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explore.Learn how the SPO links Goddard’s internal inventors and industry’s external partners through three core program areas managed by the office: Technology Transfer, SBIR/STTR, and Partnerships.

connect.The SPO facilitates creative collaborations between GSFC researchers and external parties for mutual benefit. The ofice synergistically helps both internal inventors and external partners.
Goddard Tech 12

NASA’s Sun Measurement Technology Helps Keep People Safe Outside
July 1, 2019
Each month the Strategic Partnerships Office will tell the story of a renowned innovator at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and show how their technological breakthroughs are brought from the labs to our lives. This month features UV Light Detection, a technology that gives NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) more accurate measurements of the Sun’s […]

NASA’s Gear Bearing are Helping Bahari Energy Harness Energy from Urban Wind
June 15, 2019
Each month the Strategic Partnerships Office will tell the story of a renowned innovator at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and show how their technological breakthroughs are brought from the labs to our lives.This month features gear bearings, developed by John Vranish to increase resolution for telescopes, and the licensing of this technology to Bahari […]

2D Image Analysis Software Shows Potential in Many Industries
May 11, 2019
Each month the Strategic Partnerships Office will tell the story of a renowned innovator at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and how their technological breakthroughs are brought from the labs to our lives. This month features the Hilbert Huang Transform 2 (HHT2), a two dimensional adaptation to the original Hilbert Huang Transform. This 2D analysis […]
Success Stories

Molecular Adsorber Coating Flies on NASA Missions
November 15, 2019
Every day, we’re surrounded by billions of tiny, unseen objects. Molecules of all kinds float like invisible motes of dust, impossible to detect with the naked eye but sometimes discernable through smell. “Think about when you buy a home — you may have new furniture, such as sofas, mattresses, or memory foam pillows, and freshly […]

Dellingr CubeSat Technologies Available for Commercial Licensing
November 28, 2017
Two technologies flying on Dellingr, the one-of-a-kind 6U CubeSat designed and built at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, are available for licensing. “We are always looking for potential partners and licensees for our technologies,” said Goddard Strategic Partnerships Office Senior Technology Manager Enidia Santiago-Arce, “It’s very important to NASA to facilitate licensing […]

NASA Goddard Announces Agreement with Institute for Local Innovations, Inc.
November 13, 2017
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Technology Transfer Office (TTO) in Greenbelt, Md. has announced the signing of a five year Space Act Agreement with the Louisiana based Institute for Local Innovations, Inc. (ILI). Piloted by NASA Goddard, the Agreement will allow ILI to promote NASA technologies and capabilities to small businesses and entrepreneurs, as well […]