California Institute of Technology
Lunar obligations
$391Mas prime
Lunar awards
69as prime
Its subcontractors
1$314K reported
Primes it works for
2$224K in subawards
Who it subcontracts to
YEAR 1 DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS PROPOSAL, SUBRECIPIENT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LABORATORY WORK THAT FOCUSES ON ESTABLISHING RESIST CONTRAST CURVES OVER A RANGE OF RESIST THICKNESSES TO PROVIDE A FOUNDATION FOR THE WORK CARRIED OUT IN YEARS 2 AND 3 ON THE NANOFABRICATION PROCESS OF THERMALLY ACTIVATED SELECTIVE TOPOGRAPHY EQUILIBRATION (TASTE). THIS WORK IS TO BE CARRIED OUT AT THE PSU NANOFABRICATION LABORATORY TOGETHER WITH THE GRADUATE STUDENT WHOM SUBRECIPIENT WILL BE MENTORING AND GUIDING. DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF ELECTRON DOSE, RESIST MATERIAL AND WET DEVELOPMENT PARAMETERS THAT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE TASTE PROCESS WILL BE CONSIDERED, WITH CHARACTERIZATION METHODS PRIMARILY CONSISTING OF STYLUS PROFILOMETRY AND SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY. ADDITIONALLY, BASIC PARAMETERS OF THE ACCOMPANYING PROCESS FOR PATTERN STABILIZATION, SEQUENTIAL INFILTRATION SYNTHESIS (SIS), ARE TO BE ESTABLISHED AND REFINED IN YEARS 2 AND 3. YEAR 2 THE SUBRECIPIENT CONTRIBUTION TO THE SECOND YEAR OF THIS PROPOSAL WILL FOCUS ON EXPLORING LIMITATIONS IN ACHIEVABLE BLAZED FACET ANGLE FOR A FEW FIXED GROOVE PERIODS. ALL CARRIED OUT AT THE PSU NANOFABRICATION LABORATORY BY SUBRECIPIENT AND THE GRADUATE STUDENT, THIS WILL INCLUDE FABRICATING A SERIES OF TEST PATTERNS BASED OFF OF THE RESIST CONTRAST CURVE WORK CARRIED OUT IN YEAR 1 AND ANALYZING THE RESULTS USING ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY (AFM) AND FIELD‐EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (FESEM). THESE TEST PATTERNS WILL INCLUDE STAIRCASE PATTERNS OF VARIOUS STAIRCASE‐STEP PITCHES OVER A RANGE OF RESIST THICKNESSES. THE INTENDED GOAL IS TO DETERMINE THE PATTERN ASPECT RATIOS THAT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE TASTE PROCESS TO SUPPORT THE WORK CARRIED OUT IN YEAR 3. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE SIS PROCESS FOR RESIST STABILIZATION WILL BE FURTHER DEVELOPED. YEAR 3 IN YEAR THREE, SUBRECIPIENT PLANS TO APPLY THE TASTE PROCESS DEVELOPMENT CARRIED OUT IN YEARS 1 AND 2 TOWARD PROCESS CONTROL FOR GRATINGS WITH A SPECIFIED BLAZED FACET ANGLE. ALSO PERFORMED AT THE PSU NANOFABRICATION LABORATORY BY SUBRECIPIENT AND THE GRADUATE STUDENT, THIS WORK WILL INCLUDE DETERMINING THE NECESSARY RESIST‐CONTRAST DATA AND LITHOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS EXPLORED PREVIOUSLY TO OBTAIN A GRATING SURFACE RELIEF WITH A SPECIFIED BLAZED FACET ANGLE AND GROOVE PERIOD. SUCCESSFUL TASTE RESULTS FROM THIS STUDY WILL BE STABILIZED USING SIS AND THEN COATED WITH METAL FOR UV REFLECTIVITY.
Who it works for
ICE SHELL STRUCTURE OF EUROPA AS INFORMED BY THE JUNO MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY EXPERIMENT
THE CALTECH SUB-TEAM OF THIS PARTICIPATING SCIENTIST PROPOSAL WILL PERFORM HIGH-RESOLUTION MAGNETIC STUDIES ON RETURNED SUB-SAMPLES OF ASTEROID BENNU. THEY WILL FIRST USE THE CLEAN LAB BASED SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETIC MOMENT MAGNETOMETER TO MEASURE AND CHARACTERIZE THE REMANENT MAGNETIZATION (IF ANY) OF THE RETURNED MATERIALS, AND TO SCREEN FOR THE PRESENCE OF ANY NET MAGNETIC CHARGE (POSSIBLE DIRAC MAGNETIC MONOPOLES). THEY WILL THEN CONDUCT PALEOMAGNETIC CONGLOMERATE TESTS ON INTACT FRAGMENTS USING THEIR PULSE-TUBE BASED SCANNING SQUID-BASED MAGNETIC IMAGING SYSTEM ON SUITABLY FLAT SURFACES TO SEE IF SUB-PARTICLES WITHIN THE MATRIX OF THE BENNU ASTEROID WERE MAGNETIZED BEFORE OR AFTER INCORPORATION INTO THE PARENTAL MATERIALS. THEY WILL THEN, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE OTHER SUB-TEAMS OF THIS PARTICIPATING SCIENTIST PROGRAM, DEVISE AND HELP CONDUCT EXPERIMENTS TO CONSTRAIN THE PALEOINTENSITY OF THE MAGNETIC FIELDS PRESENT DURING THE FORMATION AND ACCRETION OF BENNU.
Lunar awards as prime
| Award | Description | Period | Obligated |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80NM0026F7025 | JPL LUNAR DRONES (54-232663) | 2026-04-27 → 2026-10-26 | $76M |
| 80NM0019F0079 | JPL SUPPORT FOR LUNAR TRAILBLAZER 40-711160 | 2019-08-15 → 2025-09-30 | $36M |
| 80NM0020F0056 | JPL SUPPORT TO THE HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM (HLS) PROGRAM (40-108827) | 2020-06-25 → 2027-09-26 | $29M |
| NMO710935 | MOON MINERALOGY MAPPER | 2005-04-26 → 2008-11-30 | $29M |
| 80NM0020F0072 | JPL SUPPORT TO SPACEX FOR HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM BASE PERIOD (40-109107) | 2020-08-10 → 2027-11-15 | $23M |
| 80NM0018F0668 | LUNAR FLASHLIGHT THE CONTRACT IS THE SPONSORING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) AND THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (CONTRACTOR), A PRIVATE NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE RELATIONSHIP FOR THE OPERATION OF THE FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (FFRDC) KNOWN AS THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY. THE CONTRACTOR, JPL, IS REQUIRED TO PERFORM WORK THAT IS DESIGNATED IN TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY THE NASA MANAGEMENT OFFICE (NMO) CONTRACTING OFFICERS. NASA - SPONSORED WORK: JPL'S PRIMARY MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE NASA SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE (SMD) IN CARRYING OUT THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES IDENTIFIED IN THE SMD SCIENCE PLAN. THE FOUR BROAD SCIENTIFIC AREAS ARE: EARTH SCIENCE, PLANETARY SCIENCE, HELIOPHYSICS, AND ASTROPHYSICS. IN PERFORMANCE OF THIS CONTRACT, JPL SHALL: 1) SUPPLY A BROAD BASE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES RELEVANT TO NASA PROGRAM AND PROJECT RESPONSIBILITIES AND ASSIGNMENTS. 2) FOSTER ITS UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH A TOP-TIER UNIVERSITY TO FACILITATE THE INVOLVEMENT OF SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH COMMUNITIES IN NASA MISSION AND IN SUPPORTING OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. 3) SUPPORT NASA IN ENABLING PROGRAM AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPABILITIES. 4) DEVELOP SPACECRAFT AND INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE SENT TO VARIOUS DESTINATIONS WITH OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, INCLUDING EARTH ORBIT, PLANETS, PLANETARY SATELLITES, ASTEROIDS, AND COMETS. THESE MISSIONS MAY BE ORBITERS, LANDERS, OR ROVERS, AND TYPICALLY INCLUDE CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES REQUIRED TO MEET SCIENTIFIC REQUIREMENTS. 5) PERFORM PROJECT TASKS INVOLVING: (I) AUTONOMOUS DEEP-SPACE, INNER-SPACE AND EARTH-ORBITING SPACECRAFT OR MAJOR SUBSYSTEMS, (II) EXPERIMENTS, INSTRUMENTS, OR OTHER DEVICES WHICH MAY BE CARRIED AS PAYLOAD ON SPACECRAFTS IN MISSIONS MANAGED BY OTHERS, AND/OR (III) GROUND-BASED SYSTEMS. 6) BEYOND ITS PRIMARY MISSION, JPL MAY PERFORM WORK FOR OTHER NASA MISSION DIRECTORATES OR OFFICES. 7) JPL IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION, RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY INSERTION, AND MANAGEMENT OF NASA S DEEP SPACE NETWORK TO PROVIDE TELECOMMUNICATION AND OPERATION SERVICES, INCLUDING DATA ACQUISITION AND DATA DELIVERY REQUIRED TO MEET ESTABLISHED AGENCY OBJECTIVES. 8) JPL IS ALSO REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN AND CONDUCT AN EDUCATION PROGRAM IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE NASA HEADQUARTERS EDUCATION OFFICE, THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AT LARGE, AND IN SUPPORT TO NASA STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES TO IMPROVE STUDENT RETENTION IN THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) DISCIPLINES. WORK FOR NON-NASA SPONSORS: JPL MAY PERFORM WORK FOR NON-NASA SPONSORS. THIS WORK WILL BE DESIGNATED IN TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY NMO CONTRACTING OFFICERS BASED ON TASK PLANS INITIATED BY THE CONTRACTOR. | 2018-10-01 → 2023-12-30 | $21M |
| 80NM0018F0719 | SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE, RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS FOR SPACE SCIENCE, TERRESTRIAL PLANETS AND LUNAR SCIENCE | 2018-10-01 → 2028-09-30 | $17M |
| 80NM0020F0052 | COLD OPERABLE LUNAR DEPLOYABLE ARM (COLDARM) (15-107764) | 2020-06-15 → 2025-09-30 | $14M |
| 80NM0020F0073 | JPL SUPPORT TO BLUE FED FOR HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM BASE PERIOD (40-109108) | 2020-08-10 → 2027-05-01 | $13M |
| 80NM0021F0027 | TETHERED POWER SYSTEMS FOR LUNAR MOBILITY AND POWER TRANSMISSION (15-109218) | 2021-04-19 → 2027-01-31 | $11M |
| 80NM0026F7027 | JPL CONTRIBUTIONS TO LUNAR MICROWAVE ACTIVE PASSIVE SPECTROMETER (44-232126) | 2026-04-28 → 2028-09-30 | $9.8M |
| 80NM0018F0628 | DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIVINER LUNAR RADIOMETER INSTRUMENT 40-10111 | 2018-10-01 → 2027-09-30 | $9.4M |
| 80NM0026F7034 | AN ULTRA-COMPACT IMAGING SPECTROMETER FOR THE MOON (40-227339) | 2026-05-26 → 2028-09-30 | $7.7M |
| NNN17D012T | IGF::CL::IGF LUNAR FLASHLIGHT THE CONTRACT IS THE SPONSORING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION NASA AND THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY-CONTRACTOR, A PRIVATE NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE RELATIONSHIP FOR THE OPERATION OF THE FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER-FFRDC KNOWN AS THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY. THE CONTRACTOR, JPL, IS REQUIRED TO PERFORM WORK THAT IS DESIGNATED IN TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY THE NASA MANAGEMENT OFFICE-NMO CONTRACTING OFFICERS. NASA-SPONSORED WORK: JPLS PRIMARY MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE NASA SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE-SMD IN CARRYING OUT THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES IDENTIFIED IN THE SMD SCIENCE PLAN. THE FOUR BROAD SCIENTIFIC AREAS ARE: EARTH SCIENCE, PLANETARY SCIENCE, HELIOPHYSICS, AND ASTROPHYSICS. IN PERFORMANCE OF THIS CONTRACT, JPL SHALL: 1. SUPPLY A BROAD BASE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES RELEVANT TO NASA PROGRAM AND PROJECT RESPONSIBILITIES AND ASSIGNMENTS. 2. FOSTER ITS UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH A TOP-TIER UNIVERSITY TO FACILITATE THE INVOLVEMENT OF SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH COMMUNITIES IN NASA MISSION AND IN SUPPORTING OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. 3. SUPPORT NASA IN ENABLING PROGRAM AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPABILITIES. 4. DEVELOP SPACECRAFT AND INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE SENT TO VARIOUS DESTINATIONS WITH OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, INCLUDING EARTH ORBIT, PLANETS, PLANETARY SATELLITES, ASTEROIDS, AND COMETS. THESE MISSIONS MAY BE ORBITERS, LANDERS, OR ROVERS, AND TYPICALLY INCLUDE CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES REQUIRED TO MEET SCIENTIFIC REQUIREMENTS. 5. PERFORM PROJECT TASKS INVOLVING: I-AUTONOMOUS DEEP-SPACE, INNER-SPACE AND EARTH-ORBITING SPACECRAFT OR MAJOR SUBSYSTEMS, II-EXPERIMENTS, INSTRUMENTS, OR OTHER DEVICES WHICH MAY BE CARRIED AS PAYLOAD ON SPACECRAFTS IN MISSIONS MANAGED BY OTHERS, AND-OR III-GROUND-BASED SYSTEMS. 6. BEYOND ITS PRIMARY MISSION, JPL MAY PERFORM WORK FOR OTHER NASA MISSION DIRECTORATES OR OFFICES. 7. JPL IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION, RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY INSERTION, AND MANAGEMENT OF NASAS DEEP SPACE NETWORK TO PROVIDE TELECOMMUNICATION AND OPERATION SERVICES, INCLUDING DATA ACQUISITION AND DATA DELIVERY REQUIRED TO MEET ESTABLISHED AGENCY OBJECTIVES. 8. JPL IS ALSO REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN AND CONDUCT AN EDUCATION PROGRAM IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE NASA HEADQUARTERS EDUCATION OFFICE, THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AT LARGE, AND IN SUPPORT TO NASA STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES TO IMPROVE STUDENT RETENTION IN THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS-STEM DISCIPLINES. WORK FOR NON-NASA SPONSORS: JPL MAY PERFORM WORK FOR NON-NASA SPONSORS. THIS WORK WILL BE DESIGNATED IN TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY NMO CONTRACTING OFFICERS BASED ON TASK PLANS INITIATED BY THE CONTRACTOR. | 2017-03-21 → 2020-11-21 | $7.7M |
| 80NM0021F0051 | LUNAR SURFACE RADIO (40-110663) | 2021-09-02 → 2028-09-30 | $7.6M |
| NNN13D930T | IGF::CL::IGF DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIVINER LUNAR RADIOMETER THE CONTRACT IS THE SPONSORING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) AND THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (CONTRACTOR), A PRIVATE NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE RELATIONSHIP FOR THE OPERATION OF THE FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (FFRDC) KNOWN AS THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY. THE CONTRACTOR, JPL, IS REQUIRED TO PERFORM WORK THAT IS DESIGNATED IN TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY THE NASA MANAGEMENT OFFICE (NMO) CONTRACTING OFFICERS. NASA SPONSORED WORK: JPL S PRIMARY MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE NASA SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE (SMD) IN CARRYING OUT THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES IDENTIFIED IN THE SMD SCIENCE PLAN. THE FOUR BROAD SCIENTIFIC AREAS ARE: EARTH SCIENCE, PLANETARY SCIENCE, HELIOPHYSICS, AND ASTROPHYSICS. IN PERFORMANCE OF THIS CONTRACT, JPL SHALL: 1) SUPPLY A BROAD BASE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES RELEVANT TO NASA PROGRAM AND PROJECT RESPONSIBILITIES AND ASSIGNMENTS. 2) FOSTER ITS UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH A TOP-TIER UNIVERSITY TO FACILITATE THE INVOLVEMENT OF SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH COMMUNITIES IN NASA MISSION AND IN SUPPORTING OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. 3) SUPPORT NASA IN ENABLING PROGRAM AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPABILITIES. 4) DEVELOP SPACECRAFT AND INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE SENT TO VARIOUS DESTINATIONS WITH OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, INCLUDING EARTH ORBIT, PLANETS, PLANETARY SATELLITES, ASTEROIDS, AND COMETS. THESE MISSIONS MAY BE ORBITERS, LANDERS, OR ROVERS, AND TYPICALLY INCLUDE CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES REQUIRED TO MEET SCIENTIFIC REQUIREMENTS. 5) PERFORM PROJECT TASKS INVOLVING: (I) AUTONOMOUS DEEP-SPACE, INNER-SPACE AND EARTH-ORBITING SPACECRAFT OR MAJOR SUBSYSTEMS, (II) EXPERIMENTS, INSTRUMENTS, OR OTHER DEVICES WHICH MAY BE CARRIED AS PAYLOAD ON SPACECRAFTS IN MISSIONS MANAGED BY OTHERS, AND/OR (III) GROUND-BASED SYSTEMS. 6) BEYOND ITS PRIMARY MISSION, JPL MAY PERFORM WORK FOR OTHER NASA MISSION DIRECTORATES OR OFFICES. 7) JPL IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION, RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY INSERTION, AND MANAGEMENT OF NASA S DEEP SPACE NETWORK TO PROVIDE TELECOMMUNICATION AND OPERATION SERVICES, INCLUDING DATA ACQUISITION AND DATA DELIVERY REQUIRED TO MEET ESTABLISHED AGENCY OBJECTIVES. 8) JPL IS ALSO REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN AND CONDUCT AN EDUCATION PROGRAM IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE NASA HEADQUARTERS EDUCATION OFFICE, THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AT LARGE, AND IN SUPPORT TO NASA STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES TO IMPROVE STUDENT RETENTION IN THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) DISCIPLINES. WORK FOR NON-NASA SPONSORS: JPL MAY PERFORM WORK FOR NON-NASA SPONSORS. THIS WORK WILL BE DESIGNATED IN TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY NMO CONTRACTING OFFICERS BASED ON TASK PLANS INITIATED BY THE CONTRACTOR. | 2012-10-01 → 2019-03-31 | $6.9M |
| NMO711047 | JPL SUPPORT TO LUNAR MAPPING AND MODELING PROJECT (LMMP) | 2008-08-19 → 2012-03-31 | $6.6M |
| 80NM0020F0007 | IND NETWORK SERVICES SUPPORT FOR THE ARTEMIS MISSIONS 91-711200 | 2019-12-10 → 2025-12-10 | $5.2M |
| NNN13D194T | IGF::CL::IGF JPL SUPPORT TO LUNAR MAPPING AND MODELING PROJECT (LMMP) THE CONTRACT IS THE SPONSORING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) AND THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (CONTRACTOR), A PRIVATE NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE RELATIONSHIP FOR THE OPERATION OF THE FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (FFRDC) KNOWN AS THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY. THE CONTRACTOR, JPL, IS REQUIRED TO PERFORM WORK THAT IS DESIGNATED IN TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY THE NASA MANAGEMENT OFFICE (NMO) CONTRACTING OFFICERS. NASA SPONSORED WORK: JPL S PRIMARY MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE NASA SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE (SMD) IN CARRYING OUT THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES IDENTIFIED IN THE SMD SCIENCE PLAN. THE FOUR BROAD SCIENTIFIC AREAS ARE: EARTH SCIENCE, PLANETARY SCIENCE, HELIOPHYSICS, AND ASTROPHYSICS. IN PERFORMANCE OF THIS CONTRACT, JPL SHALL: 1) SUPPLY A BROAD BASE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES RELEVANT TO NASA PROGRAM AND PROJECT RESPONSIBILITIES AND ASSIGNMENTS. 2) FOSTER ITS UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH A TOP-TIER UNIVERSITY TO FACILITATE THE INVOLVEMENT OF SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH COMMUNITIES IN NASA MISSION AND IN SUPPORTING OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. 3) SUPPORT NASA IN ENABLING PROGRAM AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPABILITIES. 4) DEVELOP SPACECRAFT AND INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE SENT TO VARIOUS DESTINATIONS WITH OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, INCLUDING EARTH ORBIT, PLANETS, PLANETARY SATELLITES, ASTEROIDS, AND COMETS. THESE MISSIONS MAY BE ORBITERS, LANDERS, OR ROVERS, AND TYPICALLY INCLUDE CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES REQUIRED TO MEET SCIENTIFIC REQUIREMENTS. 5) PERFORM PROJECT TASKS INVOLVING: (I) AUTONOMOUS DEEP-SPACE, INNER-SPACE AND EARTH-ORBITING SPACECRAFT OR MAJOR SUBSYSTEMS, (II) EXPERIMENTS, INSTRUMENTS, OR OTHER DEVICES WHICH MAY BE CARRIED AS PAYLOAD ON SPACECRAFTS IN MISSIONS MANAGED BY OTHERS, AND/OR (III) GROUND-BASED SYSTEMS. 6) BEYOND ITS PRIMARY MISSION, JPL MAY PERFORM WORK FOR OTHER NASA MISSION DIRECTORATES OR OFFICES. 7) JPL IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION, RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY INSERTION, AND MANAGEMENT OF NASA S DEEP SPACE NETWORK TO PROVIDE TELECOMMUNICATION AND OPERATION SERVICES, INCLUDING DATA ACQUISITION AND DATA DELIVERY REQUIRED TO MEET ESTABLISHED AGENCY OBJECTIVES. 8) JPL IS ALSO REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN AND CONDUCT AN EDUCATION PROGRAM IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE NASA HEADQUARTERS EDUCATION OFFICE, THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AT LARGE, AND IN SUPPORT TO NASA STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES TO IMPROVE STUDENT RETENTION IN THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) DISCIPLINES. WORK FOR NON-NASA SPONSORS: JPL MAY PERFORM WORK FOR NON-NASA SPONSORS. THIS WORK WILL BE DESIGNATED IN TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY NMO CONTRACTING OFFICERS BASED ON TASK PLANS INITIATED BY THE CONTRACTOR. | 2012-10-01 → 2018-06-01 | $5.1M |
| 80NM0023F0024 | JPL SUPPORT TO THE LUNAR TERRAIN VEHICLE (LTV) PROJECT (40-209972) | 2023-03-30 → 2027-09-26 | $4.8M |
| 80NM0026F7008 | RISK ASSESSMENT FOR MOON TO MARS (54-232562) | 2026-01-23 → 2027-01-23 | $4.2M |
| NNN13D465T | IGF::CL::IGF SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE, RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS FOR SPACE SCIENCE, TERRESTRIAL PLANETS AND LUNAR SCIENCE THE CONTRACT IS THE SPONSORING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) AND THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (CONTRACTOR), A PRIVATE NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE RELATIONSHIP FOR THE OPERATION OF THE FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (FFRDC) KNOWN AS THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY. THE CONTRACTOR, JPL, IS REQUIRED TO PERFORM WORK THAT IS DESIGNATED IN TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY THE NASA MANAGEMENT OFFICE (NMO) CONTRACTING OFFICERS. NASA SPONSORED WORK: JPL S PRIMARY MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE NASA SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE (SMD) IN CARRYING OUT THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES IDENTIFIED IN THE SMD SCIENCE PLAN. THE FOUR BROAD SCIENTIFIC AREAS ARE: EARTH SCIENCE, PLANETARY SCIENCE, HELIOPHYSICS, AND ASTROPHYSICS. IN PERFORMANCE OF THIS CONTRACT, JPL SHALL: 1) SUPPLY A BROAD BASE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES RELEVANT TO NASA PROGRAM AND PROJECT RESPONSIBILITIES AND ASSIGNMENTS. 2) FOSTER ITS UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH A TOP-TIER UNIVERSITY TO FACILITATE THE INVOLVEMENT OF SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH COMMUNITIES IN NASA MISSION AND IN SUPPORTING OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. 3) SUPPORT NASA IN ENABLING PROGRAM AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPABILITIES. 4) DEVELOP SPACECRAFT AND INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE SENT TO VARIOUS DESTINATIONS WITH OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, INCLUDING EARTH ORBIT, PLANETS, PLANETARY SATELLITES, ASTEROIDS, AND COMETS. THESE MISSIONS MAY BE ORBITERS, LANDERS, OR ROVERS, AND TYPICALLY INCLUDE CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES REQUIRED TO MEET SCIENTIFIC REQUIREMENTS. 5) PERFORM PROJECT TASKS INVOLVING: (I) AUTONOMOUS DEEP-SPACE, INNER-SPACE AND EARTH-ORBITING SPACECRAFT OR MAJOR SUBSYSTEMS, (II) EXPERIMENTS, INSTRUMENTS, OR OTHER DEVICES WHICH MAY BE CARRIED AS PAYLOAD ON SPACECRAFTS IN MISSIONS MANAGED BY OTHERS, AND/OR (III) GROUND-BASED SYSTEMS. 6) BEYOND ITS PRIMARY MISSION, JPL MAY PERFORM WORK FOR OTHER NASA MISSION DIRECTORATES OR OFFICES. 7) JPL IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION, RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY INSERTION, AND MANAGEMENT OF NASA S DEEP SPACE NETWORK TO PROVIDE TELECOMMUNICATION AND OPERATION SERVICES, INCLUDING DATA ACQUISITION AND DATA DELIVERY REQUIRED TO MEET ESTABLISHED AGENCY OBJECTIVES. 8) JPL IS ALSO REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN AND CONDUCT AN EDUCATION PROGRAM IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE NASA HEADQUARTERS EDUCATION OFFICE, THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AT LARGE, AND IN SUPPORT TO NASA STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES TO IMPROVE STUDENT RETENTION IN THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) DISCIPLINES. WORK FOR NON-NASA SPONSORS: JPL MAY PERFORM WORK FOR NON-NASA SPONSORS. THIS WORK WILL BE DESIGNATED IN TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY NMO CONTRACTING OFFICERS BASED ON TASK PLANS INITIATED BY THE CONTRACTOR. | 2013-04-25 → 2020-09-30 | $3.8M |
| 80NM0020F0030 | PLANETARY AND LUNAR ENVIRONMENT THERMAL TOOLBOX ELEMENTS (PALETTE) 15-107758 | 2020-03-06 → 2025-09-30 | $3.5M |
| 80NM0025F7060 | TETHERED INTELLIGENT ULTRALIGHT POWER SYSTERM (TULIPS) 10KW SYSTEM FOR MARS & MOON POWER TRANSFER (TULIPS-TASK) (14-231524) | 2025-07-23 → 2026-09-30 | $3.2M |
| 80NM0021F0002 | LUNAR DEM, MAPPING, MODELING, AND VALIDATION (15-109113) | 2020-10-16 → 2026-05-06 | $3.1M |
| NMO711057 | MOON MINERALOGY MAPPER (M3) PHASE E | 2008-12-01 → 2012-01-29 | $3.0M |
| NMO711113 | MOONRISE: A LUNAR SOUTH POLE - AITKEN BASIN SAMPLE RETURN MISSION, PHASE A | 2010-03-04 → 2011-05-29 | $2.9M |
| 80NM0022F0034 | DEEP SPACE NETWORK, NAVIGATION, AND RELATED SERVICES FOR ISRO'S CHANDRAYAAN-3 LUNAR LANDER AND CHANDRAYAAN-2 LUNAR ORBITER MISSIONS (91-108235) | 2022-02-10 → 2025-02-10 | $2.3M |
| NMO711046 | GROUND-BASED LUNAR RADAR MAPPING | 2008-08-19 → 2010-12-31 | $2.2M |
| 80NM0020F0037 | IND NETWORK SERVICES SUPPORT OF THE: CIS-LUNAR AUTONOMOUS POSITIONING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY, OPERATIONS, AND NAVIGATION EXPERIMENT (CAPSTONE) MISSION (91-107876) | 2020-04-02 → 2027-09-30 | $1.7M |
| 80NM0024F0027 | FIREFLY'S LUNAR LANDER ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING (40-223260) | 2024-07-08 → 2024-12-31 | $1.6M |
| 80NM0019F0046 | BLUE ORIGIN ADVANCING SENSOR SUITES TO ENABLE LANDING ANYWHERE ON THE LUNAR SURFACE THE CONTRACT IS THE SPONSORING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) AND THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (CONTRACTOR), A PRIVATE NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE RELATIONSHIP FOR THE OPERATION OF THE FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (FFRDC) KNOWN AS THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY. THE CONTRACTOR, JPL, IS REQUIRED TO PERFORM WORK THAT IS DESIGNATED IN TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY THE NASA MANAGEMENT OFFICE (NMO) CONTRACTING OFFICERS. NASA - SPONSORED WORK: JPL'S PRIMARY MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE NASA SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE (SMD) IN CARRYING OUT THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES IDENTIFIED IN THE SMD SCIENCE PLAN. THE FOUR BROAD SCIENTIFIC AREAS ARE: EARTH SCIENCE, PLANETARY SCIENCE, HELIOPHYSICS, AND ASTROPHYSICS. IN PERFORMANCE OF THIS CONTRACT, JPL SHALL: 1) SUPPLY A BROAD BASE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES RELEVANT TO NASA PROGRAM AND PROJECT RESPONSIBILITIES AND ASSIGNMENTS. 2) FOSTER ITS UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH A TOP-TIER UNIVERSITY TO FACILITATE THE INVOLVEMENT OF SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH COMMUNITIES IN NASA MISSION AND IN SUPPORTING OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. 3) SUPPORT NASA IN ENABLING PROGRAM AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPABILITIES. 4) DEVELOP SPACECRAFT AND INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE SENT TO VARIOUS DESTINATIONS WITH OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, INCLUDING EARTH ORBIT, PLANETS, PLANETARY SATELLITES, ASTEROIDS, AND COMETS. THESE MISSIONS MAY BE ORBITERS, LANDERS, OR ROVERS, AND TYPICALLY INCLUDE CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES REQUIRED TO MEET SCIENTIFIC REQUIREMENTS. 5) PERFORM PROJECT TASKS INVOLVING: (I) AUTONOMOUS DEEP-SPACE, INNER-SPACE AND EARTH-ORBITING SPACECRAFT OR MAJOR SUBSYSTEMS, (II) EXPERIMENTS, INSTRUMENTS, OR OTHER DEVICES WHICH MAY BE CARRIED AS PAYLOAD ON SPACECRAFTS IN MISSIONS MANAGED BY OTHERS, AND/OR (III) GROUND-BASED SYSTEMS. 6) BEYOND ITS PRIMARY MISSION, JPL MAY PERFORM WORK FOR OTHER NASA MISSION DIRECTORATES OR OFFICES. 7) JPL IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION, RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY INSERTION, AND MANAGEMENT OF NASA S DEEP SPACE NETWORK TO PROVIDE TELECOMMUNICATION AND OPERATION SERVICES, INCLUDING DATA ACQUISITION AND DATA DELIVERY REQUIRED TO MEET ESTABLISHED AGENCY OBJECTIVES. 8) JPL IS ALSO REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN AND CONDUCT AN EDUCATION PROGRAM IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE NASA HEADQUARTERS EDUCATION OFFICE, THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AT LARGE, AND IN SUPPORT TO NASA STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES TO IMPROVE STUDENT RETENTION IN THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) DISCIPLINES. WORK FOR NON-NASA SPONSORS: JPL MAY PERFORM WORK FOR NON-NASA SPONSORS. THIS WORK WILL BE DESIGNATED IN TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY NMO CONTRACTING OFFICERS BASED ON TASK PLANS INITIATED BY THE CONTRACTOR. | 2019-05-17 → 2022-01-30 | $1.5M |
| 80NM0021F0029 | BREAKTHROUGH DISTRIBUTED POWER ARCHITECTURE FOR IN-SITU LUNAR SURFACE MISSIONS (15-109219) | 2021-05-06 → 2023-10-06 | $1.5M |
| 80NSSC25K7507 | EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGENCY S EXPLORATION INITIATIVE FOCUSING ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF ON AND FROM THE MOON LUNAR ORBIT MARS AND BEYOND. ADVANCE DISCOVERY IN EMERGING FIELDS BY IDENTIFYING AND EXPLOITING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES DEVELOP A DIRECTORATE-WIDE TARGET-USER FOCUSED APPROACH TO APPLIED PROGRAMS INCLUDING EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS SPACE WEATHER PLANETARY DEFENSE AND SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS | 2025-03-01 → 2028-02-29 | $1.3M |
| 80NM0023F0026 | LUNAR ADVANCED FILTER OBSERVING RADIOMETER FOR GEOLOGIC EXPLORATION (LAFORGE) (41-203562) | 2023-04-05 → 2025-09-28 | $1.1M |
| NNN16D026T | IGF::CL::IGF JPL SUPPORT TO THE LUNAR ICECUBE MISSION THE CONTRACT IS THE SPONSORING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION NASA AND THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY-CONTRACTOR, A PRIVATE NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE RELATIONSHIP FOR THE OPERATION OF THE FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER-FFRDC KNOWN AS THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY. THE CONTRACTOR, JPL, IS REQUIRED TO PERFORM WORK THAT IS DESIGNATED IN TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY THE NASA MANAGEMENT OFFICE-NMO CONTRACTING OFFICERS. NASA-SPONSORED WORK: JPLS PRIMARY MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE NASA SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE-SMD IN CARRYING OUT THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES IDENTIFIED IN THE SMD SCIENCE PLAN. THE FOUR BROAD SCIENTIFIC AREAS ARE: EARTH SCIENCE, PLANETARY SCIENCE, HELIOPHYSICS, AND ASTROPHYSICS. IN PERFORMANCE OF THIS CONTRACT, JPL SHALL: 1. SUPPLY A BROAD BASE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES RELEVANT TO NASA PROGRAM AND PROJECT RESPONSIBILITIES AND ASSIGNMENTS. 2. FOSTER ITS UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH A TOP-TIER UNIVERSITY TO FACILITATE THE INVOLVEMENT OF SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH COMMUNITIES IN NASA MISSION AND IN SUPPORTING OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. 3. SUPPORT NASA IN ENABLING PROGRAM AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPABILITIES. 4. DEVELOP SPACECRAFT AND INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE SENT TO VARIOUS DESTINATIONS WITH OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, INCLUDING EARTH ORBIT, PLANETS, PLANETARY SATELLITES, ASTEROIDS, AND COMETS. THESE MISSIONS MAY BE ORBITERS, LANDERS, OR ROVERS, AND TYPICALLY INCLUDE CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES REQUIRED TO MEET SCIENTIFIC REQUIREMENTS. 5. PERFORM PROJECT TASKS INVOLVING: I-AUTONOMOUS DEEP-SPACE, INNER-SPACE AND EARTH-ORBITING SPACECRAFT OR MAJOR SUBSYSTEMS, II-EXPERIMENTS, INSTRUMENTS, OR OTHER DEVICES WHICH MAY BE CARRIED AS PAYLOAD ON SPACECRAFTS IN MISSIONS MANAGED BY OTHERS, AND-OR III-GROUND-BASED SYSTEMS. 6. BEYOND ITS PRIMARY MISSION, JPL MAY PERFORM WORK FOR OTHER NASA MISSION DIRECTORATES OR OFFICES. 7. JPL IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION, RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY INSERTION, AND MANAGEMENT OF NASAS DEEP SPACE NETWORK TO PROVIDE TELECOMMUNICATION AND OPERATION SERVICES, INCLUDING DATA ACQUISITION AND DATA DELIVERY REQUIRED TO MEET ESTABLISHED AGENCY OBJECTIVES. 8. JPL IS ALSO REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN AND CONDUCT AN EDUCATION PROGRAM IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE NASA HEADQUARTERS EDUCATION OFFICE, THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AT LARGE, AND IN SUPPORT TO NASA STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES TO IMPROVE STUDENT RETENTION IN THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS-STEM DISCIPLINES. WORK FOR NON-NASA SPONSORS: JPL MAY PERFORM WORK FOR NON-NASA SPONSORS. THIS WORK WILL BE DESIGNATED IN TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY NMO CONTRACTING OFFICERS BASED ON TASK PLANS INITIATED BY THE CONTRACTOR. | 2016-09-23 → 2022-09-30 | $1.0M |
| 80NM0018F0660 | JPL SUPPORT TO THE LUNAR ICECUBE MISSION THE CONTRACT IS THE SPONSORING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) AND THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (CONTRACTOR), A PRIVATE NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE RELATIONSHIP FOR THE OPERATION OF THE FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (FFRDC) KNOWN AS THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY. THE CONTRACTOR, JPL, IS REQUIRED TO PERFORM WORK THAT IS DESIGNATED IN TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY THE NASA MANAGEMENT OFFICE (NMO) CONTRACTING OFFICERS. NASA - SPONSORED WORK: JPL'S PRIMARY MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE NASA SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE (SMD) IN CARRYING OUT THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES IDENTIFIED IN THE SMD SCIENCE PLAN. THE FOUR BROAD SCIENTIFIC AREAS ARE: EARTH SCIENCE, PLANETARY SCIENCE, HELIOPHYSICS, AND ASTROPHYSICS. IN PERFORMANCE OF THIS CONTRACT, JPL SHALL: 1) SUPPLY A BROAD BASE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES RELEVANT TO NASA PROGRAM AND PROJECT RESPONSIBILITIES AND ASSIGNMENTS. 2) FOSTER ITS UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH A TOP-TIER UNIVERSITY TO FACILITATE THE INVOLVEMENT OF SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH COMMUNITIES IN NASA MISSION AND IN SUPPORTING OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. 3) SUPPORT NASA IN ENABLING PROGRAM AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPABILITIES. 4) DEVELOP SPACECRAFT AND INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE SENT TO VARIOUS DESTINATIONS WITH OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, INCLUDING EARTH ORBIT, PLANETS, PLANETARY SATELLITES, ASTEROIDS, AND COMETS. THESE MISSIONS MAY BE ORBITERS, LANDERS, OR ROVERS, AND TYPICALLY INCLUDE CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES REQUIRED TO MEET SCIENTIFIC REQUIREMENTS. 5) PERFORM PROJECT TASKS INVOLVING: (I) AUTONOMOUS DEEP-SPACE, INNER-SPACE AND EARTH-ORBITING SPACECRAFT OR MAJOR SUBSYSTEMS, (II) EXPERIMENTS, INSTRUMENTS, OR OTHER DEVICES WHICH MAY BE CARRIED AS PAYLOAD ON SPACECRAFTS IN MISSIONS MANAGED BY OTHERS, AND/OR (III) GROUND-BASED SYSTEMS. 6) BEYOND ITS PRIMARY MISSION, JPL MAY PERFORM WORK FOR OTHER NASA MISSION DIRECTORATES OR OFFICES. 7) JPL IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION, RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY INSERTION, AND MANAGEMENT OF NASA S DEEP SPACE NETWORK TO PROVIDE TELECOMMUNICATION AND OPERATION SERVICES, INCLUDING DATA ACQUISITION AND DATA DELIVERY REQUIRED TO MEET ESTABLISHED AGENCY OBJECTIVES. 8) JPL IS ALSO REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN AND CONDUCT AN EDUCATION PROGRAM IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE NASA HEADQUARTERS EDUCATION OFFICE, THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AT LARGE, AND IN SUPPORT TO NASA STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES TO IMPROVE STUDENT RETENTION IN THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) DISCIPLINES. WORK FOR NON-NASA SPONSORS: JPL MAY PERFORM WORK FOR NON-NASA SPONSORS. THIS WORK WILL BE DESIGNATED IN TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY NMO CONTRACTING OFFICERS BASED ON TASK PLANS INITIATED BY THE CONTRACTOR. | 2018-10-01 → 2024-05-31 | $1.0M |
| NNN13D052T | IGF::CL::IGF JPL REVIEW SUPPORT TO DESCOVERY, NEW FRONTIERS AND LUNAR SCIENCE (DNF&LS) PROGRAM OFFICE THE CONTRACT IS THE SPONSORING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) AND THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (CONTRACTOR), A PRIVATE NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE RELATIONSHIP FOR THE OPERATION OF THE FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (FFRDC) KNOWN AS THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY. THE CONTRACTOR, JPL, IS REQUIRED TO PERFORM WORK THAT IS DESIGNATED IN TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY THE NASA MANAGEMENT OFFICE (NMO) CONTRACTING OFFICERS. NASA SPONSORED WORK: JPL S PRIMARY MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE NASA SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE (SMD) IN CARRYING OUT THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES IDENTIFIED IN THE SMD SCIENCE PLAN. THE FOUR BROAD SCIENTIFIC AREAS ARE: EARTH SCIENCE, PLANETARY SCIENCE, HELIOPHYSICS, AND ASTROPHYSICS. IN PERFORMANCE OF THIS CONTRACT, JPL SHALL: 1) SUPPLY A BROAD BASE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES RELEVANT TO NASA PROGRAM AND PROJECT RESPONSIBILITIES AND ASSIGNMENTS. 2) FOSTER ITS UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH A TOP-TIER UNIVERSITY TO FACILITATE THE INVOLVEMENT OF SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH COMMUNITIES IN NASA MISSION AND IN SUPPORTING OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. 3) SUPPORT NASA IN ENABLING PROGRAM AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPABILITIES. 4) DEVELOP SPACECRAFT AND INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE SENT TO VARIOUS DESTINATIONS WITH OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, INCLUDING EARTH ORBIT, PLANETS, PLANETARY SATELLITES, ASTEROIDS, AND COMETS. THESE MISSIONS MAY BE ORBITERS, LANDERS, OR ROVERS, AND TYPICALLY INCLUDE CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES REQUIRED TO MEET SCIENTIFIC REQUIREMENTS. 5) PERFORM PROJECT TASKS INVOLVING: (I) AUTONOMOUS DEEP-SPACE, INNER-SPACE AND EARTH-ORBITING SPACECRAFT OR MAJOR SUBSYSTEMS, (II) EXPERIMENTS, INSTRUMENTS, OR OTHER DEVICES WHICH MAY BE CARRIED AS PAYLOAD ON SPACECRAFTS IN MISSIONS MANAGED BY OTHERS, AND/OR (III) GROUND-BASED SYSTEMS. 6) BEYOND ITS PRIMARY MISSION, JPL MAY PERFORM WORK FOR OTHER NASA MISSION DIRECTORATES OR OFFICES. 7) JPL IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION, RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY INSERTION, AND MANAGEMENT OF NASA S DEEP SPACE NETWORK TO PROVIDE TELECOMMUNICATION AND OPERATION SERVICES, INCLUDING DATA ACQUISITION AND DATA DELIVERY REQUIRED TO MEET ESTABLISHED AGENCY OBJECTIVES. 8) JPL IS ALSO REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN AND CONDUCT AN EDUCATION PROGRAM IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE NASA HEADQUARTERS EDUCATION OFFICE, THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AT LARGE, AND IN SUPPORT TO NASA STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES TO IMPROVE STUDENT RETENTION IN THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) DISCIPLINES. WORK FOR NON-NASA SPONSORS: JPL MAY PERFORM WORK FOR NON-NASA SPONSORS. THIS WORK WILL BE DESIGNATED IN TASK ORDERS ISSUED BY NMO CONTRACTING OFFICERS BASED ON TASK PLANS INITIATED BY THE CONTRACTOR. | 2012-10-01 → 2022-09-30 | $1.0M |
| 80NM0021F0015 | LUNAR CAMERA MODIFICATIONS TO ENHANCED ENGINEERING CAMERAS (15-109257) | 2021-02-17 → 2023-02-17 | $895K |
| 80NSSC23M0239 | 23-23USTPFULL-0018 ULTRASTABLE MICROPHOTONIC CLOCKS FOR A CISLUNAR SMALL SPACECRAFT | 2023-10-01 → 2028-07-30 | $874K |
| 80NM0021F0004 | DAY/NIGHT LUNAR ROVER AUTONOMOUS OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE AND LOCALIZATION (LUNARNAV) (15-109039) | 2020-10-22 → 2023-10-22 | $853K |
| 80NM0019F0064 | JPL SUPPORT TO BLUE ORIGIN FOR HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM STUDIES, RISK REDUCTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION | 2019-07-16 → 2020-02-16 | $839K |
| 80NM0022F0004 | IND NETWORK SERVICES SUPPORT OF JAZA SMART LANDER FOR INVESTIGATING MOON (SLIM) (91-110291) | 2021-11-15 → 2024-03-24 | $753K |
| 80NM0025F7072 | JPL SUPPORT OF LUNAR SURFACE PROPAGATION (90-230919) | 2025-08-21 → 2027-11-21 | $745K |
| 80NM0020F0057 | INTERPLANETARY NETWORK SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THE LUNAR NODE-1 MISSION (91-711281) | 2020-06-25 → 2024-03-31 | $639K |
| NMO711194 | JPL SUPPORT TO LUNAR MAPPING AND MODELING PROJECT (LMMP) SUSTAINING ENGINEERING | 2011-08-26 → 2012-09-30 | $616K |
| 80NM0025F7063 | FIREFLY'S LUNAR LANDER ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING BLUE GHOST MISSION 2 (40-231557) | 2025-07-29 → 2026-10-29 | $574K |
| 80NM0025F7061 | AMDROHPSAT ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED DEPLOYABLE RADIATOR WITH ADVANCED THERMAL CONTROL TO ENABLE HIGH POWER LUNAR CUBESATS (14-231325) | 2025-07-23 → 2028-07-23 | $545K |
| 80NSSC25K7550 | EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGENCY S EXPLORATION INITIATIVE FOCUSING ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF ON AND FROM THE MOON LUNAR ORBIT MARS AND BEYOND. ADVANCE DISCOVERY IN EMERGING FIELDS BY IDENTIFYING AND EXPLOITING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES DEVELOP A DIRECTORATE-WIDE TARGET-USER FOCUSED APPROACH TO APPLIED PROGRAMS INCLUDING EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS SPACE WEATHER PLANETARY DEFENSE AND SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. | 2025-02-01 → 2028-01-31 | $545K |
| 80NSSC25K8009 | THE ROSES FUNDING OPPORTUNITY GOALS ARE: EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGENCY S EXPLORATION INITIATIVE FOCUSING ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF ON AND FROM THE MOON LUNAR ORBIT MARS AND BEYOND. ADVANCE DISCOVERY IN EMERGING FIELDS BY IDENTIFYING AND EXPLOITING CROSS DISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES. DEVELOP A DIRECTORATE-WIDE TARGET-USER FOCUSED APPROACH TO APPLIED PROGRAMS INCLUDING EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS SPACE WEATHER PLANETARY DEFENSE AND SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. | 2025-05-20 → 2028-05-19 | $496K |
| 80NM0026F7059 | CIS-LUNAR AUTONOMOUS POSITIONING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY, OPERATIONS AND NAVIGATION EXPERIMENT (CAPSTONE) 2 (42-233306) | 2026-09-10 → 2028-05-10 | $494K |
| 80NM0020F0046 | SUPPORT OF LUNAR SURFACE TECHNOLOGY (LUSTR) OPPORTUNITIES 15-108399 | 2020-05-12 → 2022-09-25 | $493K |
| 80NM0026F7048 | ULTRASTABLE MICROPHOTONIC CLOCKS FOR A CISLUNAR SMALL SPACECRAFT (51-233138) | 2026-08-04 → 2028-08-04 | $458K |
| 80NSSC25K7319 | EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGENCY S EXPLORATION INITIATIVE FOCUSING ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF ON AND FROM THE MOON LUNAR ORBIT MARS AND BEYOND. ADVANCE DISCOVERY IN EMERGING FIELDS BY IDENTIFYING AND EXPLOITING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES DEVELOP A DIRECTORATE-WIDE TARGET-USER FOCUSED APPROACH TO APPLIED PROGRAMS INCLUDING EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS SPACE WEATHER PLANETARY DEFENSE AND SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. | 2025-01-01 → 2027-12-31 | $452K |
| 80NSSC25K7180 | EXECUTE A BALANCED SCIENCE PROGRAM BASED ON DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FROM CONGRESS. PARTICIPATE AS A KEY PARTNER AND ENABLER IN THE AGENCY S EXPLORATION INITIATIVE FOCUSING ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF ON AND FROM THE MOON LUNAR ORBIT MARS AND BEYOND. ADVANCE DISCOVERY IN EMERGING FIELDS BY IDENTIFYING AND EXPLOITING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES DEVELOP A DIRECTORATE-WIDE TARGET-USER FOCUSED APPROACH TO APPLIED PROGRAMS INCLUDING EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS SPACE WEATHER PLANETARY DEFENSE AND SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. | 2024-11-01 → 2027-10-31 | $449K |
| 80NSSC19K1269 | ONE OF THE PRIMARY GOALS OF NASA'S EXPLORATION OF THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS AND CONSISTENT WITH THE SSW PROGRAM IS TO UNDERSTAND THE GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES THAT HAVE SHAPED THEIR SURFACES. THE STEEP WALLS OF CRATERS ON THE SURFACES OF THE MOON AND MARS COMMONLY HAVE BEEN INCISED BY STEEP BEDROCK ALCOVES CHUTES AND CHANNELS. ON MARS SOME OF THESE LANDFORMS HAVE BEEN OF INTENSE INTEREST DUE TO THEIR RESEMBLANCE TO WATER-CARVED GULLIES ON EARTH AND THEIR RELATIVE YOUTH POTENTIALLY INDICATING RECENT OR CURRENT AQUEOUS ACTIVITY ON MARS. DESPITE THEIR IMPORTANCE SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY EXISTS IN QUANTITATIVE INTERPRETATION OF CHUTES AND GULLIES ON CRATER WALLS BECAUSE WE LACK A MECHANISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR FORMATION. UNLIKE LANDFORMS DEVELOPED BY WATER-RICH FLOWS THAT ARE COMMON TO EARTH MECHANISTIC MODELS FOR THE FORMATION OF BEDROCK LANDFORMS BY DRY GRANULAR FLOWS CURRENTLY DO NOT EXIST. THIS KNOWLEDGE GAP SIGNIFICANTLY LIMITS OUR ABILITY TO IDENTIFY DOMINANT PROCESSES THAT HAVE SHAPED THE SURFACES OF MARS AND THE MOON WHETHER WET OR DRY. WE AIM TO ADDRESS THIS KNOWLEDGE GAP THROUGH THE COMPLETION OF THREE GOALS AIMED AT QUANTIFYING THE BASIC MECHANICS OF GULLY FORMATION BY DRY GRAIN FLOWS THROUGH EROSION OF A STRONG SUBSTRATE. 1) WE WILL DEVELOP THEORY AND A NUMERICAL MODEL FOR GULLY FORMATION IN BEDROCK AND CEMENTED SEDIMENTS. WE INTEND TO BUILD ON PREVIOUS WORK BY COUPLING THEORIES FOR ROCK FALL AND DRY GRANULAR FLOW BEDROCK WEAR AND LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION TO DEVELOP A QUANTITATIVE MODEL THAT CAN BE USED TO ASSESS THE ORIGIN OF LANDFORMS ON THE MOON AND MARS. 2) WE WILL TEST THE MODEL AGAINST A SERIES OF PHYSICAL EXPERIMENTS ON GULLY FORMATION BY DRY GRANULAR FLOWS WITH COHESIVE AND NON-COHESIVE SUBSTRATES. USING A 5-M LONG CHUTE AND A SYNTHETIC BEDROCK SUBSTRATE WE WILL INVESTIGATE WHETHER DRY GRAIN FLOWS ALONE CAN CREATE ALCOVE AND CHANNEL MORPHOLOGIES. IF SO WE WILL TEST WHETHER THEY OCCUR OVER A CERTAIN RANGE OF BED SLOPES AND QUANTIFY THEIR MORPHOLOGIC ATTRIBUTES. PARTICLES OF DIFFERENT DENSITIES WILL BE USED TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF REDUCED GRAVITIES. 3) FINALLY WE WILL MAP AND ANALYZE LANDFORMS ON THE MOON AND MARS TO DEVELOP A SET OF QUANTITATIVE MORPHOLOGIC CRITERIA TO DISTINGUISH BEDROCK GULLIES FORMED BY DRY GRANULAR FLOWS. WE WILL GENERATE THE FIRST GLOBAL MAP OF DEBRIS CHUTES ON THE MOON WHICH LIKELY FORMED IN THE ABSENCE OF WATER THAT SHARE THE SIMILAR MORPHOLOGIES AS THOSE ON MARS (ALCOVE CHANNEL AND FAN). THE DATABASE WILL BE USED FOR TARGETED ANALYSIS OF LUNAR DEBRIS CHUTES USING DATA FROM THE NASA LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER AND THE JAXA SELENE/KAGUYA SPACECRAFT. THESE DATA WILL BE COMPARED TO COMPARABLE TOPOGRAPHIC DATA OF GULLIES ON MARS USING MRO HIRISE STEREO TOPOGRAPHY. THE LANDFORMS WILL BE ASSESSED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF DRY EROSION BASED ON COMPARISON TO NUMERICAL MODELING AND EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS. CONSISTENT WITH THE SSW PROGRAM SCOPE RESULTS FROM THIS RESEARCH WILL FILL A FUNDAMENTAL VOID IN OUR BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF PLANETARY SURFACE PROCESSES WITH SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS FOR UNRAVELING THE HISTORY OF LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION SURFACE WATER AND OTHER VOLATILES ON THE MOON MARS AND OTHER ROCKY PLANETS. SPECIFICALLY WE EXPECT TO PROVIDE A MECHANISTIC UNDERSTANDING FOR THE FORMATION OF GULLIES IN BEDROCK SUBSTRATES AND THEIR QUANTITATIVE INTERPRETATION AS A PALEO-ENVIRONMENTAL TOOL THROUGH COMPARATIVE PLANETOLOGY MODEL DEVELOPMENT AND ANALOG EXPERIMENTS. IN ADDITION THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS RELEVANT TO RESEARCH OBJECTIVES IDENTIFIED BY THE MARS EXPLORATION PROGRAM ANALYSIS GROUP (MEPAG 2015) AND THE PLANETARY SCIENCE DECADAL SURVEY (2013- 2023) TO UNDERSTAND HOW PLANETARY SURFACES ARE MODIFIED BY GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND TO CHARACTERIZE HABITABLE ENVIRONMENTS AND TO OBJECTIVES DESCRIBED BY THE LUNAR EXPLORATION ANALYSIS GROUP (LEAG 2016) TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF THE SURFACE OF THE MOON. | 2019-07-09 → 2022-07-08 | $427K |
| 80NM0021F0048 | HETERODYNE OH (HYDROXYL) LUNAR MINIATURE SPECTROMETER (HOLMS) (15-110491) | 2021-08-24 → 2023-09-30 | $424K |
| NMO711052 | JPL REVIEW SUPPORT TO DISCOVERY, NEW FRONTIERS AND LUNAR SCIENCE (DNF&LS) | 2008-09-23 → 2012-09-30 | $363K |
| 80NM0026F7058 | COLD OPERABLE LUNAR DEPLOYABLE ARM (COLDARM) FOLLOW ON (44-233524) DELIVER AND DEMONSTRATE A DEPLOYABLE ARM SYSTEM FOR LUNAR SURFACE TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION. | 2026-09-10 → 2028-09-30 | $231K |
| 80NM0018F0440 | JPL REVIEW SUPPORT TO DISCOVERY NEW FRONTIERS AND LUNAR SCIENCE (DNF&LS) PROGRAM OFFICE | 2018-10-01 → 2024-09-29 | $152K |
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