This federal contract award to Cornell University, valued at $115,152.00, is for the Cornell team to demonstrate that the High Resolution Mid-Infrared Spectrometer (HIRMES) can achieve the required resolving power of 105 at wavelengths of 63 and 79 microns, and to guide and anticipate the engineering documentation necessary to obtain flight readiness status for HIRMES. The contract is a grant for research awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center....
This federal contract award to Cornell University, a private research university, is for the High-Resolution Mid-Infrared Spectrometer (HIRMES) instrument that will be provided to the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) program. The HIRMES instrument offers sensitivity and spectral resolution capabilities that enable unique observations of planetary system evolution and other astrophysical phenomena. This $87,521.34 grant-funded contract has a completion date of June 30,...
This federal contract award to Cornell University, a private research university, is for the design, construction, and testing of silicon substrate-based Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) mirrors. These mirrors will be used in the 25-40 µm mid-infrared band and are expected to provide improved performance over existing free-standing metal mesh mirrors. The $1,132,748.06 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) supports the development of this FPI technology, which could...
This federal contract award, valued at $435,766.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Cornell University, a private research university, to develop open-source tools for mapping exoplanet science goals to the architecture properties of the Infrared/Optical/Ultraviolet (IR/O/UV) Great Observatory. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, has an ultimate completion date of October 24, 2026. Cornell University, as the prime contractor, will...
This is a grant contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Cornell University. The contract is for $100,000.00 and is focused on "EXPLORING THE USE OF TRANSITION-EDGE SENSORS FOR HIGH PRECISION CHARACTERIZATION OF EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERES." The contract is for research purposes and has a completion date of December 31, 2024. No set-aside designation was used. Cornell University, a prestigious private research university located in Ithaca, New York,...
This is a $308,992.43 training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Cornell University to develop new optics and receiver technologies for millimeter and far-infrared instruments. The goal is to increase throughput, speed, and sensitivity of these instruments to enable progress in experimental cosmology and astrophysics. Specifically, Cornell will 1) develop high-throughput optics using micro-machining to fabricate efficient...
This is a federal contract award by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center to Cornell Technical Services LLC, a small technology and professional services business. The award is for the 2022 Heliophysics Explorer Missions of Opportunity (HPEXMO22) Proposal Technical, Management, and Cost Evaluation, with a potential value of $223,791.00. The contract is a delivery order with a cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing type and has a completion date of December 1,...
This is a $16,646 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract awarded by the Langley Research Center of NASA to Cornell Technical Services LLC, a small technology and professional services company. The purpose of this task order is to define the cost range for each of the instrument types expected in a Geospace Dynamics Constellation mission. This award is under Cornell Technical Services' $111.75 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with NASA Langley titled...
The federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC18K1049, was granted to the Regents of the University of Michigan, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects Division. The $87,381.81 contract is for the development of the High-Resolution Mid-Infrared Spectrometer (HIRMES), a versatile facility instrument for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). HIRMES is designed to address fundamental questions about the evolution of planetary systems, including the distribution of oxygen,...
This federal contract award, with a ceiling value of $1,860,562.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center to Cornell Technical Services LLC, a small technology and professional services company based in Columbia, Maryland. The contract, titled "Earth Venture Mission-3," is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee Delivery Order with a period of performance through July 30, 2021. Cornell Technical Services is the prime contractor and does not have...
This is a definitive contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center to Cornell University to provide the facilities, personnel, services, and materials necessary to design, analyze, manufacture, test, and deliver the functioning Fabry-Perot Active and Passive Interferometers for the High Resolution Mid-Infrared Spectrometer (HIRMES) instrument. The contract has a ceiling value of $2,524,655.00 and a period of performance through September 30, 2020. No set-aside designation was used for this award. The contract requires Cornell to participate in technical teleconferences, provide monthly status reports, and support the HIRMES instrument development reviews. Cornell will deliver the interferometers, associated cabling and harnesses, piezo position and control electronics, control software, and limited spares. This award supports NASA's efforts to develop advanced instrumentation for space-based Earth and atmospheric science missions.