The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $229,004.00 firm fixed price purchase order to the University of Central Florida (UCF) Board of Trustees, Office of Research, to conduct research and analysis of lunar volatiles using gas chromatography (GC) and mass spectrometry (MS) systems. This effort is part of NASA's Exploration Research and Technology Program at the Kennedy Space Center. UCF will contribute $65,000.00 in matching funds through its Preeminent Postdoctoral...
This federal contract award, valued at $49,955.12, was issued by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research Division, doing business as UCF. The contract is to develop sensors and instrumentation for lunar and ground applications. UCF is a large public research university with extensive expertise in engineering, computer science, optics and photonics, modeling and simulation,...
This is a $109,199.11 cooperative agreement awarded to The University of Central Florida (UCF) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract is for a Reusable Lunar Lander Study, which will investigate the rocket exhaust plume effects on a reusable lunar lander, identifying and quantifying any concerns with lunar dust contamination and ejecta damage to the lander, including cumulative effects due to its reusability. UCF, a large public...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research, doing business as UCF, for the development of LUNAR G VACUUM CHAMBERS. The contract has a ceiling value of $110,000.00 and a performance period ending on December 31, 2023. No set-aside designation was used. UCF is a large public research university with extensive expertise in...
This federal contract award, valued at $605,412.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Central Florida (UCF) Board of Trustees Office of Research Division. The contract is a Cooperative Agreement with a time and materials pricing structure, supporting three distinct research activities: Experiments at UCF's Dusty Plasma Laboratory to study the behavior of micron-sized dust grains in environments similar to other...
This federal contract award, valued at $410,636.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research Division, doing business as UCF. The award supports a scientific investigation of the composition and formation processes of the Moon's anorthositic crust using data from various lunar orbiter instruments, including the Diviner Thermal Infrared, Moon Mineralogy Mapper, and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter...
This federal contract award to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees, Office of Research Division (UCF) is for research on the exploration of small solar system bodies such as asteroids and moons. The contract, valued at $198,014.00, is a grant for research with a period of performance ending on March 22, 2026. The award was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on March 23, 2021. This contract supports NASA's efforts to further our understanding of the...
This is a $4,412,975.24 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Central Florida (UCF) Board of Trustees Office of Research Division, doing business as UCF. The agreement, which has no set-aside designation, is for the NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium Opportunities in NASA STEM for fiscal years 2020 through 2024, with a final completion date of May 9, 2025. UCF, a large public research university, regularly conducts...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $123,862.93 grant for research to the University of Central Florida (UCF) to develop a new method called "Aqua Factorem" to extract lunar water, with the goal of reducing the energy and complexity of lunar mining operations. The contract was awarded on May 15, 2020, with a completion date of March 12, 2021. This contract does not have a set-aside designation. UCF is a large public research university in Orlando,...
This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC21K0290, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research Division, doing business as UCF. The $664,547.00 grant is for research related to the investigation of the Moon and Mercury using new observations from the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility. The research aims to better understand the formation and evolution of these planetary bodies. The contract...