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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- New National Academies Report released on A Science Strategy for Human Exploration of Mars
A new National Academies report establishes searching for evidence of existing or past life on Mars as the top science priority for the first human mission to the red planet, alongside 10 other key objectives that include critical space physics … - ROSES-2025 HTiDES released!
We are happy to announce the release of ROSES-2025 H-TIDeS. This solicitation does not require a Notice of Intent and the due date is 04/15/2026. It solicits the following programs, Instrument Technology Development (ITD) Program, Instrument Technology Development on the … - Fall AGU 2025 Meeting
Current and former HESTO PIs are making presentations at the Fall AGU meeting this year in New Orleans. Our Lead Scientist, Steven Christe, will also be attending AGU — look for him and our updated flyer (especially Thursday 12/18 at …
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Upcoming HESTO Events
HELIOTECH2026
August 31 – September 4, 2026
Hosted at The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in the Washington DC Metro Area
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