2023 NASA Heliophysics Technology Annual Report

In 2020, NASA established the HEliophysics Strategic Technology Office (HESTO) to support and manage its Heliosphere Technology Program (HTP). Hosted at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), HESTO is tasked with facilitating HTP investments, nurturing project maturation, and promoting technology infusion toward furthering the greatest benefit to the science community. HESTO informs and guides solicitations and nurtures advancement of technology investments to ensure the successful delivery of new Heliophysics technologies. HESTO also supports our diverse scientific and technology community through outreach efforts, including events like our first annual Heliophysics Technology Symposium this year.

This 2023 report highlights HESTO’s ongoing Heliophysics Technology investments, including those awarded under our Heliophysics Technology and Instrument Development for Science (H-TIDeS) and Heliophysics Flight Opportunities Studies (H-FOS) program elements.