Goddard Engineering and Technology Directorate

Partnership Examples

  • NASA’s SPLICE descent and landing computer (foreground) and navigation Doppler lidar engineering test unit (background) undergo preparations for a suborbital flight test. Credits: Blue Origin

    core Flight Software (cFS) is Supporting Blue Origin

    Core Flight Software (cFS) is supporting Blue Origin as part of their Human Landing System solution. Support includes consulting and software modification agreements. cFS is an open source, human-rated reusable flight software architecture and system, including…

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  • Test samples made from solid-solid phase change material, copper, or both before exposure to extreme temperatures in a thermal vacuum chamber located in the Thermal Technology Development and Demonstration (T2D2) Facility at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland

    University SmallSat Technology Partnerships

    The Goddard Space Flight Center’s Thermal Engineering team currently partners with University of Dayton and University of Brigham Young University through the University SmallSat Technology Partnership.  As part of this partnership, we provide testing support…

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  • RSO objects larger than 1 m and 10 cm (Source: ESA)

    Participation in Conjunction Assessment Risk Analysis (CARA) Collaborations

    ETD participates in Conjunction Assessment Risk Analysis (CARA) collaboration with the Department of Commerce, US Space Force, European Space Agency, and commercial spacecraft operators. Establishing minimum…

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  • Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Modular Unified Space Technology Avionics for Next Generation (MUSTANG) Power Systems Electronics (PSE)

    Goddard has Partnered with Cesium Astro Space and Defense Systems

    Since September 2023, the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has partnered with Cesium Astro Space & Defense Systems to license and commercialize the successful MUSTANG (Modular Unified Space Technology Avionics…

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  • In this photo, engineers gather at American and European Mechanism Symposia to exchange technology developments and lessons learned in the fields of precision mechanisms and space tribology through presentations and booth exhibits

    The Mechatronics and Robotics Team Partners with Industry, Academia, and Agencies

    The Mechatronics and Robotics team welcomes partnerships with industry, academia, and other government agencies.  You can often find our us participating at the Aerospace Mechanism Symposium and European Space Mechanisms…

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  • Audience views presentation at Texas A&M Single-Event Effects Bootcamp

    Texas A&M Single-Event Effects Bootcamp

    Starting in 2021, NASA Goddard’s Flight Data Systems & Radiation Effects team has collaboratively hosted a popular, hands-on workshop at the Texas A&M University Cyclotron Institute. The program seeks attendees from government, industry (especially “new space”)…

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