Training Grant 80NSSC21K1224

This is a $125,000.00 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Cislunar Industries USA Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is for the development of an in-space recycling system using electromagnetic levitation and induction to process metal into rods. The work is to be performed in Denver, Colorado. This award is designated as a...

This is a $100,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center to Orbital Technologies Corporation (Orbitec) to develop the Advanced Carbothermal Electric (ACE) Reactor. The ACE Reactor is intended to efficiently extract oxygen from lunar regolith using new electric resistant heating elements, which eliminates the need for concentrated solar or laser energy used in current carbothermal...

This is a federal contract award by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center to Tekna Plasma Systems Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, for a TEKSPERO-15: Radio Frequency Induction Plasma Spheroidization Machine. The contract has a firm fixed price of $414,500.00 and was awarded on August 13, 2018, with a completion date of October 9, 2019. The machine is used to transform agglomerated and angular powder material into spherical powders suitable for...

This is a $24,000.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center to Plasma Processes, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, for the Electrodeposition of Platinum Group Metals from Low-Temperature Molten Salts. The work is not associated with a larger contract vehicle and does not have a set-aside designation. Plasma Processes, LLC is an AS9100 certified company that provides materials solutions, coatings,...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Giner Inc., a Massachusetts-based research and development firm, for $124,946.00. The objective is to demonstrate the feasibility of developing an improved electrochemical process for removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from cabin air, while also recycling water and producing oxygen (O2) on long-duration space missions. The proposed process aims to more...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $562,886 firm fixed price definitive contract to Plasma Processes, LLC to support demonstration of a 1-newton thruster using the AF-M315E green monopropellant under the 1 NEWTON THRUSTER DEMONSTRATION USING ASCENT program. Performance will take place in Huntsville, Alabama over a period of 18 months concluding in December 2021. Plasma Processes will serve as the prime contractor and will be supported by...

This $500,059 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was awarded to Surfplasma Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business based in Gainesville, Florida. Surfplasma specializes in developing eco-friendly plasma technology for sterilization and disinfection applications. The grant will fund the development of a Portable Active Plasma Sterilization System to reduce microbial contamination for space applications. This project aims to deliver a market-ready...

This is a research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to analyze and extend the InSPACE 1, 2, 3, and 3+ experiments on the self-assembly of magnetically responsive nanoparticles in a time-varying magnetic field. The $199,650 grant aims to re-evaluate the InSPACE data using new insights on out-of-equilibrium self-assembly, and to develop and validate a computational model of the nanoparticle self-assembly...

This federal contract award from NASA to the University of Colorado funds research on ferromagnetic liquid crystal colloids in microgravity. The $540,000 grant is part of NASA's Physical Sciences Research Program, which conducts fundamental and applied physical sciences research to enable improved space systems and technological advances. The research will be conducted as part of NASA's "Open Science" initiative, which aims to provide broad dissemination of data from experiments aboard...

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Tekna Plasma Systems Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of goods, for the delivery of one Teksphero-15 15kW plasma equipment with spheroidization reactor and corresponding components for $445,000.00. This sole-source award was made under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source, as Tekna Plasma Systems was determined to be the only vendor with the...