This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC20K1212, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Texas at Austin, a prominent public research university. The $292,305.80 grant will fund research to improve upon a novel trajectory optimization algorithm called Multiple-Shooting Differential Dynamic Programming and apply it to solve specific problems in cislunar space. The award does not utilize any set-aside designations, indicating the university's...
The University of Texas at Austin received a $315,978 training grant (Contract 21-NSTGRO22-0299) from a civilian federal agency to support research on "Computationally Efficient and Scalable Optimization of Low-Thrust, Many-Revolution Trajectories in Multibody Dynamic Environments." The award, issued on August 1, 2022, with performance through July 31, 2026, reflects the university's substantial expertise in aerospace engineering and advanced computational modeling. This training grant...
This federal contract award, valued at $274,083.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin). The contract is a grant for research 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 contract does not have a set-aside designation, indicating UT Austin's competitive capabilities in...
This federal contract award, valued at $481,000.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), a major research university within the University of Texas System. The contract supports research related to two recent sample return missions, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid Bennu and JAXA's Hayabusa2 mission to asteroid Ryugu, which have revealed surprising findings about their carbonaceous chondrite-type targets....
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC20K1213, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), a non-profit educational institution. The $274,216.47 grant supports research on formation flight and proximity operations for spacecraft, which have been critical aspects of NASA's space program since the early days of spaceflight. The contract does not have a set-aside designation, indicating UT Austin's competitive...
This is a $643,213.06 cooperative agreement awarded by NASA to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) to develop new techniques and apply innovative methods for modeling and designing trajectories for crewed spacecraft exploration beyond low Earth orbit. The objective is to rapidly and robustly model, design, and control complicated trajectories and mission scenarios in the challenging, perturbed dynamical environment of cislunar space and beyond. UT Austin, with extensive expertise in...
This federal contract award, valued at $2,710,286.00, was issued by the Shared Services Center to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) under a Cooperative Agreement. The goal of this project is to develop the technology required to provide absolute navigation and timing services in lunar orbit via optical-based tracking of surface features. UT Austin, a prominent public research university, will perform this work through its expertise in aerospace engineering, sensor technology, and...
The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded a $976,141 grant by a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center to execute a balanced science program aligned with National Academies guidance, administration priorities, and congressional direction. The award, issued January 1, 2025, with completion targeted for May 20, 2028, positions UT Austin as a key partner in the agency's exploration initiative, emphasizing scientific research related to the Moon, lunar orbit, Mars, and beyond. The...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC22K1133, was granted by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) for research related to uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) for planetary surface exploration. The $199,995.00 grant is a research contract with no set-aside designation, indicating UT Austin's strong competitive capabilities. UT Austin is a prominent public research university that has a significant history of executing federal...
This federal contract award, with identifier 80NSSC20K0455, was granted by the Shared Services Center to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) for a research grant valued at $334,511.00. The contract, which has no set-aside designation, will utilize data from the Kepler satellite to study stellar phenomena and constrain the depth of convection zones. UT Austin, a major public research university, is the prime contractor and will perform the research work. This award is associated with...
This federal contract award, valued at $264,708.82, was issued by the Shared Services Center (8000|8000|80NSSC-A) to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) to conduct research on rapidly designing spacecraft trajectories around small bodies such as asteroids and comets. The research aims to develop fast and accurate gravity field modeling techniques, coupled with a comprehensive catalogue of stable orbits and trajectories around small bodies, to enable more rapid and thorough exploration of the design space. This innovation is intended to lower costs for future NASA missions by facilitating quick pre- and post-launch trajectory redesigns and faster evaluation of mission scenarios. The award does not have a set-aside designation. UT Austin, as a large public research university, frequently partners with federal agencies on research contracts and grants across diverse scientific and technical domains.