This is a $280,284.80 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) for a research project to study the atmospheric coupling between the lower atmosphere and mesosphere. The goal is to improve understanding of the influence of obliquely propagating gravity waves generated over the monsoon region on the high-latitude summer mesosphere, as indicated by polar mesospheric...
This federal contract award to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, known as Virginia Tech, supports research to develop techniques for diagnosing the state of the thermosphere using measurements of emissions from nitric oxide and carbon dioxide in the upper atmosphere. The $340,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) utilizes data from various NASA satellite missions, including the Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics...
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a $70,000 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to conduct research titled "Deducing Tidal and Planetary Wave Impacts on the Ionosphere Through Thermospheric and Ionospheric Observations." This grant has no set-aside designation and aims to advance NASA's understanding of space weather and its effects on communications and technology in space through...
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a $919,179.78 research grant by NASA's Glenn Research Center on March 30, 2021, to develop a novel ultraviolet instrument compatible with CubeSat spacecraft technology. The project focuses on designing a delta-doped electron multiplying charge-coupled device (EMCCD) camera system capable of measuring nighttime lower thermospheric nitric oxide emissions at 215 nanometers wavelength. This grant supports space...
This is a $100,000.00 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) for a project titled "EXAMINING HIGHER FREQUENCY ATMOSPHERIC TIDES AT IONOSPHERIC ALTITUDES". The grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, will fund research and development activities related to understanding atmospheric tides at the ionospheric level. As a leading public...
This is a $350,925 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) for research to quantify how the ionosphere and thermosphere respond to electromagnetic and kinetic energy inputs from the magnetosphere. The award has a period of performance through July 31, 2026 and is not a set-aside contract. Virginia Tech is a leading public research university and land-grant institution that has a long...
This is a $684,160 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) for a research project titled "From the Earth Surface to Atmospheric Aerosols: Understanding the Evolution of Dust Mineralogy and Geochemistry." The grant, which has a completion date of April 30, 2027, will fund research to better understand the evolution of dust in the atmosphere and its impacts. Virginia Tech, a leading...
This is a $387,485.50 grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) for research on the impacts of atmospheric waves on the Martian upper atmosphere. The research will leverage data from the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) missions. This grant is not a set-aside and has an ultimate completion date of August 19, 2024. Virginia Tech, a leading public research university,...
This federal contract award is a grant for research provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech), valued at $169,853.86. The grant will fund a data analysis and modeling study on the effects of solar eclipses on the ionosphere's F-region electrodynamics, using the NRL SAMI3 and SAMI3/ESF models. The research objectives are to study conjugate hemisphere coupling, identify regions of instability and...
This is a $661,465.54 research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Georgia Institute of Technology's research organization, Georgia Tech Research Corporation. The grant funds research to analyze satellite, ground-based, and in-situ observations of tropospheric nitrogen oxides (NOx) over the United States. The goal is to better understand air quality and emission trends using satellite data, particularly from instruments like the Ozone Monitoring...
This is a $1,096,121.36 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to conduct research on the coupling between solar magnetospheric energy and atmospheric chemistry via energetic particle precipitation. The goal is to determine the amount of nitric oxide (NO) produced in the polar night lower thermosphere and the amount of NO that descends across the mesopause, which can impact stratospheric ozone distributions and potentially climate. This is a follow-up to a previous rocket experiment that was unsuccessful due to a command anomaly. The researchers plan to launch again from the Poker Flat Research Range soon after the winter solstice to complete the objectives of the earlier flight. The project is not associated with any set-aside designations.