multiple spacecraft and ground stations. The flight data was to be added to that of an orbital flight test of three V-R3x CubeSats that launched to space in January 2021.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/armstrong\/nasa-supported-sensor-aims-to-improve-weather-data-collection\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn more about this flight <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Advanced Communications Technology for CubeSat Swarms Tested on High-Altitude Balloon<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_065605.r2.jpg?w=1041\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Raven's high-altitude balloon is inflated the morning of its March 12, 2021\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 56% 7%; object-position: 56% 7%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_065605.r2.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_065605.r2.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_065605.r2.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_065605.r2.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_065605.r2.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_065605.r2.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210312_065605.r2.jpg?resize=900,507 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Raven Aerostar’s high-altitude balloon is inflated the morning of its March 12, 2021 flight to test NASA’s V-R3x technology in Baltic, SD \u2013 an effort made possible by the Agency’s new PACE initiative.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\"><em>Raven Aerostar<\/em><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Technology tested on the above campaign:<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/219\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.ndc.nasa.gov\/technologies\/214\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ames\/v-r3x\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">V-R3x<\/a> (NASA\u2019s Ames Research Center, Stanford University)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-featured-link-list bg-spacesuit-white padding-x-2 tablet:padding-x-3 desktop:padding-x-4 padding-y-5 desktop:padding-y-6 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-featured-link-list\">\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-22\">\n\t\t\t\tLearn More and Get Involved\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row padding-y-2 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-30-important\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row featured-link-list-row width-full flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 desktop:grid-col-1 tablet:padding-right-3 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full ratio-1x1 radius-pill overflow-hidden\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sherpa-lte1-spaceflightincphoto-fo-e1690395602414.jpeg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A small spacecraft\" style=\"transform: scale(1.3); transform-origin: 53% 48%; object-position: 53% 48%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sherpa-lte1-spaceflightincphoto-fo-e1690395602414.jpeg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sherpa-lte1-spaceflightincphoto-fo-e1690395602414.jpeg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sherpa-lte1-spaceflightincphoto-fo-e1690395602414.jpeg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/sherpa-lte1-spaceflightincphoto-fo-e1690395602414.jpeg?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-8 desktop:grid-col-10 padding-left-3 desktop:padding-left-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-36 margin-0\">Subscribe to Our Newsletter<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md margin-0 color-carbon-black\">Sign up to receive interesting and relevant news and updates from NASA's Flight Opportunities program delivered to your inbox, including Community of Practice webinar announcements.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 desktop:grid-col-1 display-flex flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/visitor.r20.constantcontact.com\/manage\/optin?v=001ac3u7uVVAKhDHZ9ReHHJAYR5W3hSNAz_ik7htlW1TQyxiZnc9KNJ3aScNJystJkz_qYets7-7DFNf5MzqCnmrC6GhftPppzRjbJDCjp2mXA%3D\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                            <svg class=\"hds-featured-link-list-button margin-left-auto margin-right-0\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\">\n                                <circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path>\n                            <\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row padding-y-2 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-30-important\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row featured-link-list-row width-full flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 desktop:grid-col-1 tablet:padding-right-3 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full ratio-1x1 radius-pill overflow-hidden\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/picture6_0.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"World View\u2019s Stratollite high-altitude balloon is inflated on the launch pad.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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transform-origin: 93% 81%; object-position: 93% 81%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/adept-up-aerospace.jpeg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/adept-up-aerospace.jpeg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/adept-up-aerospace.jpeg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/adept-up-aerospace.jpeg?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-8 desktop:grid-col-10 padding-left-3 desktop:padding-left-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-36 margin-0\">Commercial Flight Providers<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md margin-0 color-carbon-black\">When non-U.S. government researchers compete for funding through the Flight Opportunities program's TechFlights solicitation, they can propose to use any viable U.S.-based commercial provider. For U.S. government research, NASA has IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery\/Indefinite Quantity) contracts with several flight services vendors.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 desktop:grid-col-1 display-flex flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-flight-opportunities\/flight-provider-overview\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\">\n                            <svg class=\"hds-featured-link-list-button margin-left-auto margin-right-0\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\">\n                                <circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path>\n                            <\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row padding-y-2 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-30-important\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row featured-link-list-row width-full flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 desktop:grid-col-1 tablet:padding-right-3 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full ratio-1x1 radius-pill overflow-hidden\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fo-webinar-screenshot.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Screenshot of a webinar with five presenters and an attendee's virtual hand raised\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 48% 63%; object-position: 48% 63%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fo-webinar-screenshot.png?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fo-webinar-screenshot.png?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fo-webinar-screenshot.png?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/fo-webinar-screenshot.png?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-8 desktop:grid-col-10 padding-left-3 desktop:padding-left-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-36 margin-0\">Community of Practice Webinars<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md margin-0 color-carbon-black\">Designed to distill and share the most important lessons learned by suborbital researchers, these webinars are chance to hear from subject matter experts on best practices for preparing for suborbital flight tests.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 desktop:grid-col-1 display-flex flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-flight-opportunities\/fo-resources\/community-of-practice-webinars\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Community of Practice\">\n                            <svg class=\"hds-featured-link-list-button margin-left-auto margin-right-0\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\">\n                                <circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path>\n                            <\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row padding-y-2 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-30-important\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row featured-link-list-row width-full flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 desktop:grid-col-1 tablet:padding-right-3 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full ratio-1x1 radius-pill overflow-hidden\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/microsoftteams-image_1_2.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Hands around floating box.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.5); transform-origin: 56% 26%; object-position: 56% 26%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/microsoftteams-image_1_2.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/microsoftteams-image_1_2.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/microsoftteams-image_1_2.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/microsoftteams-image_1_2.jpg?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-8 desktop:grid-col-10 padding-left-3 desktop:padding-left-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-36 margin-0\">Other Resources<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md margin-0 color-carbon-black\">Find a wealth of information, including our Community of Practice webinar series, Flight Opportunities' Lessons Learned Library, newsletter archives, program reports and fact sheets, and solicitation archives.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 desktop:grid-col-1 display-flex flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-flight-opportunities\/fo-resources\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"Resources\">\n                            <svg class=\"hds-featured-link-list-button margin-left-auto margin-right-0\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\">\n                                <circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path>\n                            <\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row padding-y-2 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-30-important\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row featured-link-list-row width-full flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 desktop:grid-col-1 tablet:padding-right-3 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper width-full ratio-1x1 radius-pill overflow-hidden\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/duckweed4.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Duckweed (also known as water lentils) produce a large amount of nutrients in a small volume.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/duckweed4.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/duckweed4.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/duckweed4.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/duckweed4.jpg?resize=200,200 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-8 desktop:grid-col-10 padding-left-3 desktop:padding-left-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-36 margin-0\">Technology Portfolio<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md margin-0 color-carbon-black\">The portfolio of suborbital flight testing payloads includes all payloads selected from the beginning of the program in October 2010.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 desktop:grid-col-1 display-flex flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/flightopportunities.nasa.gov\/technologies\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                            <svg class=\"hds-featured-link-list-button margin-left-auto margin-right-0\" viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\">\n                                <circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path>\n                            <\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-topic-cards nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-topic-cards\">\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block-lg padding-x-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label color-carbon-60 margin-bottom-2\">Keep Exploring<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-36 line-height-sm\">Discover More Topics From NASA<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2 hds-topic-cards-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/space-technology-mission-directorate\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Space Technology Mission Directorate<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/stmd.jpg?w=525\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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