The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Vestigo Aerospace, Inc., a for-profit organization, to address the safe disposal of spacecraft upon mission completion. The contract has a potential value of $124,997.00 and is a firm fixed price definitive contract. The contract aims to address the forecasted launch of up to 2,600 nanosatellites and microsatellites into orbit over the...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to Martian Sky Industries, LLC, a small business, to provide research, development, testing and evaluation services for a "DECLUTTERING EARTH ORBIT TO REPURPOSE FOR BESPOKE INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES (DEORBIT) SYSTEM FOR LOW-EARTH ORBIT" under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract has a potential value of $124,946 and a...
This federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to MSNW LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to address the growing problem of space debris in low Earth orbit. The contract, valued at $125,000.00, is a grant for research aimed at developing techniques for active debris removal (ADR) to mitigate the exponential growth of debris that could render access to space impossible. The contract does not have a set-aside...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Starfish Space, Inc., a small business manufacturer specializing in affordable satellite servicing technologies and autonomous space systems. The $14,999,999.00 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the "SSPICY - STARFISH SPACE ORBITAL DEBRIS INSPECTION MISSION", which involves the removal of deliverable requirements as directed...
This contract was awarded to L'Garde, Inc., a small business manufacturer of inflatable and deployable structures for space applications, through the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The firm, fixed-price contract valued at $124,899.00 is for the development of a compact, lightweight, bolt-on deorbit device for spacecraft. The contract was set aside for small businesses and is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program,...
This is a $200,034.00 firm fixed price definitive contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Turion Space Corp, a small business manufacturer of spacecraft for space situational awareness and in-space logistics. The contract is for a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) effort focused on a concept study for a "Turion Orbital Debris Inspection Mission". The work will be performed in Irvine, California and is set to be completed by...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $150,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Vivonics Inc. of Bedford, Massachusetts. The contract, E014042, is for research on a vortex dust removing attachment as part of NASA's SBIR program. NASA's SBIR program supports small businesses in developing innovative technologies with commercial potential. Vivonics will conduct a six-month proof-of-concept effort to develop a vortex dust removing...
This is a $187,500.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Atsp Innovations Inc., a small business, for the development of a Reversible Adhesion Concept for In-Space Assembly. The contract is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III, which allows the agency to further develop and transition promising SBIR/STTR-funded technologies. The contract has a period of performance through September 2025 and is...
This is a firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Advanced Space LLC, a small business. The contract is for $1,139,773.00 and is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III. Under this contract, Advanced Space will provide independent verification and validation (IV&V) activities related to guidance, navigation, and control (GN&C) and trajectory analyses to support...
This is a $149,964 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Stottler Henke Associates, Inc. (SHAi), a technology company specializing in artificial intelligence and advanced software. The contract is for a "COORDINATED AUTONOMOUS DEBRIS AVOIDANCE" project under a total small business set-aside. SHAi has an active Basic Ordering Agreement with the Department of the Navy...