Overview

An overview of the NASA PESTO Office

NASA’s Planetary Exploration Science Technology Office (PESTO) was created by the Planetary Science Division to recommend non-mission specific, non-nuclear investments in planetary technology; to manage those investments; to coordinate planetary-relevant technology investments across the agency; and to maximize technology infusion into specific missions.

Current Projects

Manage PSD technology development (non-mission specific, non-nuclear)

• COLDTech (Vehicle Technologies | Instrument Technologies)
• DALI
• HOTTech
• Icy Satellites
• MatISSE
• Lunar Payloads (Vehicle Technologies | Instrument Technologies)
• PICASSO
• SESAME

Future Technologies

Recommend technology investment strategy for future planetary science missions

• • Needed Instrument Technology
  • Needed Vehicle Technology

Coordination

Coordinate planetary science-relevant technologies

• Within the Planetary Science Division, Science Mission Directorate, and Space Technology Mission Directorate, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate
• With organizations external to NASA

Opportunities

Promote technology infusion

• Infusion starts before solicitations are written, ends with mission adoption