National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Technology Mission Directorate Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board Presented by: Dr. Michael Gazarik Associate Administrator, STMD April 2014 www.nasa.gov/spacetech Space Technology… …. an Investment for the Future • Enables a new class of NASA missions Addresses National Needs beyond low Earth Orbit. A generation of studies and reports (40+ since 1980) document the need for • Delivers innovative solutions that regular investment in new, dramatically improve technological transformative space technologies. capabilities for NASA and the Nation. • Develops technologies and capabilities that make NASA’s missions more affordable and more reliable. • Invests in the economy by creating markets and spurring innovation for traditional and emerging aerospace business. • Engages the brightest minds from academia in solving NASA’s tough technological challenges. Value to NASA Value to the Nation Who: The NASA Workforce Academia Small Businesses The Broader Aerospace Enterprise 2 Major Highlights The PhoneSat 2.5 mission will be launched as a rideshare on SpaceX vehicle, to demonstrate command and control capability of operational satellites. NASA engineers successfully hot-fire Successfully fabricated a 5.5- tested a 3-D printed rocket engine meter composite cryogenic injector at NASA GRC, marking one of propellant tank and testing at the first steps in using additive Boeing’s facility in Washington manufacturing for space travel. and will continue testing at NASA MSFC this year. At NASA MSFC, the largest 3-D printed rocket engine ISS Fluid SLOSH experiment launched on injector NASA has ever Antares /Orb-1 on Dec. 18, 2014 and now The Flight Opportunities program tested blazed to life at an aboard ISS for testing that will be used to enabled flight validation of 35 engine firing that generated a improve our understanding of how liquids technologies that were tested in record 20,000 pounds of behave in microgravity space-like environments on four thrust. different flight platforms . 3 Major Highlights Green Propellant Infusion Mission took another step closer to infusion by proving capabilities for continuous thrust during testing and is preparing for flight test in 2015. NASA's built and is sending a set ATK's “MegaFlex” (left) and DSS of high-tech legs up to the ISS for “ROSA” (right) solar array are Robonaut 2 (R2) that will provide two concepts NASA is maturing R2 the mobility it needs to help with to support the development of regular and repetitive tasks inside next generation solar arrays in and outside the space station advancing Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory Assembly California Institute of Technology Low density supersonic decelerator parachute testing at Surface Telerobotics- China Lake, CA. Successfully LDSDPDVTRR The technical data in this document is controlled under the U.S. Export Regulations; release to foreign persons may require an export authorization. 42 First real-time remote demonstrated ability to deploy and operations of a robotic pull a large parachute with 90,000 rover from space and pounds of force taking the next first simulation of steps to landing on Mars. human-robot waypoint 4 mission Space Technology Portfolio Transformative & Crosscutting Pioneering Concepts/Developing Creating Markets & Growing Technology Breakthroughs InnovationOffice of Community the Innovation Economy Associate Administrator Technology NASA Innovative Advanced Centennial Challenges Demonstration directly engages nontraditional Concepts (NIAC) nurtures Missions sources advancing technologies of bridges the gap visionary ideas that could transform value to NASA’s missions and to between early proof-of-concept tests future NASA missions with the the aerospace community. The and the final infusion of cost- creation of breakthroughs—radically program offers challenges set up effective, revolutionary technologies better or entirely new aerospace as competitions that award prize into successful NASA, government concepts–while engaging America’s money to the individuals or teams and commercial space missions. innovators and entrepreneurs as that achieve a specified partners in the journey. technology challenge. Space Technology Small Spacecraft Flight Opportunities Research Grants Technology Program seek to facilitates the progress of space accelerate the development of technologies toward flight develops and demonstrates “push” technologies to support readiness status through testing new capabilities employing the future space science and exploration in space-relevant environments. unique features of small needs through innovative efforts with The program fosters spacecraft for science, high risk/high payoff while development of the commercial exploration and space developing the next generation of reusable suborbital operations. innovators through grants and transportation industry. fellowships. Game Changing Center Innovation Fund Small Business Development seeks to stimulates and encourages Innovation Research creativity and innovation within identify and rapidly mature (SBIR) and Small innovative/high impact capabilities the NASA Centers by addressing and technologies that may lead to the technology needs of the Business Technology entirely new approaches for the Agency and the Nation. Funds are Transfer (STTR) Programs Agency’s broad array of future space invested to each NASA Center to support emerging technologies provide an opportunity for small, missions. high technology companies and and creative initiatives that research institutions to develop leverage Center talent and key technologies addressing the capabilities. Agency’s needs and developing Space Technology 5 the Nation’s innovation economy. Research Grants 5 FY2014 Big Nine 6 Deep Space Exploration is Near Space Technology will focus investments in 8 key thrust areas that will enable or substantially enhance future NASA mission capabilities. High Power Space Optical Advanced Mars Entry Space Lightweight Deep Space Space Solar Electric Comm. Life Support Descent and Robotic Space Navigation Observatory Propulsion & Resource Landing Systems Structures Systems Utilization Systems Deep space Substantially Technologies for Permits more Creates future Targets Allows for more Allows for human increase the human capable science humanoid substantial capable science significant exploration, available exploration missions, eventual robotics, increases in and human increases in science missions bandwidth for mission including human missions to autonomy and launch mass, and exploration future science and commercial near Earth space Mars mars including, remote allow for large missions using capabilities applications with communications atmospheric hypersonic and operations decreases in advanced atomic including, investments in currently limited In-situ resource supersonic technologies to needed clocks, x-ray AFTA/WFIRST advanced solar by power and utilization, near aerodynamic substantially structural mass detectors and coronagraph arrays and frequency closed loop air decelerators, a augments the for spacecraft fast light optical technology to advanced electric allocation revitalization and new generation of capability of and in-space gyroscopes. characterize exo- propulsion restrictions, and water recovery, compliant TPS future human structures. planets by direct systems, high- increase the EVA gloves and materials, retro- space flight observation and power Hall communications radiation propulsion missions. advances in the thrusters and throughput for a protection. technologies, surface materials power deep space instrumentation as well as control processing units. mission. and modeling systems for large capabilities. space optics. 7 STMD FY2015 President’s Budget 800 600 13 14 15 16 Total 699 699 699 699 400 PICS 29.5 29.5 29.5 29.5 200 SBIR 173.7 181.9 187.2 195.3 - CSTD 293.8 272.1 266.6 259.7 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 ETD FY 2016 202FY 2017 215.5 FY 2018 215.7 FY 2019214.5 Budget Authority ($M) Notional FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2015 President's Budget Request 706 713 720 727 734 Partnership Developments and Strategic Integration 34 34 34 34 34 OCT SBIR and STTR 191 201 212 212 212 Crosscutting Space Tech Development 257 190 186 199 204 Early Stage Innovation 67 67 68 69 69 Flight Opportunities 15 15 15 15 15 Small Spacecraft 17 17 17 17 17 Game Changing Development 50 45 49 36 39 Technology Demonstration Missions 106 46 36 61 63 Exploration Technology Development 224 288 288 282 285 Space TechMissionSpace Directorate Game Changing Development 103 129 126 132 129 Technology Demonstration Missions 121 159 162 150 156 8 *Numbers do not total due to rounding CY Major Events & Milestones 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Optical Comm & Sensor Demo Sunjammer EDSN Cryogenic Solar Sail HIAD SmallSat Propellant IRVE 3 Demo Storage & Human Robotic Transfer Systems & Telerobotics Integrated Solar Array Laser Human Robotic Human Robotic Cubesat Communications Systems & Systems & Proximity Relay Telerobotics PhoneSat Telerobotics Ops Demo 1 & 2.0 Demonstration Deep Space Future Planning Atomic Clock PhoneSat 5.5m 2.4 & 2.5 Composite MEDLI Cryotank SEP Demo Green Mission Propellant LDSD: Supersonic Inflatable LDSD Supersonic 2.4m Aerodynamic Decelerator Inflatable Aerodynamic Composite Decelerator Cryotank 9 Technology Demonstration Missions Highlights: Goal: • Selection of two deployable solar array designs to be developed for the Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP)