The University of Maine System (UMS) has been awarded a $158,432 firm fixed price purchase order contract from the NASA Shared Services Center to perform Torus Hydrostatic Pressure Testing. This sole source contract was awarded under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), as UMS has been determined to be the sole provider of this service. The place of performance is Orono, Maine, and the work will be conducted at the NASA Langley Research Center. This contract does not have a set-aside...
The University of Maine System, through its University of Maine Division, has been awarded a $74,338.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to conduct strap indentation testing on a torus test article from a 10m Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (HIAD) design. The work will be performed at NASA's Langley Research Center. This contract was issued without a set-aside designation and is not...
This is a sole source contract award to the University of Maine System (UMS) for Torus Strap Indentation Testing. The contract, valued at $286,336.00, was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) as UMS has been determined to be the sole provider of this specialized testing capability. The testing will be conducted on two torus test articles from a 10-meter Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator...
This federal contract award, valued at $964,806.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maine System (UMS) to execute a balanced science program. The contract requires UMS to provide research and services based on guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, as well as administration priorities and congressional direction. Key focus areas include scientific research related to the Moon, lunar orbit, Mars,...
The University of Maine System, through its University of Maine Division doing business as Research & Sponsored Program, has been awarded a $245,099.00 grant for research by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This grant supports NASA's 2022 Strategic Plan and its goal of "scientific discovery and exploration for the benefit of the United States and all of humanity." The university system has extensive experience delivering services to federal agencies...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center awarded a $55,060.00 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Maine System, University of Maine Division, doing business as Research & Sponsored Program, for a "Wireless Deflection Sensor System for Ground Based Structural Tests at MSFC". This contract has no set-aside designation. The University of Maine System has a history of delivering research, engineering, and consulting services through...
The University of Maine System (UMS), through its University of Maine Division doing business as Research & Sponsored Program, was awarded a $115,771 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on the impact of cloudiness on estimates of phytoplankton biomass and primary production in the ocean. This grant-funded research project has an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2027. UMS, as a public university system, has extensive experience...
This federal contract award to the University of Maine System (UMS) supports research on the rapid response of the Greenland Ice Sheet to climate forcing over the past two decades. The $94,852.43 training grant, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), will investigate the mechanisms controlling dynamic mass loss at the marine boundaries of outlet glaciers. This contract does not have a set-aside designation, reflecting UMS's broad capabilities and competitiveness...
This federal contract award to the University of Maine System (UMS) aims to advance the understanding of full-scale hypersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerators (HIADs) in support of NASA's space technology roadmap. The $104,284.50 contract will develop computationally inexpensive three-dimensional beam-based finite element models to analyze the HIAD system, which consists of multiple inflatable tori that can enable larger payloads for potential human missions to Mars. While there is no...
The University of Maine System, through its University of Maine Division doing business as Research & Sponsored Program, was awarded a $260,387.79 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to collect and assemble a unique and extensive dataset of physical, optical, biological, and biogeochemical properties of the ocean. The award, with a period of performance ending on March 28, 2024, will study the distribution of optical properties between contrasting environments...