Definitive Contract 80HQTR17C0009

This is a $25,998,850.98 firm fixed price contract awarded by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center to Sierra Space Corp, a for-profit manufacturer of advanced space technologies and services. The contract is for the "NEXT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES FOR EXPLORATION PARTNERSHIP - NEXTSTEP-2" study, which will evaluate mission architecture, system interfaces, and subsystem component design to meet the objectives of three operational phases outlined by NASA. Under this contract, Sierra Space Corp will develop a full-size ground-based deep space habitation prototype unit for initial habitation capabilities in cislunar space, with extensibility for in-space transit habitation. This contract effort also includes plans and estimates for further engineering and flight unit development, as well as participation in a NASA-led standards and common interfaces working group. The contract has no set-aside designation. Sierra Space Corp will leverage its expertise to identify key technologies with commercial space applications to support its broader commercial space goals.