This is a $251,791.14 grant award to The Johns Hopkins University (JHU) from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to analyze data from the Cassini mission and investigate mysteries surrounding energetic ions in Saturn's magnetosphere. The goal is to better understand the interactions between energetic particles and Saturn's neutral gas distribution. This aligns with NASA's objectives of enhancing scientific analysis of Cassini data to advance planetary science. The award does...
This is a $365,962 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to The Johns Hopkins University, a private research university located in Baltimore, Maryland. The grant is for research to understand the sources and evolution of plasma within a planetary magnetosphere, which is important for studying magnetospheric dynamics. The research will analyze data from the Cassini spacecraft's Charge-Energy-Mass Spectrometer (CHEMS) to investigate...
The U.S. government awarded a $322,419 grant for research to The Johns Hopkins University, a private research university located in Baltimore, Maryland. The grant, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under contract number 80NSSC20K0478, will fund research related to the Cassini spacecraft's exploration of Saturn's innermost radiation belt. This radiation belt is distinct from the previously known belts and is governed by different physics. The grant has an...
This is a $305,251 federal grant awarded to The Johns Hopkins University by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on June 1, 2019. The grant supports research to characterize the composition of Saturn's upper atmosphere and ring system using data from the Cassini-Huygens mission's Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer. The proposed work will involve a detailed mass spectrometry analysis to quantify the abundances of major and minor atmospheric constituents, as well as...
The Johns Hopkins University was awarded a $104,636.64 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to provide basic scientific research support for the Cassini Radar mission and assist with Huygens closeout activities. Under this grant, Johns Hopkins will analyze Cassini data, give scientific presentations, attend project meetings, support public outreach efforts, and publish results. The grant also covers the preparation of a "gazetteer"...
This contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center to The Johns Hopkins University will provide $488,710 to analyze and interpret Cassini magnetic field data in order to constrain the structure and dynamics of Saturn's interior through January 2027. Specifically, the contractor will seek to understand properties of the planetary giant's metallic hydrogen deep layers and core. No set aside designation applies. As NASA works to advance scientific...
This federal contract award, valued at $312,055.43, was granted to The Johns Hopkins University by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct scientific research related to characterizing the distribution of carbon ions in Saturn's magnetosphere. The research aims to provide insights into the composition and activity of the Enceladus plume as well as Titan's atmospheric loss, by leveraging data from the Cassini mission. The award does not have a set-aside designation....
This federal contract award, NNX16AI46G, was granted by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency of the U.S. government, to The Johns Hopkins University, a private research university. The $173,574.71 grant supports a project to study interchange injections at Saturn using data from the Cassini spacecraft's CAPS and MIMI instruments. The goal is to better understand the physical processes underlying these events by reconstructing the radial and azimuthal pathways of the injections. This...
This federal contract award, with ID NNX15AQ64G, was issued by NASA to The Johns Hopkins University, a private research university located in Baltimore, Maryland. The $401,303.13 grant is for a comparative geological study of Saturn's irregular satellites, using 3D mapping software and stereo-photo-clinometric modeling to investigate the surface features and internal structures of these irregularly shaped moons. The research aims to address five key science questions about the geologic...
This is a $378,619.27 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Johns Hopkins University to study the vapor plumes of Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, using data from the Ion Neutral Mass Spectrometer (INMS) instrument on the Cassini spacecraft. The research aims to develop a model to interpret and analyze Cassini's observations of the plumes, including their density, source rates, temperature, velocity, and compositional variability. This grant is not...
This federal contract award was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to The Johns Hopkins University, a private research university located in Baltimore, Maryland. The $170,087.56 grant is for a research project to quantify the strength and radial extent of the non-rotational electric field at Saturn, using data from the Cassini spacecraft's Magnetosphere Imaging Instrument (MIMI). The goal is to analyze charged particle data to better understand the behavior of this electric field and its implications for the flow of charged matter in the Saturnian system, including the impact of charged dust grains on surrounding satellites. The contract is relevant to the Cassini Data Analysis Program and will enhance the scientific return of the Cassini mission by providing new insights on Saturn's magnetosphere, satellites, and rings. There is no set-aside designation for this award.