NASA Identifies More Than 40 Space Technologies for Collaboration

The agency selected 41 proposals from 37 companies to advance technologies that support a long-term presence on the Moon and human exploration of Mars. Chosen through the 2025 Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity, these American firms will mature solutions for space transportation, planetary surface operations and lunar surface infrastructure.

Greg Stover, director of the agency’s Advanced Research and Technology Division, said the effort aims to empower industry as active partners in missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond. The ACO establishes mutually beneficial partnerships without exchanging funds, letting companies use specialized facilities, software, hardware and subject matter experts to rapidly mature technologies for commercial markets and future government missions.

Since the first ACO in 2015, the program has supported more than 110 projects.

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