This is a $163,729.44 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) to research the frequency-dependence of the Moon's degree 2 Love numbers and tidal dissipation factor. The grant will leverage tracking data from multiple lunar satellite missions, including Lunar Prospector, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, and the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission. This research aims to better constrain the...
This federal contract award, valued at $136,089.50, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), a public research university. The contract requires UMBC to execute a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, administration priorities, and direction from Congress. UMBC will participate as a key partner and enabler in NASA's exploration initiative,...
This $173,893.72 federal grant award to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) was made by the Shared Services Center of NASA. The proposed effort will document and assess potential sources of uncertainty in comparisons between calibrated observations of the Moon by multiple satellites. The work will quantify key uncertainty sources in the lunar satellite observations, building on prior data to understand error sources stemming from scan geometry, size-of-source effect, and detector...
This federal contract award to the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on the lunar exosphere. The $261,041.86 grant will combine data from two instruments on the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft to improve understanding of water and hydroxyl signatures on and above the lunar surface. The proposed work will use models of the lunar exosphere and surface to...
This is a $36,530 grant award to the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The grant is for UMBC to execute a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies, administration priorities, and congressional direction. UMBC will participate as a key partner in NASA's exploration initiatives, focusing on scientific research related to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. The grant will also...
This is a grant awarded by a civilian federal agency to the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) to execute a balanced science program based on guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, administration priorities, and direction from Congress. The grant focuses on scientific research of, on, and from the Moon, lunar orbit, Mars, and beyond, as part of the agency's exploration initiative. It also aims to advance discovery in emerging fields by...
This federal contract award, valued at $160,800.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). The contract is for the "GEOMAGNETIC DATA ASSIMILATION WITH KALMAN SMOOTHING: FITTING CORE DYNAMICS TO GEOMAGNETIC SECULAR VARIATION" project, which involves research and analysis related to Earth's geomagnetic field. The contract is a Grant for Research, with a period of performance ending on March 16,...
This is a $150,000.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) for a research project titled "UNDERSTANDING DYNAMIC CONVECTION ORGANIZATION USING PASSIVE AND ACTIVE PROFILING". The grant has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2025. UMBC is a public research university that is part of the University System of Maryland (USM), which has a history of providing research, measurement, and analytical...
This is a grant award to the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center, a civilian agency. The $577,701 grant will fund UMBC to execute a balanced science program focused on scientific research of, on, and from the Moon, lunar orbit, Mars, and beyond. The award requires UMBC to participate as a key partner and enabler in NASA's exploration initiative, advance discovery in emerging fields, and develop a...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $542,866.68 grant to the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) on April 8, 2019 to develop a compact monitoring station for long-term observation of the lunar exosphere. This effort addresses NASA's Directed Augmentation for Lunar Innovations (DALI) program objective of maturing spacecraft-based instruments with promise for future lunar missions. The proposed monitoring station will use a neutral mass spectrometer,...
This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center was made to the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), a public research university. The $248,961.81 grant is for the "Localized Analysis of GRAIL Data for High-Resolution Gravity Field Determination" project, which aims to produce high-resolution local gravity maps of the Moon using data from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission. The researchers will employ local analysis methods to extract more information from the GRAIL data compared to global models, in order to enhance the understanding of the Moon's internal structure and evolution. This work directly supports the goals of NASA's Lunar Data Analysis Program. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. UMBC is a child company of the University System of Maryland, which has a history of providing research, educational, and information technology services to various federal agencies through both contract and grant awards.