Spaceworks Enterprises Inc., a for-profit subchapter S corporation, was awarded a $249,293 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop an advanced habitat system for transporting crews between Earth and Mars. The contract, which is not set aside, will allow Spaceworks to expand its medical team, examine key habitat engineering aspects, initiate prolonged hypothermia animal testing, and consider the technology's impact on alternate exploration missions. Through this effort, Spaceworks aims to develop an innovative habitat design capable of cycling the crew through inactive, non-cryonic torpor sleep states during the in-space mission segments.