Technology demonstrations

1959 experimental aircraft model by North American Aviation and NASA

experimental fighter aircraft

2005 additional level for the 2004 video game Half-Life 2

ESA spacecraft that was launched on December 3, 2015

thumb|Interpretation of the MEMEX at German Museum of Technology thumb|Vannevar Bush

atmospheric re-entry vehicle by the European Space Agency

oxygen production experiment on the Perseverance rover

testbed aeroplane

experimental airplane

PROBA-2 is the second satellite in the European Space Agency's series of PROBA low-cost satellites that are being used to validate new spacecraft technologies while also carrying scientific instruments. PROBA-2 is a small satellite (130 kg) developed under an ESA General Support Technology Program (GSTP) contract by a Belgian consortium led by Verhaert (now QinetiQ Space) of Kruibeke, Belgium. The nominal mission duration was two years. As of 2022, the mission continues.

PROBA (Project for On-Board Autonomy), renamed PROBA-1, is a Belgian satellite technology demonstration mission launched atop an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle by ISRO on 22 October 2001. The satellite was funded through the ESA's MicroSat and General Study Program with the objective of addressing issues regarding on-board operational autonomy of a generic satellite platform. This small (60×60×80 cm; 95 kg) boxlike system, with solar panel collectors on its surface, hosts two Earth Observation instruments dubbed CHRIS and HRC. CHRIS is a hyperspectral system (200 narrow bands)

American experimental aircraft

The OK-GLI (), also known as Buran Analog BTS-02 (), was a Soviet atmospheric test vehicle ("Buran aerodynamic analogue") of the orbital Buran spacecraft. It was constructed for the Buran programme in 1984, and was used for 25 test flights between 1985 and 1988 before being retired.

experimental military tilt-wing aircraft

PROBA-3 is a dual-probe technological demonstration mission by the European Space Agency devoted to high-precision formation flying to achieve scientific coronagraphy. It is part of the series of PROBA satellites that are being used to validate new spacecraft technologies and concepts while also carrying scientific instruments. It lifted off aboard ISRO's PSLV-XL rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India. The project is managed by Damien Galano.

pair of space missions by NASA and ESA to demonstrate and study the effect of impacting a spacecraft into an asteroid moon

PROBA-V, or PROBA-Vegetation (the V standing for vegetation and not the Roman numeral for 5), is a satellite in the European Space Agency's PROBA series. It was launched in 2013 with a predicted usable lifetime between 2.5 and 5 years.

2021 video game developed by Epic Games

suborbital reentry test flown on the third Ariane 5 flight

technology demonstrations and projects developed by Nintendo

experimental aircraft model by Antonov

Student-built tether satellite

prototype or incomplete implementation of a new technology, showcasing possible applications, feasibility, performance, and methods