Delivery Order NAMANAS10D0004-0072

Spaceworks Enterprises Inc. Engineering Division, doing business as Spaceworks, has been awarded a $179,994 firm fixed price purchase order by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to conduct a quantitative analysis of alternatives to select critical enabling technologies for the Space Force's planned and future cislunar navigation missions. The Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I contract is set aside for total small businesses. Spaceworks will...

This is a federal contract award from the Johnson Space Center (NASA) to Nanoracks, LLC, doing business as Voyager Space Solutions, a commercial space services company based in Webster, Texas. The $94,050 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the "Analyzing Human Interaction with Electronic Displays in Microgravity Experiment," which aims to investigate human interaction with electronic displays in microgravity conditions. This is a SBIR Program Phase III action, which means it is a...

This is a $392,133.11 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Florida (UF) to investigate whether 30 minutes of artificial gravity per day, delivered either continuously or in six, five-minute intermittent blocks, can mitigate changes that occur in a spaceflight analog environment. The grant, which is not set aside, will fund a 60-day head-down tilt bed rest study to assess the effectiveness of the artificial gravity countermeasure on...

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) received a $370,579 cooperative agreement from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to partner with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates, and the City College of New York. This project aims to develop curriculum and experiential learning opportunities at the community college level aligned with NASA's Space Technology Mission...

This $99,999 cooperative agreement was awarded by NASA to the University of North Dakota (UND) Division of Research & Economic Development to conduct research on the usability of a commercially-designed extravehicular activity (EVA) space suit. The research aims to assess the suit's performance through human-centered testing methods, including measuring the work envelope and dexterity of research subjects performing simulated microgravity tasks. This study is being conducted in response to...

This is a firm fixed-price delivery order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center to Nanoracks, LLC, a commercial provider of microgravity research and small satellite services for the International Space Station (ISS). The $145,750.00 contract is for the "NRAL INTERFACE HARDWARE STUDY" as part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III program, which allows companies to further develop and commercialize technologies...

Space Foundry Inc. was awarded a firm fixed price purchase order valued at one hundred forty-nine thousand nine hundred sixty-five dollars ($149,965) from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The award is to conduct research under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I for plasma based growth of diamond semiconductors in microgravity with controlled color centers for quantum applications. Performance will take place in San...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $121,184 cooperative agreement to the University of Central Florida (UCF) to study the effect of viscoelasticity on the deployment behavior of thin-ply composite structures through computational modeling and experimental characterization. The goal is to develop a systematic means to evaluate the viscoelastic response of composite materials and ensure deployment reliability and shape accuracy for space applications, such as...

This $749,999.99 cooperative agreement was awarded by the National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSC) to Wichita State University to develop a novel passive, wireless bio-monitoring sensor for measuring critical physiological parameters of astronauts. The sensor aims to monitor blood flow, intracranial pressure, body temperature, blood gas concentration, and liquid cooling ventilation garment (LCVG) performance - all without the need for batteries or electrical components. This work...

This federal contract award, valued at $1,807,297.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Thomas Jefferson University, doing business as Sidney Kimmel Medical College, a private non-profit academic medical center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The contract is for a research project to evaluate the neurobehavioral effects of a dynamic lighting system on International Space Station (ISS) crew members. The research aims to test the efficacy of solid-state...