Training Grant 80NSSC19K1569

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Geoplasma LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The contract, valued at $110,486.00, aims to further improve and test multifunctional radiation shielding materials for use in crew vehicles and habitats beyond low Earth orbit. The materials under development combine efficient shielding against galactic cosmic radiation and...

This federal contract award is for the development of a novel integrated radiation shielding material based on aluminum and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), using field assisted sintering technology (FAST). The $124,977 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract was awarded to Brimrose Technology Corporation, in collaboration with Penn State University, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. This research aims to...

This federal contract award was issued by NASA to Oklahoma State University under a Cooperative Agreement. The award supports a project to develop and test novel multifunctional materials that can shield space crews from ionizing radiation during spaceflight. The proposed experiment will expose samples of these materials, as well as baseline materials like aluminum and polyethylene, to the space environment outside the International Space Station (ISS) using existing facilities like the...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a definitive contract valued at $750,000 to International Scientific Technologies Inc. of Radford, Virginia. The firm fixed price contract is for research and development of advanced radiation shielding materials for deployment on NASA's Minority University Research and Education Project CubeSat Initiative for Space Science (MUREP-CSS) CubeSat missions. Specifically, the prime contractor will perform measurement of advanced...

This is a firm fixed-price Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA to Kaneka Aerospace LLC (DBA Applied Poleramic, Inc.) to develop a new generation of structural high hydrogen content matrix materials for radiation shielding in future NASA missions. The $124,586 contract aims to create fiber-reinforced composite materials with enhanced radiation shielding, damage tolerance, and flammability resistance by incorporating nuclear-grade boron carbide or boron...

Materials Development Inc. was awarded a $798,222 grant for research on microgravity-based investigation of thermophysical properties of supercooled molten metal oxides. Awarded on November 9, 2017, with an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2026, this civilian research grant is funded by a NASA shared services center and performed in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The project represents an international collaboration with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) utilizing the Flight...

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract was awarded by the Langley Research Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), a for-profit research and development company. The $599,988 firm-fixed-price contract aims to advance PSI's ceramic composite material system for radiation shielding of lunar habitats. The composite material has demonstrated superior performance to aluminum in protecting against galactic cosmic...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Tethers Unlimited, Inc., a small business located in Bothell, Washington. The contract, valued at $124,714.00, is for the development of a cost-effective and lightweight radiation shielding system called "COMPOSITE-Z AND GRADED-Z RADIATION SHIELDS (COGZ-RAD)". The shielding system utilizes novel multi-material 3D printing techniques to fabricate...

This is a $124,780 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center to Peregrine Falcon Corp, a small business manufacturer, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development of a multi-layer radiation shield (MLRS) that can provide thermal isolation and micrometeorite protection for fission power systems on the surface of Mars. The MLRS is designed to have superior insulation properties to traditional multi-layer insulation...

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....