The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees
Who it subcontracts to
BALL AEROSPACE WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT TO SCIENCE OPERATIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DURING PREPARATION FOR THE SCIENCE MISSION, AND THE SCIENCE MISSION ITSELF, AS WELL AS MISSION OPERATIONS SUPPORT TO THE CLPS LANDER/ROVER PROVIDER.
SUBRECIPIENT SHALL PROVIDE TECHNICAL INFORMATION CONCERNING ANY INVENTION, DISCOVERY, IMPROVEMENT, OR INNOVATION MADE BY SUBRECIPIENT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF WORK UNDER LUNAR-VISE. ANNUAL NEW TECHNOLOGY REPORTS DUE ON 12/31/2023; 12/31/2024; 12/31/2025, 12/31/2026 IN ADDITION, SUBRECIPIENT SHALL SUBMIT "SUBJECT INVENTIONS/REPORTABLE ITEMS INTERIM AND FINAL SUMMARY REPORT" ELECTRONICALLY ON THE NEW TECHNOLOGY REPORTING WEB SITE (ENTRE) LOCATED AT HTTP://INVENTION.NASA.GOV. FINAL INVENTORY REPORT OF FEDERALLY-OWNED PROPERTY DUE ON 11/29/2026 (90 DAYS AFTER PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE). SUBRECIPIENT SHALL PROVIDE PROJECT-SPECIFIC DELIVERABLES AS DELINEATED IN THE ATTACHED SCOPE OF WORK. AT ASU, INSTRUMENT SCIENTIST HARDGROVE WILL WORK WITH RMD AND AZST TO ENSURE THAT THE LUNAR VISE GRNS INSTRUMENT DESIGN MEETS THE LUNAR VISE MISSION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS. DR. HARDGROVE WILL OVERSEE THE DEVELOPMENT, QUALIFICATION AND DELIVERY OF THE LUNAR VISE GRNS. DR. HARDGROVE WILL ALSO LEAD THE CHARACTERIZATION AND CALIBRATION OF THE LUNAR VISE GRNS PRIOR TO INSTRUMENT DELIVERY. DR. HARDGROVE WILL ALSO WORK WITH THE SCIENCE TEAM TO DEFINE MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS, AND WILL ASSIST WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GRNS SCIENCE CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS, GRNS SCIENCE OPERATIONS SUPPORT DURING THE NOMINAL MISSION, GRNS DATA REDUCTION AND ANALYSIS, AND WORK ON PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATION OF RESULTS AT CONFERENCES. HARDGROVE WILL PARTICIPATE IN MONTHLY AND BIWEEKLY TELECONS THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. ASU POSTDOC LENA HEFFERN WILL DEVELOP NEUTRON AND GAMMA-RAY TRANSPORT MODELS OF THE LUNAR VISE GRNS TO DETERMINE GAMMA-RAY SENSITIVITIES AND TO DETERMINE ABUNDANCES OF ELEMENTS IN THE SUBSURFACE. HEFFERN WILL ALSO ASSIST WITH GRNS CHARACTERIZATION AND CALIBRATION. RMD WILL TAKE A LEADING ROLE IN THE OVERALL DESIGN FOR THE CLLBC BASED GAMMA RAY-NEUTRON SPECTROMETER (GRNS) SENSOR HEAD FOR THE VISE MISSION. THE EFFORT AT RMD WILL BE LED BY DR. JOHNSON, WHO HAS OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OF NUCLEAR INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT. DR. JOHNSON LED THE DESIGN AND FABRICATION EFFORTS FOR THE MINIATURE NEUTRON SPECTROMETER FOR THE LUNAH MISSION, AND HE WILL OVERSEE THE DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF THE INSTRUMENT IN COORDINATION WITH ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (DR. HARDGROVE) AND AZST (MR. LAZBIN). RMD WILL ALSO LEAD THE QUALIFICATION PROGRAM OF THE CLYC AND CLLBC MODULES AND PRESENT RESULTS TO ASU AND THE LUNAR VISE SCIENCE TEAM. AZ SPACE TECHNOLOGIES (AZST, WHICH MAY BE REPLACED BY ANOTHER VENDOR. DECISION PENDING.) WILL MODIFY THE LUNAH-MAP INSTRUMENT ELECTRONICS DESIGN TO INCORPORATE THE NEW PARTS REQUIRED BY THE PRISM INSTRUMENT. AZST WILL BUILD 3 SETS OF ELECTRONICS BOARDS, DESIGN THE ENCLOSURE AND INSTRUMENT HARNESSES, AND PERFORM THERMAL AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS USING INPUTS FROM BALL. AZST WILL INTEGRATE THE PRISM INSTRUMENT AND PERFORM FUNCTIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING AS APPROPRIATE. AZST WILL LEAD THE ASSEMBLY OF AN ENGINEERING UNIT (EU), A QUAL UNIT THAT WILL BE TESTED TO THE PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS, AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUMENT. AZST WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FLIGHT STRUCTURE DESIGN AND WILL WORK WITH BALL TO IMPLEMENT THERMAL CONTROL OF THE INSTRUMENT AND PERFORM A THERMAL ANALYSIS. QWALTEC WILL LEAD THE TESTING OF EU, QUALIFICATION AND FLIGHT INSTRUMENT USING TOOLS DEVELOPED IN THEIR ROLE AS OPERATIONS LEAD FOR THE LUNAH-MAP MISSION. QWALTEC WILL ALSO DEVELOP GROUND DATA SYSTEM TOOLS FOR LUNAR VISE GRNS INSTRUMENT COMMANDING AND TELEMETRY PROCESSING, AND PROVIDE BOTH UPLINK AND DOWNLINK ROLES FOR SCIENCE OPERATIONS. QWALTEC WILL PERFORM OPERATIONS REHEARSALS, READINESS REVIEWS AND PROVIDE FLIGHT OPERATIONS SUPPORT FOR THE LUNAR VISE GRNS INSTRUMENT.
DR. CASSANDRA RUNYON WILL SUPPORT THE EDUCATION PUBLIC/ENGAGEMENT (EPE) EFFORT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA CENTER FOR LUNAR AND ASTEROID SURFACE SCIENCE (GLASS) SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION RESEARCH VIRTUAL INSTITUTE (SSERVI) UNDER THE DIRECTION OF PI, DR. DANIEL BRITT. AS PART OF THIS EFFORT, DR. RUNYON WILL: 1. ATTEND UCF/CLASS - SSERVI SCIENCE TEAM MEETINGS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA AND ELSEWHERE AS CALLED UPON THE BY PI, DR. DANIEL BRITT 2. WORK CLOSELY WITH UCF/CLASS SCIENCE TEAM MEMBERS AND PARTNERS TO CREATE, REVIEW, TEST, MODIFY AND DISTRIBUTE EPE CURRICULA AND ACTIVITIES ACCORDING TO THE TIMELINE IN THE PROPOSAL; SOME TRAVEL MAY BE INVOLVED. 3. FACILITATE THE INITIATION OF THE UCF/CLASS - SSERVI EPE PROGRAM AS OUTLINED IN THE PROPOSAL. 4. MANAGE THE UCF/CLASS EPE BUDGET AND REPORTING. 5. FACILITATE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE SSERVI CENTRAL EPE OFFICE, THE OTHER SSERVI EPE TEAMS AND THE CLASS TEAM AS APPROPRIATE. 6. REPRESENT THE UCF/CLASS SSERVI EPE TEAM AS SSERVI MEETINGS, EPE EVENTS AND EDUCATOR WORKSHOPS, AND ELSEWHERE AS CALLED UPON BY THE PI. 7. BE PRESENT AS ASSIST THE UCF/CLASS TEAM WITH EPE PRESENTATIONS AT MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES AS NEEDED.
DR. DANIEL J. SCHEERS WILL DIRECT RESEARCH OF THE MATHEMATICAL MODELING AND DYNAMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ASTEROID REGOLITH IN SUPPORT OF THE CLASS INSTITUTE. HE OR HIS DESIGNATE WILL PARTICIPATE IN VIRTUAL MEETINGS AS REQUIRED, SUPPLY ANALYSIS, AND SUPPORT THE INSTITUTE IN CREATION OF PROGRESS REPORTS AS NEEDED. 1. ATTEND UCF/CLASS - SSERVI SCIENCE TEAM MEETINGS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA AND ELSEWHERE AS CALLED UPON THE BY PI, DR. DANIEL BRITT 2. WORK CLOSELY WITH UCF/CLASS SCIENCE TEAM MEMBERS AND PARTNERS TO CREATE, REVIEW, TEST, MODIFY AND DISTRIBUTE EPE CURRICULA AND ACTIVITIES ACCORDING TO THE TIMELINE IN THE PROPOSAL; SOME TRAVEL MAY BE INVOLVED. 3. FACILITATE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE SSERVI CENTRAL EPE OFFICE, THE OTHER SSERVI EPE TEAMS AND THE CLASS TEAM AS APPROPRIATE. 4. REPRESENT THE UCF/CLASS SSERVI EPE TEAM AS SSERVI MEETINGS, EPE EVENTS AND EDUCATOR WORKSHOPS, AND ELSEWHERE AS CALLED UPON BY THE PI. 5. BE PRESENT AS ASSIST THE UCF/CLASS TEAM WITH EPE PRESENTATIONS AT MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES AS NEEDED. 6. RESULTS WILL BE ANALYZED, SHARED AMONG THE PIS AND PREPARED FOR REFEREED PUBLICATIONS.
SUBRECIPIENT SHALL PROVIDE TECHNICAL INFORMATION CONCERNING ANY INVENTION, DISCOVERY, IMPROVEMENT, OR INNOVATION MADE BY SUBRECIPIENT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF WORK UNDER LUNAR-VISE. ANNUAL NEW TECHNOLOGY REPORTS DUE ON 12/31/2022; 12/31/2023; 12/31/2024; 12/31/2025, 12/31/2026 FINAL INVENTORY REPORT OF FEDERALLY-OWNED PROPERTY DUE ON 11/29/2026 (90 DAYS AFTER PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE). SUBRECIPIENT SHALL PROVIDE PROJECT-SPECIFIC DELIVERABLES AS DELINEATED IN THE ATTACHED SCOPE OF WORK.
FOR LUNARVISE, HE (DR. PRETTYMAN) WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE GRNS, INCLUDING THE SPECIFICATION OF INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION OF LABORATORY DATA TO CHARACTERIZE THE INSTRUMENT. DURING FLIGHT, HE WILL REDUCE, CALIBRATE, ANALYZE, AND INTERPRET THE GRNS DATA, PLACING THEM IN CONTEXT WITH ORBITAL OBSERVATIONS. HE WILL LEAD A PUBLICATION ON GRNS RESULTS AND ASSIST WITH DATA ARCHIVING.
LUNAR STIMULANT EXPERIMENTS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN A 4X4 FEET PLEXIGLASS CONTAINER FILLED WITH ~10 INCHES OF STIMULANT THAT WILL BE COMPACTED AND A DUSTING STIMULANT SPREAD OVER THE COMPACTED MATERIAL
ATTEND UCF/CLASS - SSERVI SCIENCE TEAM MEETINGS AT UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA AND ELSEWHERE AS CALLED UPON BY THE PI. WORK CLOSELY WITH UCF/CLASS SCIENCE TEAM MEMBERS AND PARTNERS TO CREATE, REVIEW, TEST, MODIFY AND DISTRIBUTE EPE CURRICULA AND ACTIVITIES ACCORDING TO THE TIMELINE IN THE PROPOSAL. FACILITATE THE INITIATION OF THE UCF/CLASS -SSERVI EPE PROGRAM AS OUTLINED. MANAGE THE UCF/CLASS EPE BUDGET AND REPORTING FACILITATE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE SSERVI CENTRAL EPE OFFICE AND THE REST OF THE CLASS TEAM. REPRESENT THE UCF/CLASS SSERVI EPE TEAM AT SSERVI MEETINGS, EPE EVENTS AND EDUCATOR WORKSHOPS AND ELSEWHERE. BE PRESENT AND ASSIST THE UCF/CLASS TEAM WITH EPE PRESENTATIONS AT MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES.
ACTIVITIES YEAR 1: " ESTABLISH SUBCONTRACT WITH COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES FOR OMTB TESTS. " REVIEW NEW DATA FROM THE HAYABUSA 2 MISSION TO RYUGU AND THE OSIRIS-REX MISSION TO BENNU TO ASSESS WHAT CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE TO SIMULATED ASTEROID SURFACE MATERIALS. " CONDUCT OMTB TESTS WITH LATEST CLASS ASTEROID SIMULANTS. " PROTOTYPE C-TYPE ASTEROID SIMULANTS WITH SURFACE STRUCTURE BASED ON LATEST MISSION RESULTS. " CONSULT WITH CO-I JEDICKE ON ASTEROID SURFACE EVOLUTION. " REPORT ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR SSERVI PERIODIC REPORTS. ACTIVITIES YEAR 2: " CONDUCT OMTB TESTS WITH LATEST CLASS ASTEROID SIMULANTS. " WORK WITH THE EXOLITH LABORATORY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SIMULANT MORPHOLOGIES. " CONDUCT OMTB TESTS WITH C-TYPE ASTEROIDS SIMULANTS WITH SURFACES STRUCTURE BASED ON LATEST MISSION RESULTS. " ATTEND THE EXPLORATION SCIENCE FORUM TO REPORT RESULTS. " WORK WITH CO-I JEDICKE ON LATEST RESULTS FOR ASTEROID SURFACE PROCESSES. " REPORT ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR SSERVI PERIODIC REPORTS. ACTIVITIES YEAR 3: " PREPARE AND PUBLISH A JOURNAL PAPER. " CONDUCT OMTB TESTS WITH LATEST CLASS ASTEROID SIMULANTS. " CONDUCT OMTB TESTS WITH C-TYPE ASTEROIDS SIMULANTS WITH SURFACES STRUCTURE BASED ON LATEST MISSION RESULTS. " ATTEND THE EXPLORATION SCIENCE FORUM TO REPORT RESULTS. " REPORT ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR SSERVI PERIODIC REPORTS. ACTIVITIES YEAR 4: " PREPARE AND PUBLISH A JOURNAL PAPER. " CONDUCT OMTB TESTS WITH LATEST CLASS ASTEROID SIMULANTS. " CONDUCT OMTB TESTS WITH C-TYPE ASTEROIDS SIMULANTS WITH SURFACES STRUCTURE BASED ON LATEST MISSION RESULTS. " CONDUCT OMTB TESTS WITH PHOBOS AND DEIMOS SIMULANTS. " ATTEND THE EXPLORATION SCIENCE FORUM TO REPORT RESULTS. " REPORT ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR SSERVI PERIODIC REPORTS.
DR. LAWRENCE TAYLOR WILL SUPPORT THE EDUCATION PUBLIC I ENGAGEMENT (EPE) EFFORT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA CENTER FOR LUNAR AND ASTEROID SURFACE SCIENCE (CLASS) SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION RESEARCH VIRTUAL INSTITUTE (SSERVI) UNDER THE DIRECTION OF PI, DR. DANIEL BRITT. AS PART OF THIS EFFORT, DR. LAWRENCE TAYLOR WILL" 1) ATTEND UCF/CLASS- SSERVI SCIENCE TEAM MEETINGS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA AND ELSEWHERE AS CALLED UPON BY THE PI, DR. DANIEL BRITT 2) WORK CLOSELY WITH UCF/CLASS SCIENCE TEAM MEMBERS AND PARTNERS TO CREATE, REVIEW, TEST, MODIFY AND DISTRIBUTE EPE CURRICULA AND ACTIVITIES ACCORDING TO THE TIMELINE IN THE PROPOSAL: SOME TRAVEL MAY BE INVOLVED. 3) FACILITATE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE SSERVI CENTRAL EPE OFFICE, THE OTHER SSERVI EPE TEAMS AND THE CLASS TEAM AS APPROPRIATE. 4) REPRESENT THE UCF/CLASS SSERVI EPE TEAM AT SSERVI MEETINGS, EPE EVENTS AND EDUCATOR WORKSHOPS, AND ELSEWHERE AS CALLED UPON BY THE PI 5) BE PRESENT AND ASSIST THE UCF/CLASS TEAM WITH EPE PRESENTATIONS AT MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES AS NEEDED. 6) RESULTS WILL BE ANALYZED, SHARED AMONG THE PIS AND PREPARED FOR REFEREED PUBLICATIONS. DELIVERABLES: WILL INVESTIGATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REAL NP-FE TEXTURE THROUGH PRECIPITATION OF METALLIC FE FROM A VAPOR PHASE CONSISTING OF SUPERSATURATED FE IN A SILICA-RICH GAS FORMED BY FLASH MELTING OF APPROPRIATE COMPOSITIONS. THIS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN A LAB AT OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE STUDY, WE WILL PERFORM ADDITIONAL STUDIES ON THE PARTICLE SIZE FRACTION OF THE SOILS <I UM, IN PARTICULAR THE SHAPE PARAMETERS AND THE ARRAYS OF NP-FE ON RIMS AND IN THE AGGLUTINITIC GLASS. THIS WILL BE PERFORMED USING SEM AND TEM INSTRUMENTS IN THE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH FACILITY, ADJOINING THE EARTH & PLANETARY SCIENCES BUILDING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE (THE HORNE INSTITUTION OF THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR FOR THIS TASK).
MEASURE FOR THE PURPOSE OF SPECIFIC HEAT CAPACITY, THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY, LINEAR EXPANSION AND RESONANT ULTRASOUND SPECTROSCOPY AT 2-300 K. CALCULATION OF THERMAL EXPANSION AS A FUNCTION OF TEMPERATURE. ANALYZE AND SHARE RESULTS.
DR. BRETT DENEVI WILL BE A MEMBER OF THE LUNAR-VISE SCIENCE TEAM, CONTRIBUTING PRIMARILY TO UNDERSTANDING THE COMPOSITION AND SURFACE PROPERTIES OF REGOLITH AT THE LANDING SITE. IN THE PRE- FLIGHT PHASE, DENEVI WILL AID IN SETTING MEASUREMENT AND INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MULTI-SPECTRAL UV/VNIR CAMERA TO ENSURE THAT THE OBSERVATIONS ADDRESS THE SCIENCE OBJECTIVES OF THE LUNAR-VISE INVESTIGATION. DURING FLIGHT AND AFTER OPERATIONS CEASE, SHE WILL AID IN THE INTERPRETATION OF THE UV/VNIR DATA, INCLUDING VIA HAPKE MODELING, AND WILL PLACE THOSE INTERPRETATIONS INTO THE BROADER CONTEXT OF LUNAR GEOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. THESE RESULTS WILL BE DETAILED IN A MANUSCRIPT SUBMITTED TO A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL FOR PEER-REVIEW AND PUBLICATION. DENEVI WILL PARTICIPATE IN SCIENCE TEAM TELECONS AND MEETINGS, AND WILL BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT DURING SURFACE OPERATIONS. FINAL INVENTORY REPORT OF FEDERALLY-OWNED PROPERTY DUE ON 11/29/2026 (90 DAYS AFTER PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE) VIA EMAIL. SUBRECIPIENT SHALL PROVIDE MONTHLY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REPORTS (INVOICES) DUE ON 15TH OF EACH MONTH.
CAPTURE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO WATER CONCENTRATION AND REGOLITH DENSITY; DESIGN EXPERIMENTAL SETUP TO PERFORM VOLATILE LOSS TESTS. REVIEW DESIGN.; PROCURE HARDWARE FOR EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; PROVIDE INPUT TO SSERVI REPORT; ATTEND THE EXPLORATION SCIENCE FORUM
LEVERAGE EXISTING NASA EDI GRANT WORK AND TEAM TO EXPAND INTO LUNAR WORK FOR LUNAR ICE MINING; GRAD STUDENTS WORK TO EXPAND PORE NETWORK MODEL FOR LUNAR APPLICATION AND RUN DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
CO-I WILLIAMS WILL ANALYZE DIVINER DATA AND THERMAL MODELS TO UNDERSTAND THE LANDING SITE CONDITIONS FOR L-CIRIS AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE RESULTING INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE MODELING DURING THE PRE-FLIGHT PHASE. DURING THE FLIGHT PHASE, HE WILL AID IN THE ANALYSES OF THE TIR OBSERVATIONS AND THE INTERPRETATION OF THE MODELED THERMOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND PLACE THEM INTO CONTEXT WITH DIVINER OBSERVATIONS.
Who it works for
THE FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS OF REVEALS REQUIRE THE PARTICIPATION OF A RESEARCH AND HIS/HER LABORATORY AND COLLABORATORS AT UCF THAT HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THE AREAS OF SPACE MEDICINE AND METHODOLOGIES AND MATERIALS FOR RISK MITIGATION DURING HUMAN EXPLORATION, ASTROCHEMISTRY, SURFACE CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. DR. BELTRAN AND UCF COLLABORATORS HAVE EXPERIENCE NECESSARY IN THESE AREAS AND WILL BE ABLE TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH THAT IS CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF REVEALS. DR. BELTRAN'S AND HER COLLABORATOR'S KNOWLEDGE AND LABORATORY CAPABILITIES ARE AN ASSET TO THE PROJECT. DR. BELTRAN AND HER TEAM MEMBERS WILL PERFORM ALL RESEARCH TASKS REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT DEFINED IN THIS SUBAWARD, INCLUDING LABORATORY AND OFFICE WORK ASSOCIATED WITH EXPERIMENTS AND PREPARATION OF DATA FOR PUBLICATION.
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THE CO-INVESTIGATOR WILL LEAD EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PLANETARY REGOLITH AND REGOLITH SIMULANTS RELEVANT TO LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION INCLUDING SHEAR STRENGTH, BEARING STRENGTH, THERMAL PROPERTIES, AND MORE, WITH DIRECT RELEVANCE TO BOTH HUMAN AND ROBOTIC EXPLORATION OF PLANETARY SURFACES.
LUNAR COMPACT INFRARED SYSTEM (LCIRIS)
Lunar awards as prime
| Award | Description | Period | Obligated |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80NSSC22M0303 | LUNAR VULKAN IMAGING AND SPECTROSCOPY EXPLORER (LUNAR-VISE) | 2022-09-01 → 2027-01-31 | $33M |
| 80NSSC19M0214 | CENTER FOR LUNAR AND ASTEROID SURFACE SCIENCE (CLASS) | 2019-09-18 → 2026-10-14 | $6.9M |
| NNA14AB05A | FPDS BASE DESCRIPTION, MULTIPLE YEAR AWARD&INCREMENTAL FUNDING FOR YEARS ONE TO FIVE. THIS PROPOSAL IS ENTITLED, "CENTER FOR LUNAR AND ASTEROID SURF | 2014-03-07 → ? | $4.8M |
| 80NSSC21K0290 | THE PROPOSED INVESTIGATION IS DIRECTLY RELEVANT TO SSO AS IT INVOLVES NEW NASA IRTF OBSERVATIONS OF THE MOON & MERCURY. THE PROPOSED NEW MID INFRARED OBSERVATIONS WILL ALLOW TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF THESE PLANETARY BODIES. | 2021-01-10 → 2027-01-09 | $665K |
| 80KSC026C0003 | PROVIDE LUNAR REGOLITH GEOTECHNICAL FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL ANALYSES AS NEEDED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE NASA KSC SWAMP WORKS GRANULAR MECHANICS & REGOLITH OPERATIONS (GMRO)LABORATORY. | 2026-06-15 → 2026-12-31 | $600K |
| 80NSSC21M0309 | NASA'S VISION THROUGH ARTEMIS LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINED LUNAR PRESENCE OVER THE NEXT DECADE LEVERAGING THE RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT TO EXPAND OUR KNOWLEDGE FOR FUTURE DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGIES TO SUPPORT THE | 2021-08-23 → ? | $473K |
| 80NSSC20K0109 | A SURFICIAL LAYER OF REGOLITH IS A COMMON FEATURE OF SOLID BODIES IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND IT IS ESPECIALLY PREVALENT ON THE SURFACE OF AIRLESS BODIES LIKE THE MOON AND ASTEROIDS. BECAUSE OF THEIR RELATIVELY LARGE SURFACE AREA-TO-MASS RATIOS DUST .. | 2019-10-10 → 2026-05-31 | $413K |
| 80NSSC19K0041 | THE MAIN GOAL OF THIS SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION OF THE MOON'S ANORTHOSITIC CRUST IS TO IDENTIFY THE COMPOSITIONAL DIVERSITY WITHIN THE FELDSPATHIC HIGHLANDS TERRANE (FHT) IN AN EFFORT TO BETTER CONSTRAIN FORMATION PROCESSES (E.G. LUNAR MAGMA OCEAN SERIAL MAGMATISM SECONDARY CRUSTAL PROCESSES AND/OR A COMBINATION OF PROCESSES). IN PARTICULAR WE WILL INVESTIGATE THE COMPOSITION OF PLAGIOCLASE FELDSPAR (CALCIUM CONTENT OR AN) USING DIVINER THERMAL INFRARED (TIR) OBSERVATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO BE SENSITIVE TO PLAGIOCLASE COMPOSITION [GREENHAGEN ET AL. 2010; DONALDSON HANNA ET AL. 2014] IN REGIONS OF HIGH- AND LOW-MAGNESIUM CONTENT AS DETERMINED BY LUNAR PROSPECTOR (LP) OBSERVATIONS. LUNAR ROCKS FORMED THROUGH SECONDARY CRUSTAL PROCESSES LIKE THE MG- AND ALKALISUITE [E.G. WARREN 1985; MCGEE 1993; PAPIKE ET AL. 1996] SHOW A GREATER RANGE IN PLAGIOCLASE COMPOSITION THAN THOSE FORMED THROUGH PRIMARY CRUSTAL PROCESSES (FAN). WHILE DIVINER DATA ARE USED TO ESTIMATE THE CALCIUM CONTENT IN PLAGIOCLASE MOON MINERALOGY MAPPER (M3) DATA ARE USED TO IDENTIFY OTHER MINERALOGIES AND LITHOLOGIES PRESENT AND GRAIL CRUSTAL THICKNESS MAPS ARE USED TO CORRELATE MINERALOGY WITH DEPTH OF ORIGIN IN THE CRUST. IN ADDITION LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER CAMERA (LROC) NARROW ANGLE CAMERA (NAC) HIGH-SPATIAL RESOLUTION TARGETED OBSERVATIONS OF PURE PLAGIOCLASE REGIONS WILL BE ANALYZED TO FURTHER CONSTRAIN THE PHOTOMETRIC PROPERTIES AND GEOLOGIC CONTEXT OF EACH EXPOSURE. | 2019-03-15 → 2024-03-14 | $411K |
| FA95502310677 | INVESTIGATING THE FUSION OF MODEL-BASED AND DATA-DRIVEN METHODS FOR UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION IN CISLUNAR SPACE DOMAIN AWARENESS. | 2023-09-15 → 2027-09-14 | $350K |
| 80KSC019P0013 | THE NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER EXPLORATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM, APPLIED SCIENCE BRANCH (UBR3) IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES TO NASA AND CONTRACTOR CUSTOMERS AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. THIS ACQUISITION IS FOR A POST-DOCTORAL APPLICANT TO PERFORM ANALYSIS OF LUNAR VOLATILES VIA GAS CHROMATOGRAPH (GC) AS WELL AS MASS SPECTROMETER (MS) SYSTEM FOR LUNAR OPS. THROUGHOUT THE EXPLORATION OF OUR MOON, THE DETECTION OF POSSIBLE WATER HAS BEEN OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE, EARLIER EXPERIMENTS HAVE SHOWN STRONG EVIDENCE THAT FROZEN WATER IS POSSIBLY PRESENT ON THE MOON. AND WHILE THE APOLLO 15 MISSION WAS KNOWN TO UTILIZE A MASS SPECTROMETER FOR THE DETECTION OF WATER VAPORS EMITTED FROM THE MOON, VERY FEW REPETITIVE EXPERIMENTS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED UTILIZING UPGRADED MASS SPECTROMETERS. DESIGN, CONSTRUCT, AND EVALUATE THE MODIFIED GC/MS HARDWARE THAT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LUNAR OPS SYSTEM TO MEET ALL REQUIRED PAYLOAD WEIGHT, AND POWER WHILE STILL MAINTAINING A FUNCTIONING FORM IN VARIOUS DESIRED ENVIRONMENTS. A 40 HOUR WORK WEEK IS ANTICIPATED FOR THE APPLICANT. THE VALUE OF THIS AWARD IS $229,004.00. THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, (UCF) WILL CONTRIBUTE $65,000.00 OF MATCHING FUNDS AS PART OF THE PRE-EMINENT POST-DOCTORAL PROGRAM (P3) INVESTMENT AND THE REMAINING $164,004.00 WILL COME FROM NASA AGENCY FUNDS. DR. ROBERTO AGUILAR, WHO IS HIGHLY QUALIFIED IN THE FIELD OF MASS SPECTROSCOPY AND GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY, WILL BE PERFORMING THE WORK ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AWARD. DR. CHERIE YESTREBSKY, A DISTINGUISHED PEGASUS PROFESSOR, CHAIR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA'S CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT AND THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR INTEGRATED COASTAL RESEARCH, WILL BE HIS MENTOR. DR. AGUILAR WILL PERFORM THE MAJORITY OF THE TESTING DESIGN AND ANALYSIS AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, BUT WILL CONFER WITH DR. YESTREBSKY ON A REGULAR BASIS AT THE MAIN UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA CAMPUS IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA. | 2019-02-14 → 2021-03-31 | $164K |
| 80KSC021PA006 | NON-PERSONAL SERVICES FOR ONE (1) POST-DOCTORAL APPLICANT FOR ANALYSIS OF LUNAR VOLATILES VIA A ASS SPECTROMETER SYSTEM FOR LUNAR OPERATIONS | 2022-01-03 → 2024-01-02 | $157K |
| 80NSSC20K1022 | WE PROPOSE A NEW METHOD WE CALL AQUA FACTOREM TO EXTRACT LUNAR WATER. IT WILL DRASTICALLY REDUCE ENERGY AND COMPLEXITY OF LUNAR MINING OPERATIONS HELPING TO ESTABLISH THIS INDUSTRY. | 2020-05-15 → 2021-03-12 | $124K |
| 80NSSC22PB698 | LUNAR G VACUUM CHAMBERS | 2022-08-09 → 2023-12-31 | $110K |
| 80NSSC20M0012 | THE REUSABLE LUNAR LANDER STUDY WILL INVESTIGATE THE ROCKET EXHAUST PLUME EFFECTS UPON A REUSABLE LUNAR LANDER IDENTIFYING AND QUANTIFYING ANY CONCERNS WITH LUNAR DUST CONTAMINATION AND EJECTA DAMAGE TO THE LANDER INCLUDING CUMULATIVE EFFECTS DUE TO ITS REUSABILITY. THE STUDY WILL CONSIDER THE PLUME EROSION RATE OF EJECTA REFLECTION OF EJECTA OFF SURROUNDING TERRAIN IMPACT DAMAGE ON THE SPACECRAFT MATERIALS ELECTROSTATIC EFFECTS FROM THE CHARGED PLUME OR ANY OTHER ASPECT OF THE PHYSICS AS DIRECTED BY NASA. | 2019-11-25 → 2021-03-11 | $109K |
| 80NSSC22K1761 | DEVELOPING SENSORS AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR LUNAR AND GROUND.APPLICATIONS | 2022-10-01 → 2023-01-31 | $50K |
| 80NSSC20K1855 | NASA'S VISION THROUGH ARTEMIS LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINED LUNAR PRESENCE OVER THE NEXT DECADE LEVERAGING THE RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT TO EXPAND OUR KNOWLEDGE FOR FUTURE DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGIES TO SUPP | 2020-09-16 → 2021-01-15 | $40K |
| 80NSSC25K7724 | 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 | 2025-03-15 → 2030-03-14 | $30K |
| 80NSSC19K1202 | THE REUSABLE LUNAR LANDER STUDY WILL INVESTIGATE THE ROCKET EXHAUST PLUME EFFECTS UPON A REUSABLE LUNAR LANDER IDENTIFYING AND QUANTIFYING ANY CONCERNS WITH LUNAR DUST CONTAMINATION AND EJECTA DAMAGE TO THE LANDER INCLUDING CUMULATIVE EFFECTS DUE TO ITS REUSABILITY. THE STUDY WILL CONSIDER THE PLUME EROSION RATE OF EJECTA REFLECTION OF EJECTA OFF SURROUNDING TERRAIN IMPACT DAMAGE ON THE SPACECRAFT MATERIALS ELECTROSTATIC EFFECTS FROM THE CHARGED PLUME OR ANY OTHER ASPECT OF THE PHYSICS AS DIRECTED BY NASA. UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA (UCF) WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE STUDY IN THE FORM OF CONSULTATION AND ASSISTANCE BY DR. PHILIP METZGER (ASSOCIATE IN PLANETARY SCIENCE RESEARCH) A RECOGNIZED EXPERT IN THE FIELD OF LUNAR LANDER PLUME EJECTA EFFECTS. THE STUDY WILL BE CONDUCTED OFF-CAMPUS AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. | 2019-06-27 → ? | $21K |
| 80NSSC25K7548 | 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 | 2025-01-15 → 2028-01-14 | $0 |