Investments in our Future: Exploring Space through Innovationand Technology

Hear about NASA's planned research, innovation and technology investments that focus on enabling bold robotic and human exploration of the solar system while providing broadly-applicable benefits on Earth. By taking informed risks and focusing on high-payoff technologies, the Space Technology Program will provide the answers to the Agency's future technological needs. Developing these new transformational technologies and capabilities will require the best of academia, industry, and our government labs. Discover NASA’s technology development roadmaps and strategy, as provided to the National Research Council (NRC), which describe the research and technology development investments required for tomorrow’s great discoveries.