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This $1,000,000 cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) will support Stoke Space Technologies, Inc. to develop reusable upper stages for space launch vehicles. Specifically, the small business will build a full-scale prototype heat shield and test it under simulated ascent and atmospheric reentry conditions. Testing will occur in phases of increasing complexity, with data from each phase used to...

Collier Research and Development Corporation was awarded a $105,759.17 Cooperative Agreement from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center on July 28, 2021 to complete work by June 30, 2022. The award supports Collier Research & Development Corp.'s HI-RATE COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING project, which aims to demonstrate manufacturing approaches and technologies to enable a 4-6 times increase in the production rate of large composite airframe structures...

This $274,951 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the research and development of an air-breathing electric propulsion system for reusable satellites by Viridian Space Corporation. The proposed system uses an electric propulsion thruster and an air scoop to collect atmospheric air, enabling satellites to refuel directly from the Earth's atmosphere. This technology aims to create reusable satellites...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation - Technologies (USNC-Space) a $124,592.39 Project Grant under the Space Technology program (CFDA 43.012) to design a compact radioisotope-electric-propulsion spacecraft powered by a novel chargeable atomic battery (CAB). The CAB technology aims to enable spacecraft delta-V capabilities on the order of 100 km/s with a power system specific mass of 5-8 kg/kWe. The award period runs from March 8, 2021...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $1,000,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of an advanced propellant-less propulsion system for small satellites by Field Propulsion Technologies Inc., a small business based in Aurora, Colorado. The project aims to create a prototype propulsion device utilizing a specialized metamaterial based on graphene composite that can generate thrust through unresolved...

Trans Astronautica Corporation received a $124,891 Project Grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center under the NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate's Space Technology program. The grant will support Trans Astronautica Corporation's efforts to develop large space habitats with robust agricultural systems and ample green space from April 1, 2021 to December 15, 2021. NASA's Space Technology program aims to transform future space...

This $256,000 Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program will support Onyx Aerospace Inc.'s development of an additively manufactured, non-toxic, advanced storable hybrid rocket propulsion system. Specifically, the company will develop a thermoplastic-based fuel with electrical ignition properties suitable for cubesats. They will test fuel formulations for compatibility with the ignition...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1,099,060 Cooperative Agreement to The Ohio State University on August 5, 2024 under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to establish a "Lab-to-Orbit University Center of Excellence: Science, Performance and Critical Evaluation of Materials in Low Earth Orbit (SPACE-MAT)". The objective is to create a synergistic research center integrating materials synthesis, in-situ metrology, and multiscale characterization...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center, under the Aeronautics Research program (CFDA 43.002), provides $149,762.72 to Volcano Platforms Inc. to conduct wall-modeled large eddy simulations of the Common Research Model with High Lift (CRM-HL) configuration in the National Transonic Facility (NTF) wind tunnel. The award, effective from September 15, 2024 to September 14, 2025, supports NASA's efforts to advance...

The Department of the Air Force awarded a $4,493,413 Cooperative Agreement under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the CAL Poly Corporation, doing business as CAL Poly Partners, for the "GREEN, SECURE, SATELLITE PROPULSION (GSSP)" project. The award supports fundamental and applied research to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force, with a focus on developing green, secure propulsion solutions for small spacecraft. As...