Astral materials techleap orbital mission
Active Purchase Order Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- 80NSSC26P0565
- Awardee
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Astral Materials, Inc. UEI WL7FE2RNGGX5
- Awarding agency
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Shared Services Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Obligated
- $349,944
Award facts
- Opportunity
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- Astral Materials TechLeap Orbital Mission Solicitation · 80NSSC26929757Q · Posted Apr 16, 2026
- Contract value 100% obligated
- $349,944.00 Current and potential, with all options
- Completion date 29% complete
- Current and potential, with all options
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Not Competed under SAP · 1 offer Simplified Acquisition
- Pricing
- Firm Fixed Price
- Place of performance
- Huntsville, AL 35812, USA
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
About this award
NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $349,944 firm fixed-price purchase order to Astral Materials, Inc. for the Astral Materials TechLeap Orbital Mission. The contract, awarded April 29, 2026, with performance completion targeted for December 30, 2027, supports research and development of a ground-based prototype microgravity-assisted crystal growth furnace designed to enable silicon crystal growth in orbit under the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. This non-competitive, sole-source procurement was awarded without a set-aside designation and will be performed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Under this contract, Astral Materials will develop and test a terrestrial analog unit for ground-based evaluation, verify that the specialized crystal-growth furnace design survives re-entry and recovery while protecting sample material integrity, support post-mission analysis of flight and terrestrial control samples, and compile results correlating process conditions with material quality. Key deliverables include quarterly reports, a Flight-Unit Environmental Testing Report due within 60 days of award, a Science Requirements Document within 120 days, a Test Plan within 180 days, Initial Ground Qualification Samples within 300 days, and a Final Report with Flight Samples by December 1, 2027. Astral Materials, a woman-owned small business specializing in advanced materials research and semiconductor manufacturing technologies, brings relevant experience from previous NASA contracts focused on microgravity crystal growth research.
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract 80NSSC26P0565?
80NSSC26P0565 was awarded to Astral Materials, Inc. by Shared Services Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on April 29, 2026.
How much is contract 80NSSC26P0565 worth?
The government has obligated $349,944 on 80NSSC26P0565.
Was contract 80NSSC26P0565 competed?
The extent of competition for 80NSSC26P0565 was not competed under sap. The government received 1 offer.
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