Project Grant 80NSSC22K0841

Lunar Resources, Inc. received a $124,999 Project Grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center under the Space Technology program. The grant funded an end-to-end system-level study to design a very large low frequency (5-40 MHz) radio observatory called Farview on the lunar farside using local lunar regolith materials. The study was completed between June 1, 2021 and February 28, 2022. The Space Technology program aims to advance technologies and test...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award provides $246,028 to Interlune Corporation to develop and demonstrate a novel regolith size sorting system for use on the Moon. The goal is to create a device that can sort "moon dirt" (lunar regolith) by particle size, which is a critical capability for in-situ resource utilization activities on the lunar surface. The project will address performance and scalability risks by developing a...

This $250,000 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to the University of New Hampshire (UNH) to enable a sustainable space industry that minimizes environmental impact. The key objectives are to: Investigate how existing space resources like lunar regolith and metallic debris can be used to manufacture products for use in space, reducing reliance on Earth-sourced materials. This involves studying...

This $256,000 National Science Foundation SBIR Phase I Project Grant to Airomatix, Inc. supports the development of a portable oxygen concentrator capable of producing breathable oxygen at higher flow rates than current models. The concentrator utilizes a novel photocatalytic reaction to separate oxygen from ambient air and store it in a chemical solution. It will then release oxygen on demand through a temperature-controlled reaction. During the one-year period of performance ending March 2023,...

This $199,999 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science, under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), funded the development of an OxyCycle membrane for high-purity oxygen separation from air. Luna Innovations Incorporated was awarded the funding on February 22, 2021 to develop the membrane technology with the goal of completing work by November 21, 2021. Under the award, Luna Innovations tasked sub-awardee Trimeric Corporation with evaluating...

The University of Texas at El Paso received a $124,953 Project Grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop infrastructure for in-situ resource utilization on extraterrestrial surfaces. Funded through NASA's Space Technology program under the CFDA number 43.012, this grant aims to advance technologies for harvesting water, building materials, and propellants from local resources to enable sustainable human exploration of the solar system. The work will be...

This $996,708 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program will enable Off Planet Research L.L.C., a small business, to develop portable production equipment to create large quantities of realistic icy regolith simulants. These simulants will replicate the environment and properties of icy materials found on the Moon and other planetary bodies, allowing greater access for academia, industry, and...

Sublime Systems, Inc. was awarded a $498,253 project grant from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy to develop an alternative process for lime production using renewable electricity. The goal of the project is to produce lime, a key ingredient in cement, through an electrochemical synthesis method instead of using fossil fuels. This new production method aims to create lime with exceptional purity, consistency, and reactivity to enable next-generation low-carbon...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $348,008 Project Grant to Interlune Corporation on April 15, 2024, under the Space Technology program (CFDA 43.012). The grant supports the "COMMINUTION OF REGOLITH USING MILLING FOR BENEFICIATION OF LUNAR EXTRACT (CRUMBLE)" project, which focuses on developing technologies to process lunar regolith for resource extraction to support NASA's lunar exploration and in-situ resource utilization initiatives. The project aims...

Luna Labs USA LLC received a $313,675 Project Grant award from the Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program. Luna will develop and evaluate a catalytic membrane reactor technology to produce nitrates for fertilizer with lower energy usage, costs, and environmental impacts than conventional methods. In Phase I, Luna developed a molten phase formulation and...