NASA scientists are said to have invented a lot of household items over the decades. Some, like Velcro, or Tang, or the first cordless power tools, are misattributions. But other claims are totally legit. And you probably own at least...

NASA has a reputation for creating history changing technology, and much of that technology is available to you right now. One of our secrets to success is that we aren’t developing all of this by ourselves. We’re leveraging industry and...

NASA Technology Transfer Program Executive Dan Lockney discusses the transfer of innovative space and aeronautics technologies for practical, terrestrial applications.

Kris Romig, Commercialization Services Lead, shares how NASA technology goes beyond the agency and lives on in commercial industries and academia, and making its way into our daily lives. HWHAP Episode 135.

Ann Jenkins has been writing about the Hubble Space Telescope and its discoveries for most of her adult life. One of her earliest projects with the team was to write about a technology spinoff that used digital imaging...

The decades-long career of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has resulted in a wealth of new technologies, many of which have found earthly applications.



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NASA studies the space around our home planet, a region we call geospace. It might appear empty, but geospace is bustling with electrically charged particles and magnetic fields -- all of which can impact the technology and...