University of Wisconsin System

Lunar obligations
$7.0M
as prime
Lunar awards
15
as prime
Its subcontractors
2
$275K reported
Primes it works for
2
$340K in subawards

Who it subcontracts to

  1. PARTICIPATE IN PROJECT COORDINATION MEETINGS, BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON. • BEGIN MODIFICATION OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY INDEX (CCVI) TO INCORPORATE THE FIRE SEVERITY, FREQUENCY, AND RECOVERY DATA LAYERS GENERATED BY OTHER COLLABORATORS IN THE PROJECT INTO CLIMATE EXPOSURE CALCULATIONS. • BEGIN MODIFICATION OF THE FRAMEWORK OF THE HABITAT CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY INDEX (HCCVI) TO INCORPORATE THE FIRE SEVERITY, FREQUENCY, AND RECOVERY DATA LAYERS GENERATED BY OTHER COLLABORATORS IN THE PROJECT.

  2. CO-I MARSHALL JOHNSON WILL CONDUCT THE DOPPLER TOMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS, AS WELL AS THE LBT HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING OBSERVATIONS OF OUR TARGET STARS, SOME OF THE ROSSITER-MCLAUGHLIN AND RV ANALYSIS, AND ADVISE TWO UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS. DR. JOHNSON WILL USE OUR TRANSIT OBSERVATIONS OF SUFFICIENTLY RAPIDLY ROTATING HOST STARS TO PERFORM DOPPLER TOMOGRAPHIC ANALYSES. HE WILL EXTRACT THE TIME SERIES ABSORPTION LINE PROFILES FROM THE SPECTRA, AND MODEL THE DATA TO EXTRACT THE SKY-PROJECTED SPIN-ORBIT MISALIGNMENTS FOR THESE PLANETS. ALL OF THE SOFTWARE TOOLS NECESSARY TO CONDUCT THIS WORK ALREADY EXIST. HE WILL ALSO PROPOSE FOR LBT TIME TO OBTAIN HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING OF OUR TARGET STARS, HELP CONDUCT THE OBSERVATIONS AS PART OF THE OSU LBT QUEUE, AND REDUCE AND ANALYZE THE DATA. HE WILL ALSO ASSIST WITH MODELING THE LONG-TERM RVS, AND WILL ALSO SUPERVISE THE TWO UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WHO WILL BUILD TOOLS AND TUTORIALS AND ANALYZE DATA FOR THIS PROJECT. DR. JOHNSON HAS CONSIDERABLE EXPERTISE TO PERFORM THESE TASKS, HAVING SPENT MORE THAN A DECADE PERFORMING DOPPLER TOMOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS AND ANALYSIS. HE IS ONE OF THE WORLD"S EXPERTS IN THIS TECHNIQUE. HE ALSO HAS SEVERAL YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH ANALYZING RV TIME-SERIES DATA, AND WITH OBSERVATIONS WITH THE LBT.

Who it works for

  1. IMPROVED CONSTRAINTS ON ATMOGENIC NOX- IN NATURAL WATERS ON PREBIOTIC EARTH

  2. CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS ROBUST MONITORING OF CROPLAND CARBON BUDGET UNDER MANAGEMENT INTERVENTIONS IN THE US HEARTLAND: INTEGRATING SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS, BOTTOM-UP AND TOP-DOWN MODELING

Lunar awards as prime

AwardDescriptionPeriodObligated
2209791COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FRAMEWORKS: SIMULATING AUTONOMOUS AGENTS AND THE HUMAN-AUTONOMOUS AGENT INTERACTION -THIS PROJECT AUGMENTS THE CHRONO COMPUTER SIMULATION PLATFORM IN TRANSFORMATIVE WAYS. CHRONO'S PURPOSE IS TO PREDICT THROUGH SIMULATION THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS, THE ENVIRONMENT THEY OPERATE IN, AND HUMANS WITH WHOM THEY MIGHT INTERACT. THE OPEN-SOURCE SIMULATION PLATFORM IS SLATED TO BECOME A COMMUNITY-SHARED VIRTUAL INVESTIGATION TOOL USED TO PROBE COMPETING ENGINEERING DESIGNS AND TEST HYPOTHESES THAT WOULD BE TOO DANGEROUS, DIFFICULT, OR COSTLY TO VERIFY THROUGH PHYSICAL EXPERIMENTS. CHRONO HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED IN MULTIPLE FIELDS AND DISCIPLINES, E.G., TERRAMECHANICS, ASTROPHYSICS; SOFT MATTER PHYSICS; BIOMECHANICS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; CIVIL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; AND COMPUTER SCIENCE. SPECIFICALLY, IT IS USED TO ENGINEER THE 2023 VIPER LUNAR ROVER; RELIED UPON BY US ARMY EXPERTS IN EVALUATING ITS WHEELED AND TRACKED VEHICLE DESIGNS; USED IN THE US AND GERMANY IN THE WIND TURBINE INDUSTRY; AND INVOLVED IN DESIGNING WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION SOLUTIONS IN EUROPE. UPON PROJECT COMPLETION, CHRONO WILL BECOME A SIMULATION ENGINE IN GAZEBO, WHICH IS WIDELY USED IN ROBOTICS RESEARCH; OPERATE ON THE LARGEST DRIVING SIMULATOR IN THE US; EMPOWER RESEARCH IN THE BIO-ROBOTICS AND FIELD-ROBOTICS COMMUNITIES; AND ASSIST EFFORTS IN THE BROAD AREA OF AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH CARRIED OUT BY A CONSORTIUM OF UNIVERSITIES AND COMPANIES UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH CENTER. THE EDUCATIONAL IMPACT OF THIS PROJECT IS THREEFOLD: TRAINING UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE, AND POST-DOCTORAL STUDENTS IN A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY FASHION THAT EMPHASIZES ADVANCED COMPUTING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT; ANCHORING TWO NEW COURSES IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONTROL AND SIMULATION IN ROBOTICS; AND BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN COMPUTING THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM ON THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON THAT ENGAGES TEACHERS AND STUDENTS FROM RURAL HIGH-SCHOOLS. INNOVATION AND DISCOVERY ARE FUELED BY QUALITY DATA. AT ITS CORE, THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO INCREASE THE SHARE OF THIS DATA THAT HAS SIMULATION AS ITS PROVENANCE. IN THIS CONTEXT, A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM OF 40 RESEARCHERS AUGMENTS AND VALIDATES A PHYSICS-BASED SIMULATION FRAMEWORK THAT EMPOWERS RESEARCH IN AUTONOMOUS AGENTS (AAS). THE AAS OPERATE IN COMPLEX AND UNSTRUCTURED DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS AND MIGHT ENGAGE IN TWO-WAY INTERACTION WITH HUMANS OR OTHER AAS. THIS PROJECT ENABLES CHRONO TO GENERATE MACHINE LEARNING TRAINING DATA QUICKLY AND INEXPENSIVELY; FACILITATES COMPARISON OF COMPETING DESIGNS FOR ASSESSING TRADE-OFFS; AND GAUGES CANDIDATE DESIGN ROBUSTNESS VIA TESTING IN SIMULATION OF CORNER-CASE SCENARIOS. THESE TASKS ARE ACCOMPLISHED BY UPGRADING AND EXTENDING CHRONO TO LEVERAGE RECENT COMPUTATIONAL DYNAMICS INNOVATIONS, E.G., A FASTER INDEX 3 DIFFERENTIAL ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS SOLVER; A NEW APPROACH TO SOLVING FRICTIONAL CONTACT PROBLEMS; A REAL-TIME SOLVER FOR HANDLING FLEXIBLE-BODY DYNAMICS IN SOFT ROBOTICS VIA NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; A BEST-IN-CLASS SIMULATOR FOR TERRADYNAMICS APPLICATIONS; RELIANCE ON JUST-IN-TIME COMPILING FOR PRODUCING EXECUTABLES THAT ARE BOTH PROBLEM- AND HARDWARE-OPTIMIZED; A NOVEL WAY FOR USING MIXED DATA REPRESENTATIONS FOR PARSIMONIOUS STORING OF STATE INFORMATION; AND A SCALABLE MULTI-AGENT FRAMEWORK THAT ENABLES GEOGRAPHICALLY-DISTRIBUTED, OVER THE INTERNET, REAL-TIME SIMULATION OF HUMAN-AA INTERACTION. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.2022-07-01 → 2025-06-30$1.9M
80NSSC25K7369EXECUTE 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$704K
2519443COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CYBERTRAINING: IMPLEMENTATION: MEDIUM: CYBERTRAINING FOR EXPANDING THE USE OF DIGITAL TWIN TECHNOLOGIES IN ROBOTICS -ROBOTIC SYSTEMS THAT MUST OPERATE IN HAZARDOUS OR REMOTE ENVIRONMENTS, SUCH AS FUTURE EXTRATERRESTRIAL EXPLORATION VEHICLES, AUTONOMOUS CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, AND SEARCH-AND-RESCUE ROBOTS, CANNOT BE DESIGNED SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY BY TRIAL AND ERROR. THIS PROJECT CREATES OPEN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TRAINS THOUSANDS OF LEARNERS IN PHYSICS-BASED DIGITAL TWIN TECHNOLOGIES, ENABLING ENGINEERS, SCIENTISTS, AND STUDENTS TO DESIGN AND TEST ROBOTS THROUGH COMPUTER SIMULATION BEFORE HARDWARE IS BUILT. BY LOWERING COST AND RISK, SIMULATION ACCELERATES INNOVATION AND DISCOVERY, STRENGTHENS U.S. LEADERSHIP IN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY, AND EXPANDS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. A KEY FEATURE OF THE PROJECT IS ITS ANYONE-ANYWHERE-ANYTIME APPROACH TO LEARNING AND TRAINING, THAT HONES THE MODELING AND SIMULATION SKILLS OF PARTICIPANTS RANGING FROM CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TO EXPERTS AT NASA, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. THE PROJECT'S LONG-TERM IMPACT IS A WORKFORCE FLUENT IN ROBOTICS SIMULATION, DIGITAL TWIN TECHNOLOGIES, AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING THAT GAINS HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH THE OPEN-SOURCE CHRONO SIMULATOR, POSITIONING THESE PROFESSIONALS TO ADVANCE NATIONAL PROSPERITY AND PUBLIC WELFARE. THIS PROJECT EXECUTES A CYBERTRAINING PLAN FOCUSED ON ENABLING THE USE OF DIGITAL TWINS IN ROBOTICS THROUGH TWO COORDINATED ACTIVITIES: (I) CREATING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL, AND (II) DELIVERING A CYBERTRAINING (CT) PROGRAM. FOR (I), THIS PROJECT PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO CARRY OUT AN INSTRUCTIONAL-MATERIAL TOKENIZATION PROCESS AND FLIPPING OF THREE CHRONO-ENABLED OR CHRONO-RELATED CLASSES; PREPARE JUPYTER NOTEBOOKS FOR SELF-PACED TRAINING; AND PRODUCE NEW WIDELY AVAILABLE CHRONO MODELS AND DOCUMENTATION THAT ENCOURAGE CI TOOL USE THROUGH SMOOTHER ONBOARDING. FOR (II), THIS TEAM WILL FACILITATE CYBERTRAINING VIA BOTH SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACHES. THESE CREATE CONTENT AND EXECUTE TRAINING ACTIVITIES WILL ANCHOR A TECHNICAL EFFORT THAT HAS FIVE CYBERTRAINING COMPONENTS. THE FIRST CT COMPONENT EXPANDS PARTICIPATION IN COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE THROUGH A COLLABORATION BETWEEN PROJECT INVESTIGATORS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN?MADISON (UW?MADISON) AND THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY (CSU) SYSTEM. EVERY 12 MONTHS, A COHORT OF STUDENTS FROM FOUR CSU CAMPUSES ? LOS ANGELES, NORTHRIDGE, FULLERTON, AND POMONA ? WILL BE TRAINED IN USING SIMULATION IN LUNAR EXPLORATION ROBOTICS. THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE A VISIT TO NASA'S JET PROPULSION LABORATORY FOR A FIRSTHAND LOOK AT ROVER OPERATIONS; ONLINE TRAINING ON SIMULATION USE IN ROBOTICS; AND A TWO-WEEK SUMMER SCHOOL AT UW?MADISON THAT CONCLUDES WITH A ROBOTICS TEAM COMPETITION. THE SECOND CT COMPONENT WILL TRAIN PRACTITIONERS IN THE USE OF CHRONO VIA TUTORIALS HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ANNUAL CONSORTIUM MEETING THAT FOSTERS OUTREACH TO INDUSTRY. THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES REVAMPING THREE UW?MADISON COURSES THAT UNDERPIN THE CONCEPT OF DIGITAL TWINS IN ROBOTICS. THE FOURTH CT COMPONENT PROVIDES ASYNCHRONOUS TRAINING TO THOUSANDS OF ANONYMOUS CHRONO USERS. THIS TRAINING DRAWS ON MATERIALS UPLOADED TO THE NSF'S ACCESS ECOSYSTEM AND THE PROJECT CHRONO WEBSITE AND IS FURTHER SUPPORTED BY A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL EXPERT AGENT PILOTED BY THIS GROUP. LASTLY, THE PROJECT ENGAGES STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN NASA'S LUNAR AUTONOMY CHALLENGE. TOGETHER, THESE ACTIVITIES CREATE A SCALABLE, REPRODUCIBLE PIPELINE THAT COUPLES FLIPPED-CLASSROOM PEDAGOGY, CLOUD-READY SOFTWARE CONTAINERS, AND SOFTWARE-IN-THE-LOOP TESTBEDS. EXPECTED OUTCOMES OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDE A CURATED LIBRARY OF DIGITAL TWIN MODELS, FREELY AVAILABLE TRAINING ARTIFACTS HOSTED ON THE NSF'S ACCESS ECOSYSTEM, AND A MEASURABLE INCREASE IN CI-SAVVY ROBOTICS RESEARCHERS CAPABLE OF EXECUTING LARGE-SCALE SIMULATION STUDIES ON HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.2025-11-01 → 2028-10-31$657K
80NSSC25K7711EXECUTE 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 AWARENESS2025-05-01 → 2028-04-30$646K
80NSSC25K7162EXECUTE 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$625K
80NSSC25K7491EXECUTE 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 AWARENESS2025-01-01 → 2027-12-31$516K
80NSSC25K7783EXECUTE 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.2025-04-01 → 2028-03-31$416K
80NSSC25K7268EXECUTE 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.2024-10-31 → 2027-10-30$404K
80NSSC24K0705TAILORING LUNAR REGOLITH TO PLANT NUTRITION2024-02-13 → 2027-02-12$300K
80NSSC25K7275EXECUTE 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.2025-02-03 → 2028-02-02$233K
NNX14AL64HTHE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROTOTYPE LUNAR VOLATILES EXTRACTION SYSTEM THAT WILL DEMONSTRATE A PROCESS FOR ACQUIRING HELIUM-2014-08-01 → ?$230K
80NSSC25K7204EXECUTE 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 → 2028-12-31$206K
80NSSC25K7311EXECUTE 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 AWARENESS2024-11-07 → 2025-11-06$100K
80NSSC25K7370EXECUTE 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.2024-10-01 → 2027-03-31$68K
80NSSC25K7374EXECUTE 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.2024-11-13 → 2025-11-12$40K

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