Creare LLC, a small business, was awarded a $747,804 firm-fixed-price contract by NASA to develop a reliable, vibration-free refrigerant pump for use in advanced thermal management systems for future remote sensing science missions. The pump is intended to circulate slightly subcooled liquid refrigerant in two-phase pumped loops, which are an ideal thermal management solution for maintaining instrument temperatures and utilizing waste heat. This Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)...
This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded to Creare LLC by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop an advanced two-phase pumped loop system for thermal management of future remote sensing science missions. The $749,923 Firm Fixed Price contract aims to build and test an integrated pumped loop with multiple evaporators and heat sinks, optimize the system components and parameters, and demonstrate its steady-state and transient...
This is a $749,901 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Creare LLC, a research and development company located in Hanover, New Hampshire. The contract is focused on developing a high-capacity turbo-Brayton cryocooler that can provide 150 watts of refrigeration at 90 Kelvin to support NASA's future missions involving long-term cryogenic storage in space. The proposed cryocooler exceeds the original...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Creare LLC, a small business engineering and research company based in Hanover, New Hampshire. The contract, valued at $124,910, is for the development and demonstration of an innovative Stirling cryocooler that can efficiently produce refrigeration at 30 Kelvin while rejecting heat at 150 Kelvin. This technology is critical for future NASA planetary science missions with limited access to solar power, as...
This is a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA to Creare LLC, a small business engineering R&D company based in Hanover, NH. The $124,997 firm-fixed-price contract is for the design and assessment of a high-capacity turbo-Brayton cryocooler that can provide 150 watts of refrigeration at 90 Kelvin. This technology is intended to address NASA's need for long-term cryogenic propellant storage in space, where typical cryocoolers are not suitable for the high...
NASA has awarded a Firm Fixed Price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Creare LLC, a small business engineering firm, to develop an advanced two-phase pumped loop evaporator for future remote sensing science missions. The evaporator is designed to maintain multiple instruments at very stable temperatures and utilize waste heat to keep other critical subsystems operational. Creare will develop a lightweight, compact evaporator with innovative internal features to...
This $124,925 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract was awarded by NASA to Creare LLC, a New Hampshire-based engineering research and development company. The contract supports the development of a gravity-insensitive, high-temperature condenser for NASA's future space exploration missions. The condenser is intended to collect water from the exhaust of regenerative life support and in-situ resource utilization systems, which are critical for maximizing self-sufficiency and...
This is a $875,369.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Creare LLC, a small business manufacturer based in Hanover, New Hampshire. The contract is for the development of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II miniature vacuum pump for planetary atmosphere aerosol separation, under Executive Order 14042. The contract has a completion date of May 13, 2026. Creare LLC is a for-profit engineering research and development...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Firm Fixed Price contract to Air Squared, Inc., a small business, to develop a highly efficient scroll-driven vapor compression refrigerator/freezer system for use in spacecraft. The $124,051 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract aims to create a lightweight, compact, and efficient storage solution that can operate in microgravity, addressing limitations of previous thermoelectric systems used on the...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Firm Fixed Price contract valued at $749,998.00 to Creare LLC, a small business, to develop a Compact Robust Pump for Deep Subsurface Ice Penetration. This contract was awarded under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Phase II. Creare, an engineering research and development company, specializes in delivering innovative solutions across a range of domains including aerospace, defense, and energy. The company...