HESTO is charged with actively managing the NASA Heliophysics Division’s technology portfolio and supporting Principal Investigators (PIs) in maturating and infusing their funded technologies into future missions. The HESTO team strives to catalyze the collaboration between PIs to spark novel and transformative technology ideas and mission concepts.
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- Innovative Metasurface Polarization Grating Selected
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego and BAE Systems have developed an innovative, six-millimeter optical component, called a metasurface polarization grating, which is poised to transform how future space missions study the Sun. This new technology stands apart …Read more “Innovative Metasurface Polarization Grating Selected”
- Funding Opportunity Alert! NASA Opens SBIR/STTR Phase I Solicitations
NASA’s SBIR/STTR Program has officially released the first three Phase I appendices for their Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). If you are looking to collaborate with small businesses or leverage external innovation to advance your technology goals, this …Read more “Funding Opportunity Alert! NASA Opens SBIR/STTR Phase I Solicitations”
- HESTO at the 57th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
NASA Heliophysics HESTO Program Manager, Scott Schaire, and Lead Scientist, Steven Christe, are in attendance this week at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) in The Woodlands, Texas. For almost 60 years, LPSC has been convening the lunar and planetary …Read more “HESTO at the 57th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference”
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HELIOTECH2026
August 31 – September 4, 2026
Hosted at the Applied Physics Lab in the DC Metro Area
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