This is a $250,000.00 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Space For Teachers Inc., a non-profit organization based in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, is to be performed by Space For Teachers Inc.'s division at Carthage College and aims to attract students to STEM fields through unique learning opportunities that connect them to NASA's mission and work. The award has an ultimate completion date...
This is a $120,000.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the International Space University Organization, Inc., a private non-profit educational institution. The grant is to fund an Advanced Concepts and Innovation via Interdisciplinary Research Team Projects program, which involves intense, original research activities conducted by multidisciplinary, international groups of postgraduate students and professionals. The program focuses on identifying...
This federal contract award was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum and The Captain Michael King Smith Educational Institute, a non-profit organization. The $38,432.00 grant will fund the "SPACED OUT" program, which aims to foster Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) literacy in students in grades 5-8 through immersive space science learning experiences. The contract...
This firm fixed-price delivery order was awarded by the Armstrong Flight Research Center, a civilian agency of the U.S. federal government, to Blue Origin Texas, LLC, a subsidiary of Blue Origin, LLC. The $97,374.00 contract was issued under NASA's Flight and Payload Integration Services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle to provide suborbital spaceflight services and payload integration for technology demonstration and reduced gravity experiments. As the prime...
This firm fixed-price delivery order was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Armstrong Flight Research Center to Blue Origin Texas, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The $109,129.36 contract supports the integration and flight of a payload to evaluate gravity sensing mechanisms in tissue-engineered skeletal muscle, in collaboration with the University of Ohio, under NASA's Undergraduate Student Instrument Project (USIP). The award is associated with...
This federal contract award, with ID NNX16AM35G, is for the "Innovative Mars Exploration Education and Technology (IMEET)" project led by the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex (KSCVC). The $380,936.10 grant will fund the development and implementation of IMEET summer camps for high school students and professional development workshops for STEM educators at various locations, including the South Florida Science Center & Aquarium, Coca Cola Space Science Center, and the Museum...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center has awarded a $38,432.00 grant to the Evergreen Aviation And Space Museum And The Captain Michael King Smith Educational Institute, a non-profit organization, to implement the "SPACED OUT! FOSTERING STEM LITERACY IN STUDENTS GRADES 5-8 THROUGH IMMERSIVE SPACE SCIENCE LEARNING EXPERIENCES" project. The grant, awarded on August 29, 2024, with a performance period ending on August 28, 2025, is intended to...
This is a delivery order contract awarded by the Armstrong Flight Research Center, a civilian agency, to Blue Origin Texas, LLC, a subsidiary of Blue Origin LLC. The contract, valued at $289,936.00, is for the integration and flight of educational student competition payloads. It is part of the larger Flight and Payload Integration Services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle, which provides flight and payload integration services to support NASA's technology...
This is a $190,884.00 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), a non-profit organization. The contract is to co-develop professional learning content for educators working in informal learning environments, focused on the implementation and application of educational technology aligned to the ISTE standards and related to NASA's heliophysics missions. The...
This federal contract award is for "STANDARD AND NON-STANDARD SERVICES FOR OSCAR PAYLOAD" and was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Armstrong Flight Research Center to the prime contractor, Blue Origin Texas, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The $442,217.00 firm fixed price contract is a delivery order issued under NASA's larger "Flight and Payload Integration Services" indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC18K0273, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Teachers In Space, Inc. (TIS), a non-profit educational organization. The award, valued at $75,421.87, is intended to expand and update TIS's educator professional development workshops and classroom flight experiments program.
The primary objectives are to add suborbital flights with Blue Origin's New Shepard vehicle to TIS's existing high-altitude balloon and stratospheric glider flight opportunities for student-built experiments. This will enable TIS to significantly increase the number of teachers and students they can reach with these hands-on STEM learning experiences. TIS has existing collaborations with various space industry partners and educational institutions to deliver workshops and experiment flights for schools and museums. This NASA Research and Education with Distributed Innovation (REDDI) program award will help TIS standardize their technology and engineering methodologies, leading to more efficient scaling of their impactful educational initiatives.