Purchase Order 80NSSC26P0576

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center to Washington Mills Electro Minerals Corporation (DBA: Washington Mills) for the procurement of NUW-LHT-5M simulant, valued at $184,125.00. The contract has a completion date of June 30, 2024 and does not have a set-aside designation. The requirement was originally posted as a special notice, which indicated that NASA determined Washington Mills Electro Minerals...

This $444,408 grant from NASA's Solar System Workings program was awarded to Arizona State University (ASU) to better understand the origin of variability in deuterium-to-hydrogen (D/H) ratios and redox conditions within Martian meteorites. The research aims to evaluate the effects of hydrogen loss from hydrous Martian magmas and fractional crystallization. For the first phase, ASU will measure D/H ratios, water abundances, Fe3+/Fe, and trace/minor element abundances in terrestrial analog...

This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was granted to the University of Tennessee to investigate the source of dark sand in the Western Medusae Fossae Formation on Mars. The $446,742 grant aims to test the hypothesis that volcaniclastic deposits, such as pyroclastic sediments or weathered effusive materials, are a dominant source for sand globally distributed across Mars. The research will analyze potential external source regions, including the...

This federal contract award, valued at $376,189.12, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Texas Tech University System to conduct research related to the thermal properties of Martian regolith. The objective is to determine the effective long-term thermal conductivity of the regolith at the InSight lander's site, which is critical for understanding the endogenic heat flow measurements from the mission. The research will involve in-situ measurements...

This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA to International Scientific Technologies, Inc. (IST) for the development of advanced radiation-shielding materials using in-situ resources such as regolith for extra-terrestrial habitats. The $750,000 fixed-price contract supports the analysis, fabrication, and testing of polymer-regolith composite materials to effectively shield against galactic cosmic radiation, including light ions, heavy ions, and neutrons....

This is a $86,863.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Montana State University to fabricate and characterize photovoltaic devices using materials found in the Martian regolith. The objective is to develop a method for fabricating photovoltaic devices using minimally processed in-situ resources available on Mars to support NASA's exploration goals. The proposed research falls under NASA's Biological and Physical Sciences (BPS) research...

This is a firm fixed-price STTR Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Two Planet Steel, a for-profit organization doing business as Olsen, Rolf M. The contract, valued at $124,984.00, is for processing raw Martian regolith to produce enriched iron ore, liberated water, and steel powder. The process involves heat recycling to improve energy efficiency, reducing iron oxides using a hydrogen and carbon monoxide gas mixture, and metal purification...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Frequency Management International, Inc. (FMI) to conduct a feasibility study for a novel compact, rugged, stable, low-power, radiation-hardened +500 degrees Celsius Radio Frequency (RF) modulator (HTMX). The HTMX is intended for use as a subsection of a transmitter in extreme high-temperature and radiation-hardened space applications, such as in-situ...

The Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines received a $1.98M grant award for research under the Lunar Unified Surface Technology Research (LUSTR) solicitation to advance molten regolith electrolysis (MRE) technology for lunar manufacturing applications. In collaboration with industry partner Lunar Resources, Colorado School of Mines will develop and demonstrate a tapping system capable of repeatedly extracting molten metals from an MRE reactor and directly integrating them into a lunar wire...

This federal contract award from NASA to the University of Delaware is for the development of cement-like construction materials from lunar and Martian regolith using novel geopolymer binder methods. The goal is to enable in-situ resource utilization for building shelter structures on the Moon and Mars, minimizing the need to transport materials from Earth. The $100,000 cooperative agreement will fund testing of 3D printing with lunar soil simulant, formulating geopolymer binders, analyzing...