The U.S. government agency NASA has awarded a $391,838 grant to Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, Inc., a non-profit organization, to conduct research on the ongoing evolution of the Didymos system for the HERA mission. This grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, is for scientific research to be performed through July 2029. Las Cumbres Observatory has a history of supporting NASA and NSF programs, including the DART mission and research related to supernovae,...
This is a $864,740 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Aerospace Corporation, a non-profit federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) located in El Segundo, California. The grant is part of NASA's Responsive Open Source Science Elements (ROSES) funding opportunity, which aims to execute a balanced science program, participate as a key partner in NASA's exploration initiatives, and advance discovery in emerging fields. The Aerospace...
This is a $392,074.38 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Aerospace Corporation, a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) focused on the space enterprise. The grant, titled "The Atomic Planar Power for Lightweight Exploration (APPLE)," is for research and does not have a set-aside designation. The Aerospace Corporation is a non-profit organization that provides engineering, research,...
This is a $692,483 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Trustees of Princeton University to execute a balanced science program. The contract is focused on scientific research of, on, and from the Moon, lunar orbit, Mars, and beyond, as well as advancing discovery in emerging fields by identifying and exploiting cross-disciplinary opportunities between traditional science disciplines. The grant will also support the development of a directorate-wide,...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $156,494 purchase order to Alphacore Inc. of Tempe, Arizona under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I solicitation. As a small business set-aside contract, Alphacore will conduct initial research to determine the technical merit, feasibility, and commercial potential of ideas that could have high potential for commercialization in the future. This Phase I award from NASA's Shared Services Center provides...
This is a $100,000.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Aerospace Corporation, a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) headquartered in El Segundo, California. The grant is for research focused on "particle injections observed as sudden flux increases across a range of energies throughout the near-Earth magnetotail," which is an important process for understanding particle energization and transport. The Aerospace...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $40,000.00 research grant to Eureka Scientific, Inc., a California-based small disadvantaged business, to observe the early rise of X-ray transients using the SWIFT satellite. This grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, is part of NASA's astrophysics and heliophysics research programs and aligns with the agency's strategic goals in understanding gravitational phenomena and characterizing celestial objects. As the...
The University of Arizona, doing business as the Arizona Board of Regents, was awarded a $119,128.08 grant (Contract # 80NSSC19K1524) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The grant is funding a three-year research project led by a graduate student to verify the affinity between H chondrite meteorites and the Geminids Asteroid Family. The goal is to study the conditions that prevailed in the early solar system, including the formation of...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC25K7563, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to White Dwarf Research Corporation, a nonprofit organization. The $433,535 grant will enable White Dwarf Research to execute a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies, administration priorities, and congressional direction. The research will focus on scientific endeavors in lunar, Martian, and deep space exploration,...
This is a $249,600 grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Code For Science And Society, Inc., a non-profit organization that specializes in open science practices, data analysis, and cloud computing services for federal agencies. The grant supports the organization's work on "Reproducibly Analyzing Wildfire, Drought, and Flood Risk with NASA Earth Data Cloud." This aligns with NASA's Science program, which funds projects related to Earth observation data and analysis. The...