This is a $376,539.85 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Johns Hopkins University to conduct research on asteroid 433 Eros. The objectives are to (1) use color data from the Near Multispectral Imager (MSI) to analyze compositional variations and space weathering on Eros, and (2) use MSI monochrome images to study the surface texture and particle size of Eros features like ponds and bright streaks. The work will involve photometric corrections and...
This is a $97,932 grant for research from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded to The Johns Hopkins University for a "Geomorphic Analysis of Pit Crater Chains on Eros". The contract has a period of performance from January 26, 2024 to January 25, 2026 and is not set aside for any specific business type. The Johns Hopkins University, a private non-profit research university, is the prime contractor and will be performing the work in Baltimore, Maryland....
This federal contract award, valued at $78,421.34, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Johns Hopkins University, a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. The contract is to examine the use of small satellites (CubeSats) and a unique microseismometer concept developed at Arizona State University to understand the interior structure of small bodies such as asteroids and comets. This supports NASA's Seismic Exploration of Small Bodies program....
This federal contract award to The Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado Office of Contracts and Grants Division, is for research related to the geophysical characteristics of the asteroid Eros. The award, valued at $314,989.45, was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and has no set-aside designation. The research aims to analyze data from the Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) mission, which orbited and landed on Eros...
This $493,962.92 federal grant award to The Johns Hopkins University was issued by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, for research into a "Swarm Flyby Gravimetry" concept. The proposed approach involves deploying a swarm of small probes from a spacecraft during a flyby of an asteroid or comet, then tracking the probes to estimate the target's gravity field and interior composition. This work is intended to extend scientific understanding of our solar system, benefit human...
This federal contract award, valued at $668,569.00, was granted to The Johns Hopkins University, a private non-profit research institution, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The award is for research into different techniques to deflect a possible asteroid or comet on a collision course with Earth, including slow- and fast-push methods. The contract is a grant for research, with a period of performance through July 31, 2026. The Johns Hopkins University has a strong...
This is a $599,481.00 grant awarded by a civilian government agency to The Johns Hopkins University, a private non-profit research university, for a project involving surveys of Noachian terrain on Mars to study the prevalence and variety of alteration phases formed through weathering, elevated pressure/temperature, burial diagenesis, and hydrothermal alteration. The award does not have a set-aside designation, indicating open competition. As a leading federal contractor and grantee, The Johns...
This is a $543,772 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Johns Hopkins University, a private research university located in Baltimore, Maryland. The purpose of the grant is to conduct a comparative analysis of craters on the boulders of asteroids Bennu and Ryugu. The grant does not have a set-aside designation. The award date is June 1, 2022, and the ultimate completion date is May 31, 2026. The Johns Hopkins University is a well-established federal...
The Johns Hopkins University received a $836,977 research grant from a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center for the project "Low-Gravity Assessment of Crater Ejecta Emplacement" (SOLICIT 19-SSW19-0100). The award, issued on October 26, 2020, supports research addressing the dynamics of granular regolith on small celestial bodies, with the ultimate completion date set for October 25, 2026. This research contributes to understanding near-surface evolution of small bodies from...
This is a $496,337 federal grant awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to The Johns Hopkins University. The grant is for a research project titled "ORIGINS OF THE MEDUSAE FOSSAE FORMATION: STRATIGRAPHY AND DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY" with a performance period ending August 31, 2027. As a university recipient, The Johns Hopkins University has a history of receiving prime federal contracts and grants from agencies like the NIH, NSF, DoD, and CDC to conduct scientific...
This federal contract award, NNX16AG53G, was granted by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to The Johns Hopkins University, a private research university, to update the geologic database for the asteroid 433 Eros. The $76,282 grant will fund three tasks: 1) accurately locating all pond deposits and lineaments on Eros using the highest-resolution shape model, 2) producing higher-resolution maps of geologic features, and 3) incorporating the updated data into the publicly available Small Body Mapping Tool. This work will enhance the quality and availability of digital information about the topography and geology of Eros for planetary science research and exploration. The contract is not designated as a set-aside and was awarded on April 1, 2016 with a completion date of September 30, 2019.