Grant For Research 80NSSC25K0656
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- Interlune Corporation was awarded a $348,008 research grant by the Shared Services Center on April 15, 2024, for the "Comminution of Regolith Using Milling for Beneficiation of Lunar Extract" (CRUMBLE) project. This grant supports research into advanced milling technologies designed to reduce lunar regolith (surface material) into smaller, more manageable particle sizes to facilitate resource extraction and utilization. The contract has no set-aside designation and is scheduled for...
- Interlune Corporation, a Seattle-based space technology company specializing in lunar exploration and resource utilization, has been awarded a $150,000 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency. The contract, titled "Scalable Implement for Lunar Trenching," is a firm fixed-price definitive contract with a completion date of June 29, 2026. This award represents a total small business set-aside and supports...
- The U.S. government agency, Shared Services Center, awarded a $110,364 grant to Interlune Corporation, a for-profit organization, for the "STIRRED COMMINUTION OF REGOLITH USING MILLING FOR BENEFICIATION OF LUNAR EXTRACT (SCRUMBLE)" project. This research grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, is focused on developing technologies to process lunar regolith for resource extraction, supporting NASA's lunar exploration and resource utilization initiatives. The award has a...
- Interlune Corporation, a Seattle-based space technology firm specializing in lunar exploration and resource utilization, has been awarded a $150,000 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract to develop a scalable implementation for lunar trenching. The contract, designated as a Total Small Business set-aside with a firm fixed-price structure, was awarded on September 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of April 29, 2026. The work will be performed at the company's...
- This is a federal grant award from the Shared Services Center (a component of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) to Lunar Resources, Inc. for the development of the FARVIEW OBSERVATORY, a large, in-situ manufactured, lunar far side radio array. The grant has a total ceiling value of $599,723.00 and an ultimate completion date of October 31, 2025. This grant award is not associated with a larger contract vehicle and does not have a set-aside designation. Lunar Resources, Inc. is...
- This $174,732 federal grant was awarded by NASA to Lunar Resources, Inc., a small business that specializes in space industrialization and off-Earth resource extraction. The grant is for research and development on a lunar south pole oxygen pipeline, which supports NASA's goals of advancing space industrialization and enabling long-term human presence on the Moon. Lunar Resources has extensive experience as a prime contractor on R&D projects for NASA, the Department of Defense, the...
- NASA's Science Mission Directorate awarded a $460,283 research grant to Intuitive Machines, LLC, a Houston-based space exploration company, on January 2, 2025. The grant, which carries an ultimate completion date of June 14, 2028, supports scientific research focused on characterizing the change in optical maturity of Copernican crater ejecta over time. This work aligns with NASA's broader lunar science objectives and supports the agency's exploration initiative emphasizing scientific research...
- The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1.25 million firm fixed-price purchase order to Interlune Corporation, a Seattle-based small business specializing in lunar resource extraction technologies. Awarded on August 26, 2025, this Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase II contract is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside and will conclude on March 1, 2027. The contract focuses on strengthening the defense industrial base supply chain resiliency for critical materials,...
- Lunar Resources, Inc., a Houston-based small business specializing in in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) and space manufacturing technologies, has been awarded a $150k Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by NASA's Shared Services Center. The contract, designated as a total small business set-aside and structured as a firm fixed price purchase order, supports development of the Immortal Molten Regolith Electrolysis Anode, a technology designed to extract oxygen and...
- The U.S. government agency, referred to as the Shared Services Center, has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Lunar Resources, Inc. (Lunar Resources) for the project "FY24 SBIR PHASE I- LUNAR JOINING OF ELEMENTARY STRUCTURES (LUJES)." The contract has a ceiling value of $149,999.00 and is a firm-fixed-price purchase order with a completion date of February 6, 2025. As a total small business set-aside, this award reflects Lunar Resources' status as a...
Interlune Corporation, a Seattle-based space technology company specializing in lunar exploration and resource utilization, has been awarded a $110,364 grant by the Shared Services Center under the Flight Opportunities and Small Spacecraft Technology Program Portfolio. The award, announced on September 9, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of September 8, 2026, supports the company's research into advanced lunar regolith processing technologies. This non-set-aside research grant aligns with the program's mission to advance disruptive technologies that accelerate space exploration, discovery, and commercial space activities. Interlune Corporation's research under this award focuses on innovative methods for processing and extracting resources from lunar environments, building on the company's established expertise in developing sophisticated lunar resource utilization technologies. The funding supports the company's continued work in comminuting and beneficiating lunar regolith, with potential applications for in-situ resource utilization that could enable more sustainable and efficient future lunar exploration missions. This award represents the company's demonstrated success in securing federal research grants from civilian agencies to advance next-generation space technologies critical to NASA's and other space agencies' long-term lunar exploration objectives.
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