Delivery Order W912DW05D1003-0008

This is a $405,299.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Planetary Science Institute (PSI), a non-profit research organization based in Tucson, Arizona. The objective of this project is to archive Gaskell shape models for the Saturnian satellites Rhea, Iapetus, and Enceladus within the Planetary Data System (PDS) archive, as no such models currently exist. PSI specializes in providing a wide range of research services to NASA...

This federal contract award to the Planetary Science Institute (PSI), a non-profit research organization, is to interpret the microwave radiometer (MWR) data from the Juno spacecraft's flybys of Ganymede, Europa, and Io. The $66,759.12 grant-funded contract, awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center, will support this planetary science research through September 2025. PSI has a long history of conducting research and providing scientific analysis for various NASA programs, including archiving...

The Planetary Science Institute (PSI), a non-profit research organization headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, was awarded a $406,106 research grant by NASA's Shared Services Center on October 1, 2024, to conduct research on "Passing Stars and the Orbital Evolution of Our Planets." This civilian research grant, which carries no set-aside designation, reflects PSI's competitive technical capabilities and will be performed at the organization's Tucson facility through September 30, 2027....

The Planetary Science Institute (PSI), a nonprofit research organization based in Tucson, Arizona, was awarded a $1.36 million research grant by a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center, effective October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2028. This non-set-aside grant supports the execution of a balanced science program aligned with discipline-specific guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, administration priorities, and...

The Planetary Science Institute (PSI), a non-profit research organization based in Tucson, Arizona, was awarded a $328,593 research grant by a civilian federal agency on November 21, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of November 20, 2027. This non-set-aside grant supports PSI's execution of a balanced science program grounded in discipline-specific guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, while incorporating administration priorities and Congressional...

The Planetary Science Institute was awarded a $978,164 research grant by NASA's Shared Services Center on October 1, 2023, to conduct high-resolution three-dimensional radar mapping, analysis, and modeling of the internal layers within the North Polar Layered Deposits. This project, designated as 22-MDAP22_2-0035, represents fundamental research in planetary science with a completion date of September 30, 2026. The work will be performed at PSI's headquarters in Tucson, Arizona, and does not...

This federal contract award, NNX16AQ10G, was granted by NASA to the Planetary Science Institute (PSI), a non-profit research organization based in Tucson, Arizona. The primary objective of this $371,468.00 grant is to investigate and explain a secular temperature drift observed in the Apollo Heat Flow Experiment (HFE) data, which has led to questions about the validity of the existing lunar heat flow estimates. The study aims to determine if the temperature drift was caused by natural factors,...

The Planetary Science Institute, a Tucson-based nonprofit research organization, received a $278,530 grant award from NASA's Shared Services Center on October 18, 2024, for research on simple crater morphometry and degradation processes on Mercury using stereo topography data from the MESSENGER mission. The grant, designated 23-DDAP23-0004, is unencumbered by set-aside provisions and reflects PSI's competitive technical capabilities in planetary science research. The work is scheduled for...

The Planetary Science Institute, a nonprofit research organization headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, was awarded a $19,980 firm fixed-price purchase order by NASA's Shared Services Center on April 13, 2026, for a Mars survey to identify locations suitable for hydroelectric power development. The contract, which carries no set-aside designation, reflects PSI's competitive technical capabilities in planetary science research and is scheduled for completion by September 30, 2026, with performance...

This is a $374,002 grant award from NASA's Shared Services Center to the Planetary Science Institute (PSI), a non-profit research organization in Tucson, Arizona. The grant will support research to re-visit the Moon using data from the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) Gamma Ray Spectrometer (GRS). The research aims to better characterize the Moon's subsurface geochemistry and identify potentially useful minerals for in-situ resource utilization, to support future human and robotic...