{"id":464372,"date":"2023-07-24T12:28:42","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T16:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=topic&p=464372"},"modified":"2024-04-10T16:51:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T20:51:53","slug":"flight-provider-overview","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-flight-opportunities\/flight-provider-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight Provider Overview"},"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\" 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class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg margin-0 padding-0\">Flight Opportunities rapidly demonstrates space technologies using commercial flight platforms, including rocket-powered suborbital vehicles, high-altitude balloons, aircraft flying parabolic trajectories, and platforms hosting payloads in orbit in cooperation with the Small Spacecraft Technology program.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-flight-opportunities\/access-flight-tests\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary link-external-true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"section-heading-md\">\n                                Read more about how to access flight tests <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Flight Provider Overview<\/span>                            <\/span>\n\t\t\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 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commercial flight providers either by contracting with them directly to provide flight services or by funding researchers to purchase flight services via successful TechFlights proposals.<\/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 flex-wrap\">\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=\"#agreements\" 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>NASA TechFlights Researcher Agreements<\/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 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aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"agreements\"><strong><strong><strong>TechFlights Researcher Agreements<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>NASA TechFlights Solicitation: Leveraging Suborbital and Hosted Orbital Flight Providers <\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong><strong>Providers work directly with researchers proposing to NASA\u2019s TechFlights solicitation to flight test space technologies.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When non-U.S. government researchers compete for funding through the Flight Opportunities program’s TechFlights solicitation, they can propose to use any eligible U.S.-based commercial provider. We encourage industry providers to review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-flight-opportunities\/fo-resources\/solicitations-archives\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-flight-opportunities\/fo-resources\/solicitations-archives\/\">previous TechFlights solicitations<\/a> to understand the eligibility requirements and also to regularly engage directly with the researcher community so that potential TechFlights proposers the available capabilities and services available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-flight-opportunities\/participating-flight-platforms\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-flight-opportunities\/participating-flight-platforms\/\">participating flight providers<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20221114-steve-boxall-fll-zg657-research-flight-0275-reduced.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20221114-steve-boxall-fll-zg657-research-flight-0275-reduced.jpeg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Researchers from Purdue University on a parabolic flight conduct reduced gravity experiments on November 14, 2022, to help develop highly accurate models for the prediction of flow boiling rates to support in-space propellant transfer systems.\" 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\/2023\/07\/20221114-steve-boxall-fll-zg657-research-flight-0275-reduced.jpeg 2100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20221114-steve-boxall-fll-zg657-research-flight-0275-reduced.jpeg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20221114-steve-boxall-fll-zg657-research-flight-0275-reduced.jpeg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20221114-steve-boxall-fll-zg657-research-flight-0275-reduced.jpeg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20221114-steve-boxall-fll-zg657-research-flight-0275-reduced.jpeg?resize=1536,1025 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20221114-steve-boxall-fll-zg657-research-flight-0275-reduced.jpeg?resize=2048,1366 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20221114-steve-boxall-fll-zg657-research-flight-0275-reduced.jpeg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20221114-steve-boxall-fll-zg657-research-flight-0275-reduced.jpeg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20221114-steve-boxall-fll-zg657-research-flight-0275-reduced.jpeg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20221114-steve-boxall-fll-zg657-research-flight-0275-reduced.jpeg?resize=1200,801 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/20221114-steve-boxall-fll-zg657-research-flight-0275-reduced.jpeg?resize=2000,1334 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Researchers from Purdue University on a parabolic flight conduct reduced gravity experiments on November 14, 2022, to help develop highly accurate models for the prediction of flow boiling rates to support in-space propellant transfer systems.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Steve Boxall<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"contracts\"><strong><strong>NASA Flight Services Contracts<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Suborbital\/Hosted Orbital Flight and Payload Integration Services<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Flight Opportunities manages a variety of contracts with industry providers to fly payloads in the relevant environments required to advance technologies\u2019 readiness for use in future missions. This includes the use of suborbital vehicles as well as orbital platforms \u2013 in cooperation with NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/smallspacecraft\/\">Small Spacecraft Technology<\/a> program \u2013 to test payloads at high altitudes, under reduced gravity, in a vacuum, and in other challenging spaceflight conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These contracts can be utilized for flight tests of payloads developed by both government researchers as well as external researchers that the government is supporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-flight-opportunities\/nasa-contracted-flight-providers\/\" data-type=\"topic\" data-id=\"621870\">NASA-contracted providers<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/orionlabs-flightopportunitiesaoc-062022.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"946\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/orionlabs-flightopportunitiesaoc-062022.png?w=946\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Four people sit on the ground, working to attach payload hardware to a metal frame that is lifted to eye-level in preparation for integration on to a suborbital flight.\" 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\/2023\/07\/orionlabs-flightopportunitiesaoc-062022.png 946w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/orionlabs-flightopportunitiesaoc-062022.png?resize=300,197 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/orionlabs-flightopportunitiesaoc-062022.png?resize=768,503 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/orionlabs-flightopportunitiesaoc-062022.png?resize=400,262 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/orionlabs-flightopportunitiesaoc-062022.png?resize=600,393 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/orionlabs-flightopportunitiesaoc-062022.png?resize=900,590 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 946px) 100vw, 946px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Orion Labs, winners of the NASA TechLeap Autonomous Observation Challenge, work to integrate their Quantum Earth Observatory payload ahead of their high-altitude balloon flight in June 2022.  <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Orion Labs\/Margarita Reyes<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\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); 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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); 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transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/spaceworks_balloon_launch-1.jpeg 2400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/spaceworks_balloon_launch-1.jpeg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/spaceworks_balloon_launch-1.jpeg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/spaceworks_balloon_launch-1.jpeg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/spaceworks_balloon_launch-1.jpeg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/spaceworks_balloon_launch-1.jpeg?resize=2048,1152 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/spaceworks_balloon_launch-1.jpeg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/spaceworks_balloon_launch-1.jpeg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/spaceworks_balloon_launch-1.jpeg?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/spaceworks_balloon_launch-1.jpeg?resize=1200,675 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/spaceworks_balloon_launch-1.jpeg?resize=2000,1125 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/smallspacecraft\/\" 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>STMD Small Spacecraft Technology<\/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=\"1536\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SSTP.png?w=1536\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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When non-U.S. government researchers compete for funding through the Flight Opportunities program’s TechFlights solicitation, they can propose to use any eligible U.S.-based commercial provider. 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