Cooperative Agreement 80MSFC19M0008

This federal contract award was granted to Cornell University by a civilian federal agency, the Shared Services Center, to conduct research on "Propellant Regenerative Energy for High-Power Electric Adiabatic Thrusters." The $336,000.00 grant-type contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, aims to support the space industry's goal of making life interplanetary by advancing critical space technology. Cornell University, a private non-profit land-grant research university,...

This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Cornell University, a private research university located in Ithaca, New York. The contract, valued at $179,011.56, seeks to develop switchable wettability surfaces to manipulate heat transfer during flow condensation in low-gravity environments. The research aims to enable a 10-fold variation in heat transfer by switching the condenser surface between wetting and non-wetting states,...

This is a $3,410,000.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Cornell University, a private research university located in Ithaca, New York. The award supports NASA's Strategic Goal 4 to "Enhance Capabilities and Operations to Catalyze Current and Future Mission Success" through investments in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) engagement programs designed to build a future STEM workforce. The Cooperative...

This is a $7,574,123 cooperative agreement awarded by the Shared Services Center to Cornell University on September 23, 2024. The contract has an ultimate completion date of March 31, 2030 and does not utilize any set-aside designations. The agreement requires Cornell University to execute a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, administration priorities, and direction from Congress. Cornell will participate as a key...

This is a $559,322.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Cornell University to conduct research on the role of volatile species (e.g., H2O, CO2, F, and Cl) in determining the Martian interior's chemical and physical properties, as well as its early potential to develop a hydrosphere and life. The award is a research grant without a set-aside designation, with a performance period extending to October 14, 2025. Cornell University, a private research...

This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC20M0096, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Cornell University's Office of Sponsored Programs. The $4,240,000.00 Cooperative Agreement, effective from May 27, 2020 to September 30, 2025, is for the "NEW YORK SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM" program. This contract does not have a set-aside designation. As a leading research institution, Cornell University provides a diverse range of technical and...

This contract is a $908,790.20 cooperative agreement awarded by NASA to Cornell University to fund the continuation of the Principal Investigator's work as a co-investigator on the Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) experiment and the Associate Team Member's work on the Cassini Radio Science experiment. The work entails planning Cassini CIRS and radio-science observations of the Saturn system, analyzing data from these observations, and contributing to the archiving and observation...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center awarded a $148,308 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract to Cornell Technical Services LLC. The contract is to provide Independent Review Team subject matter expert support for the Critical Design Review of the Space Launch System Block 1B. Cornell Technical Services will perform the work in Columbia, Maryland through May 2023 to assist NASA with its review of the design for the Space Launch System, the heavy-lift...

This federal contract award, valued at $20,388.00, was issued by the Shared Services Center, a division of NASA, to Cornell University as the prime contractor. The contract is a cooperative agreement with the purpose of enabling Cornell to: 1) become familiar with field prototypes and successfully operate them, 2) procure batteries to power the prototypes during field campaigns, 3) conduct field campaigns to obtain publishable data on active saltation, 4) participate in vertical gun...

This is a $686,859.97 Cooperative Agreement awarded by NASA to the College of Charleston (South Carolina) to develop microbial fuel cells (MFCs) as a technology for space life support systems (LSS) applications. The project aims to modify MFCs to produce hydrogen peroxide, which could be used for wastewater treatment and cleaning in space habitats. The work will address key challenges around using human waste as an MFC feedstock, developing optimized cathode designs, and evaluating the potential...