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NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program has funded 18 futuristic spaceflight ideas with $3.2 million, aiming to foster breakthroughs for future missi

A new mission concept proposes using approximately 10,000 actively steerable femtosats to conduct in-situ exploration of Saturn's rings, atmosphere, and magneto

A NASA concept proposes using robotically assembled electromagnetic metamaterials to enhance long-range space situational awareness, addressing the limitations

A new NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) proposal, 'Mapping Alien Continents,' aims to reconstruct images of Earth-like exoplanets using a novel nulling i

A NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) proposal outlines a new method for detecting low-frequency gravitational waves using precision astrometry with optica

NASA has announced the selections for the 2026 NIAC Phase I awards, funding 18 innovative concepts for future space missions. These projects include ideas for d

A new NASA concept proposes using photophoretically levitating tracers for remote sensing at 30-100 km altitudes, addressing a critical gap in atmospheric data

A new NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) proposal explores using reconnaissance spacecraft with Raman spectroscopy for high-speed mineral mapping during f