Internal inventors, the SPO promotes the transfer of GSFC-developed technology to the private sector. The office can help you advance your innovations, obtain R&D assistance, and collaborate with industry.
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.
Goddard Tech 12
NASA’s Sun Measurement Technology Helps Keep People Safe Outside
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
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
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
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
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.
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 […]