Rutgers, the State University

Lunar science and techSubcontractor to 1
Lunar obligations
$695K
as prime
Lunar awards
2
as prime
Its subcontractors
0
none reported
Primes it works for
1
$45K in subawards

Who it subcontracts to

No subawards reported under its lunar awards.

Who it works for

  1. LUNAR MISSIONS ENABLED BY CHEMICAL-ELECTROSPRAY PROPULSION

Lunar awards as prime

AwardDescriptionPeriodObligated
80NSSC19K0558OUR STUDY FOCUSES ON THE GEOCHEMISTRY PETROLOGY AND REMOTE SENSING OF HIGH MG TROCTOLITIC-SUITE SAMPLES (BOTH KREEPY AND KREEP-POOR) AND MG-ANORTHOSITE SAMPLES (METEORITIC AND APOLLO) IN ORDER TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS THAT ARE KEY TO THE EVOLUTION OF THE MOON. WE WILL DETERMINE POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THESE SAMPLE SUITES BY EMPHASIZING TEXTURAL AND MINERAL CHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS ON THEIR ORIGINS AND OVERALL CHEMICAL CONDITIONS OF FORMATION THROUGH: (TASK 1) MINERAL CHEMISTRY (MAJOR MINOR AND TRACE ELEMENT) TO IDENTIFY EVOLUTIONARY TRENDS AMONG SAMPLE SUITES. (TASK 2) MODELING OF MELT EQUILIBRIA TO CONSTRAIN POTENTIAL GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE SELECTED SAMPLE SUITES; AND (TASK 3) REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY OF THE SELECTED SAMPLES TO GAIN VALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO THE GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF TROCTOLITIC MG-SUITE ACROSS THE MOON.2019-03-11 → 2025-03-31$414K
80NSSC25K7382EXECUTE 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$281K

Source: USAspending.gov prime award and subaward data (public domain), refreshed daily; last refreshed 2026-10-19 06:18 UTC.

Amounts are obligated to date, not contract ceilings. An award counts as lunar when its published description is about the Moon, and programs are tagged from that text; repeated or impossible subaward reports are shown but not summed. Subawards are only as complete as primes report them.