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 priorities such as characterizing radiation at key locations in crew habitats and sampling sites, determining …
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 Space Working Environment (ITD-SWE), and Laboratory Nuclear, Atomic, and Plasma Physics (LNAPP) Program. Please read …
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 3:12-3:23 pm in 286-287 (NOLA CC)). Day Time Place Presentation Title PI Monday 12/15 10:30 …
The following selections by the NASA SBIR program are relevant to Heliophysics (to see all selections click here) An Advanced Surface Flux Transport Model for Space Weather (S14.01-1005) – Predictive Science Incorporated The solar magnetic field (B) plays a key role in solar and heliospheric physics and is a crucial input for Space Weather Models. …
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A NASA-sponsored team at the University of Iowa (UI) is restoring and advancing the nation’s capability to make high-fidelity magnetic field measurements needed to investigate space weather that can impact our communication and power grids on Earth and our assets in space. Project Lead(s): Dr. David Miles, University of Iowa Originally published on NASA SMD
HESTO is pleased to announce the selection of three 2025 Pathfinder projects: The first two projects will rideshare on Dr. Glyn Collinson’s (NASA GSFC) Resolute Sounding Rocket, which is a dual sounding rocket mission planned for launch from Andøya, Norway in 2027. The Resolute mission science goal is to determine how heavy ions are lofted …
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The project of our PI, Dr. Mark Moldwin, was featured as a NASA SMD highlight!
Proposed research should investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances in science, devices, or systems. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) anticipates funding a limited number of proposals under this solicitation. Specifically excluded is research that primarily results in evolutionary improvements to the existing state of practice. The Strategic Technology Office (STO) at DARPA …
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NASA develops a broad range of technologies to support space-based quantum sensing and communications, uses the space environment to study fundamental quantum processes to advance our knowledge of physics, and develops algorithms to attack complex science problems that might be solved using quantum computing. A new paper describes quantum sensors that NASA has flown on …
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) plans to award a contract for a Phase A study for a PHOtospheric Magnetograph Imager (PHOMI) for upcoming Space Weather Geostationary (SWGEO) program satellites. If awarded, the Government anticipates awarding up to four Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contracts, each valued at approximately $1.5 million with …
Read more “Space Weather Geostationary Photospheric Magnetograph Imager Phase A Study”