This federal contract award, valued at $120,000.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Georgia Institute of Technology Research Corporation (Georgia Tech Research Corp) to conduct research on the multiphase behavior of Europa's ice shell. The research aims to understand the evolution and potential habitability of Europa's subsurface ocean, which is of great scientific interest for the possibility of supporting extraterrestrial life. The contract,...
This federal grant award to the University of Texas at Austin is funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on the internal activity and tectonic processes of several icy satellites in the solar system, including Enceladus and Europa. The primary objective is to use modeling software to investigate how processes within the ice shells of these moons are linked to their surface features. The research will be conducted under a $147,105.00 grant with a...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $161,315.00 grant to the Planetary Science Institute, a non-profit research organization, to conduct research on the geological and geophysical processes that drive material transport between the subsurface oceans and surfaces of icy moons such as Europa and Enceladus. The research aims to understand the habitability of these oceans and the potential for detecting biosignatures on the surface, which is...
This is a $327,821.67 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Georgia Tech) to conduct research on the influence of the electromagnetic field perturbations near Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, on the dynamics of energetic ions near the moon and the sputtering (ion erosion) rate of its surface. The grant does not have a set-aside designation. Georgia Tech is a non-profit research organization and state institution of...
This $88,161.27 grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Arizona State University (ASU) to conduct research on tidal-tectonic processes on Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. The research aims to improve understanding of Europa's interior structure and rotational history by incorporating rheology-dependent tidal stress equations into existing models and testing the predictions against observed geologic features. The work will assess the role of non-synchronous...
This is a $135,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Georgia Institute of Technology Research Corporation (Georgia Tech Research Corp) to conduct research related to terrestrial ice shelves as potential ocean world analogs. The grant does not have a small business set-aside designation. As a non-profit research organization and state institution of higher education, Georgia Tech Research Corp has a history of receiving...
This $790,748.00 federal grant award to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Programs, is for a project titled "Understanding the Distribution of Surface Meltwater on Antarctica's Floating Ice Shelves is Essential in Making Predictions of Their Stability." The grant, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), aims to support research that will improve predictions of the stability of Antarctica's floating ice...
This federal contract award to Georgia Tech Research Corporation, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Programs, supports the RISE-UP (Ross Ice Shelf and Europa Underwater Probe) project. The $3,811,818 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) aims to develop a small, autonomous underwater vehicle capable of exploring under the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica as an analog for potential future missions to Europa, Jupiter's icy moon. The project involves...
This federal contract award to Georgia TECH Research Corp, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Programs, provides funding for the development of a deep subsurface access vehicle system for exploring Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. The proposed platform would enable access to a subsurface water volume within 5 kilometers of the surface, with the capability to reach depths up to 15 kilometers. The work will adapt existing Georgia Tech vehicle technologies, including the ICEFIN (an...
Georgia Tech Research Corp, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Programs, received a $363,326 research grant from a federal Shared Services Center to study ion cyclotron waves at Europa and Callisto. The award was made on February 15, 2023, with an ultimate completion date of February 14, 2027, and will be performed at Georgia Tech's Atlanta, Georgia campus. This grant represents a competitive award with no set-aside designation, supporting fundamental scientific research in planetary...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $123,864.88 grant to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC) to conduct research on the fractures and failure of the icy shells of Europa and other icy satellites in the solar system. The research aims to improve understanding of the depth, stress, and energy required for the propagation of fractures and formation of chaotic terrain on these icy bodies. The study will combine fracture mechanics, granular physics, and analog observations of terrestrial ice shelves to develop and test models for these processes. This research is responsive to the Solar System Workings program goals of NASA to understand the geophysical processes on icy planetary bodies. The contract has no set-aside designation.