Provide mission integration and operation services for manifest and launch of the payload to the international space station for the investigation entitled: on-orbit characterization and evaluation of…
Active Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 80JSC026FA017
- Awardee
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Alpha Space Test And Research Alliance, LLC UEI SQNKMR3172H7 Part of Aegis Aerospace Inc.
- Awarding agency
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Johnson Space Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Obligated
- $143,217
Award facts
- Contract value 90% obligated
- $159,129.00 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 43% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- Contracting staff
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Full and Open Competition Basic Research
- Pricing
- Firm Fixed Price
- Place of performance
- Webster, TX, USA
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Funding Only Action | $95,478 | |
| Original award | $47,739 |
About this award
NASA Johnson Space Center awarded a $159,129 firm fixed-price delivery order to Alpha Space Test and Research Alliance, LLC on December 3, 2025, for mission integration and operation services supporting the launch and on-orbit operations of the ASTRID payload to the International Space Station. ASTRID is an e-ink based thermal control investigation designed to evaluate advanced thermal management technologies in the space environment. The contract, which carries an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2027, represents work performed at the contractor's facility in Webster, Texas. This delivery order was issued under Alpha Space's existing indefinite delivery contract with Johnson Space Center valued at $9.9 million, which serves as the foundational vehicle for comprehensive integration, manifesting, launch, on-orbit operations, and return support for materials science experiments through the Materials ISS Experiments Flight Facility (MISSE-FF) program. No set-aside designation was used in this competitive procurement.
Alpha Space, a woman-owned and minority-owned small business subsidiary of Aegis Aerospace Inc., brings extensive expertise in supporting NASA's space research objectives through multiple prior delivery orders under the MISSE-FF program, including projects ranging from in-space solar cell assembly to spectral characterization of spacecraft materials. The company's track record with Johnson Space Center demonstrates its capability to manage complex mission integration activities and on-orbit experimental operations. Beyond its work on this thermal control investigation, Alpha Space has also expanded its portfolio into surface-based space infrastructure, including a $22.1 million definitive contract with NASA Langley Research Center for lunar testbed development, reflecting its growing role in supporting NASA's broader human space exploration initiatives.
Description
Provide mission integration and operation services for manifest and launch of the payload to the international space station for the investigation entitled: on-orbit characterization and evaluation of astrid: an e-INK based thermal control
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Who was awarded contract 80JSC026FA017?
80JSC026FA017 was awarded to Alpha Space Test And Research Alliance, LLC by Johnson Space Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on December 3, 2025.
How much is contract 80JSC026FA017 worth?
The government has obligated $143,217 on 80JSC026FA017. Its current value, with exercised options, is $159,129.
Is contract 80JSC026FA017 an order under another contract?
Yes. 80JSC026FA017 is a delivery order under 80JSC021DA017, an indefinite delivery contract.
Was contract 80JSC026FA017 competed?
The extent of competition for 80JSC026FA017 was full and open competition.
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