Grant For Research 80NSSC18K0549
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- This federal contract award, valued at $339,543, was granted by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Seti Institute, a non-profit scientific organization. The contract is for the purpose of producing a global geological map of Pluto using geologic mapping techniques established by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). This mapping effort will leverage high-quality images from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft to characterize Pluto's...
- The Seti Institute, a non-profit research organization, was awarded a $2,032,450.00 Cooperative Agreement (NNX17AC46A) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center for planetary surface studies. The award supports scientific investigations and mission support activities related to characterizing the geology and surface features of Mars, the Moon, the satellites of Jupiter and Saturn, and the Pluto system. This work includes continued collaboration with the...
- This federal contract award was issued by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to the SETI Institute, a non-profit organization. The $262,139 cooperative agreement supports the New Horizons mission, which has revealed a world with remarkable topography, diverse surface compositions, and an extensive atmospheric haze. The award does not utilize any set-aside designations. The SETI Institute has a history of providing a wide range of scientific research, technical support services,...
- The SETI Institute, a non-profit scientific research organization based in Mountain View, California, was awarded Cooperative Agreement 22-NUP2022-0052 for Planetary Imaging and Topography on October 1, 2022. This agreement, which carries a ceiling value of $4.9 million and is scheduled for completion by July 30, 2030, was awarded without set-aside designation based on the institute's technical expertise. The cooperative agreement leverages the SETI Institute's established capabilities in...
- The SETI Institute, a non-profit scientific research organization based in Mountain View, California, was awarded a $177,639 research grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on January 10, 2021, with an ultimate completion date of January 9, 2027. This grant, which carries no socioeconomic set-aside designation, supports ground-based astronomical observations of near-Earth objects (NEOs) to advance NASA's NEO Science and NEO Rapid Characterization objectives. The work...
- The SETI Institute, a non-profit scientific research organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, was awarded a $392,071 research grant (21-XRP21-0091) by a civilian federal agency to characterize the physical and chemical structure of protoplanetary disks from their gas line emission. The award, made on March 14, 2022, with an ultimate completion date of March 13, 2027, represents a five-year research initiative focused on advanced astronomical observation and analysis. This grant...
- The SETI Institute, a nonprofit scientific research organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, received a $760,121 grant award from a civilian federal agency on November 1, 2021, with an ultimate completion date of October 31, 2026. This research grant supports computational modeling and spectroscopic analysis of Earth-similar exoplanets to advance understanding of planetary habitability. The project objectives encompass developing climate models and disk-integrated spectra for...
- This federal contract award, 23-PDART23-0033, was granted to the SETI Institute, a non-profit scientific research organization, by a civilian federal agency - the Shared Services Center. The contract, valued at $563,260.00, is for research to improve the geometric metadata available for images acquired by NASA's outer planet missions, such as Voyager, Galileo, Cassini, and New Horizons. The work will involve the use of "auto-navigation" software to enhance pointing knowledge for...
- This is a $396,448.58 grant awarded by NASA to Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), a prominent nonprofit research and development organization, to analyze data from the New Horizons mission to Pluto and Charon. The grant will fund the use of a radiative transfer model to quantify the spatial distribution and long-term evolution of Pluto's volatile ices, such as nitrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide, based on observations from the New Horizons spacecraft's MVIC and LEISA instruments as well...
- This is a $452,810.00 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to the SETI Institute, a non-profit research organization in Mountain View, California. The grant is for research on the "Dynamical History of the Uranian Moons" with a performance period ending on August 31, 2027. The SETI Institute has extensive experience providing technical services and conducting scientific research through federal contract and grant awards, primarily with NASA and the...
The SETI Institute, a non-profit scientific research organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, received a $362,826 research grant from a civilian federal agency to produce enhanced digital terrain models of Pluto and Charon. The contract, awarded on March 1, 2018, with a completion date of February 28, 2025, builds upon data collected by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft. The work will leverage additional high-resolution images and advanced photoclinometry techniques to generate topographic maps with 3-to-5 times greater resolution than the baseline maps being deposited into the Planetary Data System by the New Horizons team. This includes processing previously unprocessed stereo image sequences (LORRI "noodles") that traverse Sputnik Planitia and applying shape-from-shading methodology to achieve near-pixel-scale resolution of approximately 125-315 meters per pixel in key areas with low sun illumination near the terminator. The contract was awarded without socioeconomic set-aside designation, reflecting selection based on technical expertise. The work will extend topographic coverage to the non-encounter hemispheres of both celestial bodies through the use of limb profile data, addressing gaps in the original stereogrammetric mapping conducted by the New Horizons mission. The resulting high-resolution topographic maps will provide valuable scientific information about the geologic processes and complex terrain of Pluto and Charon, supporting ongoing planetary science research and exploration objectives within NASA's broader planetary science program.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 2/6/24 | ||
| P00008 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 2/6/24 | |
| P00007 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 1/24/23 | |
| Not listed | $0 | 1/24/23 | ||
| P00006 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 1/7/22 |