SAN FRANCISCO — As part of its ongoing campaign to strengthen the space agency’s research and development program, the NASA technology office solicited proposals March 1 for innovative solutions to space agency problems ranging from orbital debris removal to deep space communications. This is the first round of solicitations from NASA’s Office of the Chief Technologist, an organization created in 2010 to reinvigorate space agency support of technologies that offer long-term benefits across multiple mission areas.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...