Purchase Order 80NSSC26P0565
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- NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $178,003 firm fixed-price purchase order to Astral Materials, Inc., a woman-owned small business based in Palo Alto, California, to conduct an investigation of microgravity's influence on crystal formation and defect density for silicon crystal growth in semiconductor device manufacturing. The contract, awarded on March 7, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of March 6, 2027, supports NASA's efforts to develop advanced manufacturing techniques for...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Astral Forge, LLC, a for-profit, woman-owned small business. The contract, valued at $150,000.00, is for the development of a high-temperature (1200 C) crystal growth furnace that could be used for semiconductor production applications in low-Earth orbit (LEO) for terrestrial use. The contract has a completion date of August 21, 2024 and is a firm...
- This $166,449.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Applied Sciences Inc., a for-profit small business organization, to perform Phase I research and development under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for a project titled "EO14042 SBIR PHASE I NANO NUCLEATION OF UNIQUE LONG RANGE ORDER MATERIALS VIA SEED CRYSTALS", with a completion date of January 25,...
- NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $98.7K purchase order to Orbital Composites, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business headquartered in Campbell, California, for an Ultra-High Temperature Continuous Fiber Additively Manufactured Composite Demonstration. The firm-fixed-price contract, which carries a completion date of May 25, 2026, was awarded following a Total Small Business set-aside Special Notice solicitation. Performance will occur in Huntsville, Alabama, where Orbital...
- NASA's Johnson Space Center awarded a $44.8K delivery order to Alpha Space Test and Research Alliance, LLC on August 22, 2024, to test whether unique polymer and 2D composite thin films can maintain their superior mechanical properties following exposure to the space environment. The contract, structured as a firm fixed-price delivery order with no set-aside designation, is scheduled for completion by September 30, 2026, and will be performed in Webster, Texas. This award supports NASA's...
- This $710,055.50 federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Johnson Space Center to Nanoracks, LLC, doing business as Voyager Space Solutions, a commercial space services company headquartered in Webster, Texas. The contract is for the In-Space Production of Semimetal-Semiconductor Composite (SSC) Crystals, which falls under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III. It is a Firm Fixed Price Delivery Order contract with a...
- NASA's Shared Services Center has awarded a $54.7K firm fixed-price purchase order to Technical Glass Products, Inc. of Painesville, Ohio for the supply of replacement parts for an ISO 5 semiconductor processing furnace system. The contract, awarded on September 9, 2025 with a completion date of April 15, 2026, was procured as a sole-source acquisition under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) authority, indicating that Technical Glass Products possesses unique manufacturing capabilities not available from...
- Goeppert LLC, a Philadelphia-based small disadvantaged business specializing in advanced nanotechnology and materials science research, has been awarded a $179,744.29 firm fixed-price purchase order by NASA's Shared Services Center to conduct an investigation of microgravity effects on the annealing of semiconductor materials. The contract entails parabolic flight testing of a novel specialized vacuum furnace system designed to process 4-inch wafers of two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide,...
- This is a $849,799 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded to United Semiconductors, LLC, a woman-owned small business, by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The contract is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award for the design and validation of a physical vapor deposition reactor for in-space manufacturing of aluminum nitride single crystals. The contract has a total completion date of July 30, 2027. United Semiconductors, LLC...
- This is a $150,000 Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Dstar Communications, a small business manufacturer based in Woodland Hills, California. The award is for Phase I of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, focused on developing "Space Enhanced Crystals (SPECS)" technology for materials processing in microgravity environments. This SBIR Phase I contract has a period of performance...
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.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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Astral Materials TechLeap Orbital Mission | 80NSSC26929757Q | National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center | Solicitation 1/1 | 4/16/26, 12:41 PM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $349.9k | 4/28/26 |