The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,995.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Pioneer Astronautics, doing business as Pioneer Invention, a small business space technology company. The contract is to demonstrate the Liquid Sorption Pump (LSP), a new technology for extracting carbon dioxide (CO2) from the Martian atmosphere to support in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) systems. The LSP uses cooled propanol to absorb CO2 from the...
This is a $124,970.00 firm fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Pioneer Astronautics, doing business as Pioneer Invention, a small business technology company. The contract is for a Gas Replacement System under NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract has a completion date of March 1, 2021 and was awarded on August 31, 2020. Pioneer Invention has received multiple SBIR and Small...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Pioneer Astronautics, doing business as Pioneer Invention, for the development of an Advanced Organic Waste Gasifier (AOWG) technology. The AOWG is designed to convert organic waste generated during human spaceflight missions into clean water and gases suitable for venting, thereby reducing the mass of propellant and tankage required for Mars transit and return...
This is a $124,990 federal contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Pioneer Astronautics, doing business as Pioneer Invention, a small business subchapter S corporation. The contract was set aside for small businesses. The contract is for the Advanced Mars Water Acquisition System (AMWAS), which is a technology to recover and purify water from Mars soil for use in oxygen and fuel production, life support, food production, and radiation shielding to...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $753,136 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Air Squared, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation. The contract supports the development of technologies for in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) on Mars, focused on collecting and pressurizing gases from the Martian atmosphere for eventual oxygen production using solid oxide electrolysis. This builds on Air Squared's prior SBIR and other federal...
This is a $749,283 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Reactive Innovations, LLC, a small business located in Westford, MA. The contract is for the development of a lightweight electrochemical reactor to collect and pressurize carbon dioxide from the Martian atmosphere, which is a key technology needed to enable in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) for future missions to the Moon and Mars. The Phase I...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to Pioneer Astronautics, doing business as Pioneer Invention, for the Lunar Flow Battery (LFB) project. The LFB is a scalable, long-duration energy storage solution with minimal capacity fade over many cycles, utilizing electrolytes derived from lunar regolith to minimize launch mass. This $124,976.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract was set aside for small...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center to Lynntech Inc., a small business technology development company based in College Station, Texas. The contract, valued at $100,000, is for the development of a miniature, low-power vacuum pump to support trace gas contaminant monitors for use in International Space Station missions, as well as planned lunar and Martian missions. The...
This is a $131,478 firm fixed-price SBIR Phase I research contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Pioneer Invention, LLC, a small business. The contract is for the development of a "Radiator Free Engine" technology, which supports NASA's Artemis lunar program. As a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award, this contract was set aside for small businesses. Pioneer Invention is a space technology company that has received over $10 million in...
This is a $3,999,973.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Pioneer Invention, LLC, a small business contractor. The contract is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II, with the objective of developing "Moon to Mars Oxygen and Steel Technology (MMOST)". The contract is set aside for total small business participation and has an ultimate completion date of October 15, 2022. Pioneer Invention,...