WASHINGTON, May 2, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- NASA has awarded nearly $1.5
million to academic, non-profit, and business organizations
to advance state-of-the-art technology that will play a key role in
the agency's return to the Moon under Artemis, as well as future
missions to Mars.
Twenty-four projects from 21 organizations have been awarded
under NASA's Dual-Use Technology Development Cooperative Agreement
Notices, or CANs. The awardees also will receive assistance
from propulsion, space transportation, and science experts at
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
"The Dual-Use Technology Development Cooperative Agreement
Notice enables NASA to collaboratively work with U.S. industry and
academia to develop needed technologies," said Daniel O'Neil, manager, NASA Marshall's
Technology Development Dual-Use CAN Program. "Products from these
cooperative agreements support the closure of identified technology
gaps and enable the development of components and systems for
NASA's Moon to Mars architecture."
These innovative projects include ways to use lunar regolith for
construction on the Moon's surface using smartphone video guidance
sensors to fly robots on the International Space Station,
identifying new battery materials, and improving a neutrino
particle detector.
The following is a complete list of awardees:
- Auburn University in Alabama
- Florida Institute of Technology in
Melbourne, Florida
- Florida International University in
Miami
- Fronius USA in Portage, Indiana
- Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories in Tullahoma, Tennessee
- Louisiana State University in Baton
Rouge
- Morgan State University in
Baltimore
- Nanoracks (Voyager Space) in Houston
- Northwestern University in
Chicago
- Purdue University in West Lafayette,
Indiana
- Southwest Research Institute in San
Antonio
- Tethon 3D in Omaha,
Nebraska
- University of Alabama in
Huntsville
- University of California in
Irvine
- University of Florida in
Gainesville
- University of Illinois in
Chicago
- University of North Texas in
Denton
- University of Tennessee in
Knoxville
- University of Tennessee Space
Institute
- Victory Solutions in Huntsville,
Alabama
- Wichita State University in
Kansas
The Florida Institute of Technology,
Northwestern University, and the
University of Alabama were awarded
funding for two projects each.
Funding was available for organizations focused on supporting
entrepreneurial research and innovation ideas that could advance
the commercial space sector and benefit future NASA missions.
Applications are now open for the 2024 solicitation cycle.
To learn more about NASA's missions, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/
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