Delivery Order W91WAW09D0013-0007

This task order was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters to Tecolote Research, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation, to provide services in support of the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) and International Space Station (ISS) projects for fiscal year 2019. The task order, which has a Firm Fixed Price contract type, was awarded on October 6, 2018 with a potential value of $197,850.32 and a completion date of October 5, 2019. The work is...

This is a $85,430.42 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, a non-profit research organization and state institution of higher education, to conduct a three-year programmatic investigation into team task switching for astronaut crews on the International Space Station (ISS). The research aims to develop concrete countermeasures to mitigate the risks of inadequate cooperation, coordination, communication, and...

This is an international research proposal consisting of two synergistic projects to be carried out by the German Aerospace Center (DLR)/European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA. The contract, awarded as a $2,472,133.00 grant to the University of Pennsylvania, aims to study the effects of prolonged space missions on astronaut cognitive performance, brain structure and function, and risk of psychiatric disorders. The research will utilize state-of-the-art neuroimaging techniques to determine the...

This is the first task order under a Cost Modeling Support Services Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters. The $405,437.04 task order was awarded to the prime contractor, Tecolote Research, Inc., a for-profit subchapter S corporation that provides decision support, program management, and software solutions to federal agencies. Tecolote Research has over 49 years of experience supporting clients across the Department...

This is a $200,000.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Louisiana State University (LSU) to characterize the conditions within thunderstorms that may lead to the emission of Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes (TGFs). The project, titled "Correlation of Terrestrial Gamma Flashes, Electric Fields, and Lightning Strikes (COTEL) in Thunderstorms," will use a network of balloon-borne payloads suspended around thunderstorms to detect...

This five-year, $499,800 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) supports research related to the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) satellite instrument. As the Principal Investigator (PI) and Deputy PI for TEMPO, SAO will continue to collaborate with NASA on this project. The grant will fund activities such as instrument development, data processing, and scientific analysis to enhance the...

This task order was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters to Tecolote Research, Inc. under the Cost Modeling Support and Services (CMSS) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for the APAC effort in 2020. The total potential value of the task order is $384,493.73. The contract type is a BPA Call, with Time and Materials pricing. The place of performance is Goleta, California. Tecolote Research, Inc. is a for-profit, Subchapter S corporation that provides...

This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Colorado State University's Sponsored Programs division, valued at $142,509.73. The goal of the grant is to define objectives, desired capabilities, and observing system approaches for the Aerosol and Cloud, Convection and Precipitation (A-CCP) designated observable (DO) observing systems. The Principal Investigator is the co-chair of the Science Community Cohort (SCC), which provides...

This is a $2,315,204.58 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Princeton University, through its Office of Research and Project Administration, to develop and fly a diffraction-limited imaging instrument on a mid-latitude super-pressure balloon platform. The instrument will have a half-degree field of view and 0.3-arcsecond resolution, enabling transformative research in areas like exoplanet detection and weak gravitational lensing of galaxy clusters. The...

This is a $76,291.86 research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, a non-profit research organization affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology. The grant is part of NASA's "Shared Cognitive Architectures for Long-Term Exploration" (SCALE) program, which focuses on maintaining team shared mental models during long-duration space exploration missions. The research team will leverage expertise in...