NASA Seeks Feedback on Civil Space Technology Shortfalls

Background:

NASA is refining its strategy for prioritizing technology investments to evolve into a stronger and more resilient tech base for civil space.

NASA has identified a list of 32 technology shortfalls – technology areas requiring further development to meet future exploration, science, and other mission needs. Each one of the shortfalls includes a subset of a specific functions requiring development, all of which must be achieved to overcome that shortfall.

This prioritization framework will guide NASA’s evaluation of current technology development efforts and may inspire new investments within NASA or spark innovative partnerships. Understanding and prioritizing the most important and impactful efforts allows NASA to appropriately direct available resources to best support mission needs for NASA and the nation.

Learn more about NASA’s technology priorities and the external feedback opportunity.

How can you help? 

The agency is collecting feedback through Feb. 20, 2026 about which shortfalls are most important to the aerospace community.

NASA is encouraging all U.S. businesses, organizations, agencies, and individuals with a vested interest in space technology to review the shortfall list and descriptions and submit feedback. 

Watch the demo of the feedback tool.

Watch the webinar replay.