This is a $79,439.30 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to develop autonomous navigation capabilities for rovers on the Moon and Mars. The award is not set aside and represents a research contract to advance technologies for space exploration. CMU, a renowned global research university, will leverage its expertise in areas like robotics, artificial intelligence, and computer science to address NASA's need for autonomous...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $997,280.31 grant to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to research a "Symbiotic Exploration" concept for planetary rover missions. The goal is to develop a robotic system with a larger primary rover accompanied by a smaller, more expendable companion rover. This would allow exploration of riskier terrain without jeopardizing the primary mission. Benefits include greater area coverage, multiple camera perspectives, and...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC20K1296, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) for research related to glacier and land water storage changes as contributors to global mean sea level. The $1,396,754.00 grant, which is not set-aside, will support this research over a 6-year period ending in July 2026. CMU, a prestigious private research university, has extensive expertise in conducting technical research and...
This is a $1,668,201.00 firm fixed price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Carnegie Mellon University to develop software and hardware prototypes to enable the exploration of lunar pits. The contract is part of NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase III program, which supports the transition of promising aerospace concepts to other NASA programs, government agencies, or commercial partners. Carnegie Mellon University is a private,...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC22K1206, was issued by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) for a project titled "PROBABILISTIC GENERATIVE TERRAIN MAPPING FOR PLANETARY ROVERS". The $188,000.00 training grant has an ultimate completion date of August 28, 2025. CMU, a prestigious private research university, will be conducting research and development related to terrain mapping for planetary...
This is a $1,061,930.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to conduct research on glacier runoff in High Mountain Asia (HMA). The research aims to study the timing and amount of peak water flow from melting glaciers, which has significant implications for the over 1 billion people who rely on this water source. The grant is part of a larger research effort and is not associated with a set-aside contract. CMU, a leading...
This is a federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to research and develop methods for low-latency and inexpensive state estimation and route determination for planetary rovers. The award, with a ceiling value of $211,959.26, aims to address the limitations of current optical methods used in planetary rovers, which are slow due to limited computational power, by investigating minimalist sensor configurations and...
This federal contract award, with an ID of 80NSSC19K1133, was granted by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) for a research grant titled "SPACE EXPLORATION OF THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE WILL INCREASINGLY INVOLVE HUMANS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS WORKING TOGETHER AS DISTRIBUTED AND CO-LOCATED TEAMS." The award, which does not have a set-aside designation, has a ceiling value of $266,113.53 and a completion date of December 9, 2022. As a...
This federal contract award to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is for a research grant funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a data-centric recommendation system to support scientific research. The $313,202.99 grant aims to address the challenges researchers face in identifying the best data, tools, and approaches to investigate hypotheses, particularly in fields like hurricane science. This is part of a larger "Building Data Analytics Powered...
This is a $746,292 grant awarded by NASA to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) on April 1, 2022 to support research and technical services related to NASA's goal of sustained human presence in space. The grant has a performance period ending on March 31, 2026. CMU is a renowned research university with expertise across a wide range of technical domains, including artificial intelligence, robotics, computer science, and materials science. Through this grant, CMU will leverage its...
This federal contract award, valued at $499,092.44, was granted to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop innovative sensing, perceptual models, and energy-efficient exploration strategies for mobile autonomous systems to explore icy moons and identify high-value science targets. The proposed research will also enable exploration of permadark craters and polar regions, with potential terrestrial applications in areas like robotic infrastructure modeling and avalanche rescue. The contract covers three main research thrusts: robust sensing in icy environments, dense perception and modeling of icy surfaces, and energy-efficient exploration in craggy, energy-constrained environments. This award is not associated with a set-aside program. CMU, a globally renowned research university, will leverage its expertise in areas such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and materials science to deliver the technical capabilities required for this lunar exploration research program.