Cooperative Agreement 80MSFC18M0029

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) provides $419,539 to The University of Alabama in Huntsville under the Science program (CFDA 43.001) from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025. As part of NASA's mission to expand scientific knowledge through research and discovery, the award will support the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Suborbital Flight Opportunity (SFO) project. Services delivered through the...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $149,199, issued on May 1, 2024 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under its Space Technology program (CFDA 43.012), supports the "EVALUATION OF LUNAR MAPS AND TERRAN RELATIVE NAVIGATION ALGORITHMS" project. The awardee, Georgia TECH Research Corp, will conduct research and development activities related to lunar mapping and navigation algorithms to enable future NASA exploration missions. The project has a planned...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $1,209,048 Cooperative Agreement under the Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) program (CFDA 43.008) to Florida A&M University (FAMU) for the "Integrative Space Additive Manufacturing (IN-SPACE AM): Opportunities for Workforce-Development in NASA Related Materials Research and Education" project. This 5-year award, commencing on September 1, 2024, aims to advance aerospace research, develop innovative technologies,...

This $100,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) program (CFDA 43.008) supports research to develop guidelines for prescribing appropriate flywheel-based inertial training (FIT) workloads for exercise in spaceflight. The University of Kentucky Research Foundation, a non-profit research organization, is the prime awardee and will execute the project from September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025. The research...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $176,920.00 Project Grant under the Science (CFDA 43.001) Federal Grant Program to the Florida Institute of Technology Inc. (Florida TECH) to investigate the radial evolution of the scaling properties of intermittency in the solar wind. The performance period for this grant runs from February 1, 2024 to January 31, 2027. As a private university and non-profit research institution, Florida TECH has extensive experience...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $750,000 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 43.008 - Office of STEM Engagement) to the University of Vermont & State Agricultural College to research a novel and potentially highly reliable method of deploying and controlling the shape of space structures and antennas. The research plan includes mathematical simulations, proof-of-concept experiments, and conceptual designs for large km-scale space structures and sensing systems. The...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $105,268 Cooperative Agreement to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation under the Space Technology program (CFDA 43.012) for the LunaMAPS project. The LunaMAPS project aims to develop techniques for building and evaluating high-resolution digital elevation models of the lunar surface using orbital imagery data. This will enable improved terrain relative navigation capabilities for spacecraft and landers navigating to other...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $100,000.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) program (CFDA 43.008). The primary awardee, the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) Board of Regents, will develop two algorithms to address challenges in navigating Venus's atmosphere. The first algorithm will allow an aerial platform to localize itself in Venus's middle atmosphere using a Maximum Correntropy...

This $150,000 Project Grant award from the NASA Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001 - Science) is for the Georgia TECH Research Corp to evaluate space traffic management strategies using a high fidelity simulation tool. The project will run from May 2024 to May 2025. As a prominent research institution, Georgia TECH Research Corp has extensive experience delivering technical and scientific services for federal agencies through both contract and grant funding, including work in areas such as...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Office of STEM Engagement (CFDA 43.008) provides $799,997.32 to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees Office of Research to conduct scientific research, technology development, and educational initiatives aligned with NASA's mission. The project will span May 10, 2025 to May 9, 2029, focusing on advancing aerospace research, developing innovative technologies, and engaging diverse student...