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2024 Annual Heliophysics Technology Report Released!

by Steve Christenews March 5, 2025March 13, 2025No Comments

We are thrilled to present our 2024 Heliophysics Technology Annual Report, showcasing HESTO’s pivotal investments in advancing Heliophysics technology. This report includes the results of our Heliophysics Technology and Instrument Development for Science (H-TIDeS) and Heliophysics Flight Opportunities Studies (H-FOS) programs. We are also pleased to introduce the recipients of our 2024 awards, who will …

2024 State-of-the-Art of Small Spacecraft Technology Released

by Steve Christenews February 25, 2025February 27, 2025No Comments

The 2024 NASA State-of-the-Art Small Spacecraft Technology report has been released. This report updates the 2023 report. This new edition features updates for hosted payload services (see Platforms chapter); Orbital Maneuvering/Transport Vehicle services (see Integration, Launch, Deployment, and Orbital Transport chapter); Formation Flying and Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (see Guidance, Navigation, and Control chapter); and passive and …

Advancing Swarm or Distributed Mission Concepts with Starling

by Steve Christenews January 31, 2025February 24, 2025No Comments

The latest Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics points to the need for swarm or constellation missions, and NASA’s Starling mission is leading the way. NASA Starling is a technology demonstration to investigate constellation mission design, including cooperation between elements, or nodes, of a constellation. Funded by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD), Starling …

Events at AGU2024

by Steve Christeevent November 13, 2024No Comments

Some events/panels that may be of interest to our technologists at the Fall AGU 2024 meeting. Look forward to another post where we will list talks at AGU from our PIs.

SBIR Ask-me-anything scheduled for the week of December 9, 2024

by Steve Christesbir November 11, 2024No Comments

To help the community of small businesses and research institutions preparing for the upcoming 2025 SBIR/STTR Solicitations, NASA will hold a series of Ask Me Anything webinars the week of December 9, 2024. These webinars will include live Q&As with Subject Matter Experts to introduce the research subtopics and help people prepare to submit a …

H-TPAG Survey Report has been released!

by Steve Christehtpag October 8, 2024No Comments

The first public report of the H-TPAG is now available on their website. This report concerns a survey that they sent out to past and current PIs to get feedback on a variety of subjects regarding HESTO as well as technology funding. Responses to the findings of the analysis group are also included in this …

Thank You All for a Great 2024 Symposium!

by Steve Christeevent September 24, 2024September 25, 2024No Comments

We want to thank everyone for attending and presenting at HESTO’s second annual Symposium, HELIOTECH2024! We had a total of 41 speakers at this event, with about 45 people attending in person and more than 150 attending remotely over the two days of the event. All slide decks are now available through links on the …

Introducing the First HESTO Pathfinder

by Steve Christeselection announcement September 17, 2024September 17, 2024No Comments

The Technology program’s new Pathfinder project has the goal of helping technologies cross the critical gap between early-stage concepts and flight demonstration. Pathfinder will do this by investing in mature and existing technology projects that have an identified flight opportunity. In the first Pathfinder, the University of Iowa will flight demonstrate next-generation magnetometer technologies. Prof. …

Inaugural Planetary Science Technology Symposium to take place Oct-21 to 24, 2024 at NASA Glenn Research Center

by Steve Christenews August 26, 2024August 29, 2024No Comments

Quickly following the Heliophysics Technology Symposium this year is the Planetary Science Technology Symposium. The NASA Planetary Exploration Science Technology Office (PESTO) invites its awardees and members of the public to participate in the Inaugural Planetary Science Technology Symposium. Attendees will encounter the latest advances in NASA-funded technology for Planetary Science, including: remote and in-situ …

2024 NASA SBIR Phase I Selections Announced

by Steve Christesbir, selection announcement June 20, 2024August 29, 2024No Comments

On June 7, 2024, NASA selected Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards from 299 proposals submitted by small businesses across the country. The following projects are relevant to Heliophysics. For more information about these projects, contact the PI company directly. Project Principal Investigator Company Description An Advanced Surface Flux Transport Model for Space …