This federal contract award to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is for the continued development and maintenance of NASA's Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) stations. The $17,404,236.63 definitive cost-no-fee contract, awarded on June 22, 2025, has a period of performance through June 21, 2030. The contract is not set aside for any specific business type. MIT is a premier private research university known for its cutting-edge research and innovation across multiple...
This federal contract award, valued at $384,428.89, was granted by the Shared Services Center (an agency within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to conduct research aimed at improving the accuracy of geodetic system ties at core sites. The proposed research will explore the use of atmospheric constraints during the combination of data from multiple geodetic techniques to enhance the accuracy of the International Terrestrial...
This federal contract award, valued at $149,995.42, was granted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The contract supports MIT's participation in the design, development, and analysis of small laser reflector arrays for lunar and planetary missions. The scope of work includes potential applications of these arrays when deployed on planetary surfaces. The period of performance is 1.0 year beginning in April 2018. This award is not...
This is a $125,000 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for planetary geodetic and geophysical research. The research is expected to cover all aspects of solar and planetary geodesy and associated science. The period of performance is 2.5 years beginning March 2018. The award is not set aside for any specific business type. MIT is a premier private research university known for its...
This federal contract award, valued at $517,902.00, was granted by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for research on "Bridging the Gap Between X-Ray and UV/Optical Disk Reverberation Mapping in Active Galactic Nuclei." The award is a grant for research, with a performance period ending on June 13, 2026. MIT, a premier private research university, has demonstrated extensive...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Center awarded a $555,237 definitive contract to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, doing business as MIT, for small satellite operations services. The cost-no-fee contract runs from July 29, 2022 through June 30, 2025 and will be performed in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As part of its scientific missions studying Earth and developing new technologies, NASA Goddard utilizes small satellites and contracts for associated...
This federal contract award, valued at $103,229.27, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on June 1, 2022. The contract is a grant for research related to "knowledge of the structure and kinematics of gas around supermassive black holes," which is vital for understanding accretion and active galactic nuclei (AGN) feedback. The contract has an ultimate completion date of May 31, 2024. MIT, a premier...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the amount of $654,991.32. The purpose of the grant is to investigate the impact of neglected inter-site correlations and analyze different methods for accounting for their impact when deriving spatially averaged parameters from GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) data. The research will also develop algorithms and scripts to be...
This federal contract award, valued at $40,997.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to conduct research on "EO14042 CAPTURING QUASI-PERIODIC OUTFLOWS FROM A FUTURE AGN OUTBURST". The contract is a grant for research, with no set-aside designation, and has a completion date of December 12, 2025. MIT, a world-class private research university, frequently partners with the U.S. federal government...
This federal contract award, valued at $542,970.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to conduct research on "TEASING OUT THE HIDDEN COMPLEXITIES OF SLOW SLIP FROM THE GEODETIC RECORD IN CASCADIA". The contract, awarded on February 1, 2022, is a grant for research with a completion date of January 31, 2026. MIT is a premier private research university known for its advanced scientific and...