This federal contract award, valued at $197,014.67, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Missouri System, doing business as Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T). The award is a cooperative agreement to support the development and demonstration of a multi-mode propulsion thruster integrated into a 3U CubeSat. The project will leverage Missouri S&T's expertise in spacecraft propulsion, microsatellite...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC20K1524, was granted to the University of Missouri System, doing business as Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T), by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The $378,246.66 grant is for research related to NASA's Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) project, which aims to develop nuclear fuel elements suitable for spacecraft propulsion systems. Missouri S&T, a public research university, will perform this...
This federal contract award, valued at $493,460.65, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Missouri System, doing business as Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T). The contract is for a Phase II study to incorporate system-level issues and experimental results to validate and refine model predictions for plasmonic force propulsion, which can provide improved proximity and attitude control for small spacecraft,...
This is a $223,814.35 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Missouri System, through its Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T) campus. The goal of this research grant is to develop accurate and efficient models covering the microscopic charging and macroscopic transport of dust grains through computational and data-enabled modeling studies. The award has an ultimate completion date of April 28, 2024. This...
This federal contract award, valued at $247,442.87, was granted by NASA to the University of Missouri System, doing business as the Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T). The contract supports research on the complex thermal environments and particulate-laden flows experienced during planetary reentry, which pose challenges for both human and robotic spaceflight. Missouri S&T, as a leading technological research university, will leverage its expertise in areas...
This is a $295,523.84 training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center to the University of Missouri System, through its Missouri University of Science & Technology campus, to develop multi-fidelity modeling methods for analyzing and designing deployable re-entry technologies like ADEPT and HIAD. The research aims to reduce computational costs while maintaining high accuracy in modeling and simulation to enable robust and reliable re-entry...
Missouri University of Science & Technology has been awarded a $336,000 grant through the National Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunity (NSTGRO) fellowship program. Administered by a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center, this grant supports graduate student research and development of advanced and innovative space technologies essential for the nation's exploration and understanding of Earth, the solar system, and the universe. The award, issued on August 1, 2025,...
This is a $62,490.00 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Missouri System, doing business as Missouri University of Science & Technology, for the development of grooved fuel ring elements for nuclear thermal propulsion. The award has no set-aside designation. This contract is part of NASA's CAN22-214 program, which is focused on the development of advanced propulsion systems. The University of Missouri System is a...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $497,894.49 grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan's Office of Research and Sponsored Projects to develop an engineering design tool for electrospray thruster arrays, a key enabling electric propulsion technology for small spacecraft. The goal is to create new modeling and simulation capabilities to address critical systems-level challenges and facilitate the implementation and flight infusion of this promising...
Georgia TECH Research Corp, through its Office of Sponsored Programs, was awarded a civilian research grant valued at $294,264.13 on August 15, 2020, with a completion deadline of December 31, 2024. The grant supports fundamental research to characterize the electron energy distribution function at the inner front pole cover of a magnetically shielded Hall-effect thruster equipped with a centrally mounted cathode using laser Thomson scattering diagnostics. This work will be performed in Atlanta,...
This is a research grant awarded by NASA to the University of Missouri System, doing business as Missouri University of Science & Technology (Missouri S&T), to characterize the performance of a new type of green solid electric propellant microthruster for small spacecraft applications. The $270,188.47 award will fund studies to compare the thermochemical behavior and performance of this higher performance electric propellant (HIPEP) to traditional propellants like Teflon used in pulsed plasma thrusters (PPTs). The work will involve plasma plume diagnostics, performance characterization, and modeling of the magnetohydrodynamic environment and thermochemical processes. This grant builds on prior research by the small business Digital Solid State Propulsion (DSSP) and the university's existing work on the HIPEP microthruster. There is no set-aside designation for this award.