Definitive Contract 80GSFC23CA045

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, doing business as MIT, has been awarded a $711,662 definitive cost-no-fee contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center. The contract is for work on the flight and ground segment materials in support of the STAR&X mission, which was selected under the 2022 Medium-Class Explorer Announcement of Opportunity. Per the original solicitation, NASA sought proposals for approximately 2-3 Medium-Class Explorer missions and 2 or more Mission of Opportunity proposals to receive Phase A study awards valued between $500,000 and $3 million. The contract will be performed in Cambridge, Massachusetts over approximately 17 months beginning in March 2023. There is no set-aside designation associated with this award made in response to the 2021 Astrophysics Medium Explorer Announcement of Opportunity.