This federal contract award is a $236,410 grant for research awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian government agency, to the Regents of the University of Colorado (CU) on August 16, 2021. The grant's purpose is to develop a "validated tool to model astronaut neurovestibular adaptation to altered gravity," which is critical for addressing the acute sensorimotor impairment, motion sickness, disorientation, and inhibited posture and locomotion that astronauts experience in...
This is a federal contract award to The Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado, for the development of models and tools to characterize and utilize the small body environment for close proximity landing and surface operations. The $275,570.07 contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), supports research to improve understanding of asteroid and comet surfaces, electrostatic charging, and spacecraft interactions....
This federal contract award is a grant for research valued at $823,086 to The Regents of the University of Colorado (CU) from a civilian federal agency, the Shared Services Center. The purpose of the grant is to assess the benefits of providing astronauts with earth-fixed external visual references and enabling active postural control to increase head and torso stability during capsule water landings, in a series of ground-based laboratory experiments. This research aims to mitigate astronaut...
This federal contract award, valued at $258,088.67, was granted to The Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado Office of Contracts and Grants Division. The contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is for research and development related to spacecraft trajectory design in multi-body systems, which are becoming more prevalent. The award is a grant for research and is not associated with a set-aside. The University of...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $198,354.38 grant for research to the Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado Office of Contracts and Grants Division. This university-led project aims to systematically characterize changes in microbial cell growth dynamics, aggregation, drug resistance, and virulence across simulated micro-, lunar (1/6 g), and Martian (1/3 g) gravity environments. The research will utilize spaceflight...
This federal contract award to The Regents of the University of Colorado (University of Colorado) is a $104,999.98 training grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on planetary magnetic fields. The objective is to utilize reduced magnetohydrodynamic models to simulate dynamo action and gain insights into the interior dynamics of planets with extreme parameter values that are difficult to fully resolve through direct numerical simulations. Key goals...
This is a $277,796.43 doctoral research project awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to the Regents of the University of Colorado (CU). The contract is focused on developing a framework and model to evaluate the mortality risk and performance degradation of astronaut crew members due to space radiation and other spaceflight stressors like microgravity. This work aims to address NASA's need for tools to reduce uncertainty in radiation effects on human health and...
This is a $291,806.49 federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado Office of Contracts and Grants Division. The contract is for the development of a hybrid architecture that combines a coarse virtual world model with real imagery to enable smooth, visually realistic remote control of an exploration vehicle. This work aims to address the challenge of high-latency...
This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is for a $96,726.00 research grant to IMSG Laboratories Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, to develop a novel "Linear Artificial Gravity (AG)" technology. The goal is to design and test a system that can counteract the physiological deconditioning effects, such as bone loss and muscle atrophy, experienced by astronauts during long-duration space exploration missions, including...
The U.S. government's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $413,884.00 grant to The Regents of the University of Colorado (the University of Colorado) to execute a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, administration priorities, and congressional direction. The grant will enable the University to participate as a key partner in NASA's exploration initiative, focusing on scientific research of,...
This federal contract award to The Regents of the University of Colorado, a U.S. state government higher education institution, aims to develop and assess the feasibility of a conceptual design and architecture for intermittent artificial gravity (AG) as a countermeasure for spaceflight-induced physiological deconditioning. The $290,291.88 training grant, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), will involve a systematic series of investigations and design iterations to recommend optimized parameters for a short-radius intermittent centrifuge system. The research seeks to increase the technology readiness level for AG to enable its potential use as a comprehensive countermeasure for extended-duration spaceflights, such as future missions to the Moon, asteroids, and Mars. There was no set-aside designation mentioned for this contract.