| Lunar Rover LiDAR (ALSTAR) |
Active
|
4 |
Sensing and Perception |
Langley Research Center |
| STRATFI-Inversion (STRATFI-I) |
Active
|
2 |
Aerodynamic Decelerators |
Ames Research Center |
| Advanced Thermal Control for Exploration (ATC-Explore-STUDY) |
Active
|
— |
Heat Rejection and Storage |
Johnson Space Center |
| Clinical Decision Support |
Active
|
3 |
Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems |
Johnson Space Center |
| Magnetic Electrochemical (Mag-EC) Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) |
Active
|
2 |
Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems |
Ames Research Center |
| Pharmacy Shelf-Life |
Active
|
2 |
Long-Duration Health |
Johnson Space Center |
| Crew Connectedness Adv Comm Platform (CCACP) |
Canceled
|
3 |
Human Health, Life Support, and Habitation Systems |
Johnson Space Center |
| Cryotank Technology for Exploration Applications (CTE-A) |
Completed
|
— |
Lightweight Structural Materials |
Marshall Space Flight Center |
| Forging the Future Lunar Settlement with In-Situ Aluminum Extraction |
Active
|
— |
Resource Processing for Production of Manufacturing, Construction, and Energy Storage Feedstock Materials |
Missouri University of Science and Technology |
| Utilizing Biometrics in Closed-Loop Compression Garment Systems as a Countermeasure for Orthostatic Intolerance |
Active
|
— |
Prevention and Countermeasures |
Texas A & M University-College Station |
| Kinetic Modeling of Carbon Mass Loss in Nuclear Thermal Propulsion |
Active
|
— |
Nuclear Thermal Propulsion |
University of California-Irvine |
| Mitigating Spacecraft Charging Issues Through High-Precision, Temperature-Dependent Measurements of Dynamic Radiation Induced Conductivity |
Active
|
— |
Static Energy Conversion |
Utah State University |
| Numerical and Experimental Methodology to Optimize Propellant Injection, Mixing, and Response in Rotating Detonation Engines |
Active
|
— |
Airbreathing Pressure Gain Combustion |
Purdue University-Main Campus |
| A Stochastic Model for Predicting Charged Orbital Debris Probability Densities by Utilizing Earth's Electromagnetic Field to Guide Active Debris Remediation Efforts |
Active
|
— |
Orbital Debris Characterization |
University of Maryland-College Park |
| Pixels in Electrospray Thrusters for Ultra-Reliable, Flat-Panel Electric Propulsion |
Active
|
2 |
Electrostatic Propulsion |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Biorthogonal translation system for production of pharmaceuticals during space missions |
Active
|
— |
Transformative Health and Performance Concepts |
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities |
| Dexterous Manipulation via Vision-Intent-Action Models |
Active
|
— |
Dexterous Manipulation |
Rice University |
| Laser-Based Measurements of Electron Properties in Hall Effect Thrusters with Non-Conventional Propellants Enabling for Cis-Lunar, Mars, and Deep Space Missions |
Active
|
— |
Electrostatic Propulsion |
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
| Development of an Ultra High Current Density Magnetically Shielded Hall Thruster |
Active
|
2 |
Electromagnetic Propulsion |
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
| Decreasing Astronaut Radiation Doses with Magnetic Shields |
Active
|
— |
Protection Systems |
University of Colorado Boulder |
| Modeling Spacecraft Charging Incident from the Effect of Background Plasma on Satellites with Electric Propulsion |
Active
|
2 |
Electrostatic Propulsion |
Stanford University |
| Autonomous End-to-End Trajectory Planning and Guidance for Constrained Entry and Precision Powered Descent by Unified Optimization Theory |
Active
|
2 |
Touchdown Systems |
San Diego State University |
| Closing the Perception and Planning Loop for Autonomous Planetary Landing Missions |
Active
|
2 |
Touchdown Systems |
University of Washington-Seattle Campus |
| Investigating fundamental high strain rate deformation mechanisms to bridge the experiment-computation gap and local thermal shock response in C103 |
Active
|
— |
Computational Materials |
Yale University |
| Astronaut-Powered Laundry Machine |
Active
|
— |
Habitation Systems |
University of California-Davis |
| Spin wave-based neuromorphic coprocessor for advanced AI applications |
Active
|
— |
Cognitive Computers |
Cornell University |
| Effects of Vacuum Conditions on FORP Reactivity and Long-Term Viability of MON-25/MMH Thrusters |
Active
|
— |
Earth Storable Propellants |
Purdue University-Main Campus |
| System Identification and Robust Control of Deployable Space Structures using Dissipativity Properties |
Active
|
2 |
Rendezvous and Docking Algorithms |
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities |
| Leveraging Polymeric Photochemistry in Ionic Liquid-Based Mirror Synthesis for Space Telescope Optics |
Active
|
— |
Optical Components |
Rice University |
| Pulsed Laser System for Calibration of High Resolution X-ray Microcalorimeters. |
Active
|
— |
Detectors and Focal Planes |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Spectroscopic Measurements and Kinetic Modeling of Non-Boltzmann CN for Entry Systems Modeling |
Active
|
— |
Entry Modeling and Simulation |
Purdue University-Main Campus |
| Large-Format, Fast SNSPD Cameras Benchmarked with Neutral Atom Arrays |
Active
|
— |
Detector Development |
California Institute of Technology |
| State Representations for Measurement Fusion and Uncertainty Propagation in Cislunar Regime |
Active
|
— |
Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Capture Trajectory Design and Orbit Determination |
The University of Texas at Austin |
| Scalable Nanoporous Paints with High Solar Reflectance and Durability in Space Environments |
Active
|
— |
Heat Rejection and Storage |
Purdue University-Main Campus |
| Investigating the Selectivity of CO2 Hydrogenation to Ethylene in a Plasma Reactor for Mars ISRU |
Active
|
— |
Resource Processing for Production of Mission Consumables |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Constraining Weathering Kinetics under Experimentally Simulated Venus Conditions |
Active
|
— |
Materials for Extreme Environments |
California Institute of Technology |
| Design and Optimization of Cuttlebone-Inspired Cellular Materials Using Turing Systems |
Active
|
— |
Computational Materials |
Michigan Technological University |
| A Near-Field Thermoreflectance Approach for Nanoscale Thermal Mapping on Nanostructured SiGe |
Active
|
— |
Materials for Electrical Power Generation, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, and Electrical Machines |
Northwestern University |
| A Monolithic Cross-Dispersed Grism for Near-Infrared Spectroscopy |
Active
|
— |
Optical Components |
The University of Texas at Austin |
| Hybrid Microwave Sintering of Lunar Regolith with 2.45GHz and 18-28GHz |
Active
|
— |
Surface Construction and Assembly |
University of Central Florida |
| Compact robots with long reach for space exploration and maintenance tasks |
Active
|
— |
Below-Surface Mobility |
Stanford University |
| Towards On-Demand Planetary Landing through On-Board Autonomous Mapping and Cross-Modality Map Relative Localization |
Active
|
— |
EDL Guidance Algorithms |
Carnegie Mellon University |
| Micro-Architected Metallic Lattices for Lunar Dust Mitigation |
Active
|
— |
Special Materials |
California Institute of Technology |
| Magnetohydrodynamics for Enhanced Thermal Protection and Planetary Entry Systems |
Active
|
2 |
Thermal Protection Systems |
University of Colorado Boulder |
| Data-Driven Representations of Trajectories in Cislunar Space |
Active
|
— |
Vehicle Flight Dynamics and Mission Design Tools and Techniques |
University of Colorado Boulder |
| Multifidelity reduced-order modeling of particle-in-cell simulations for anomalous transport closure models |
Active
|
2 |
Electrostatic Propulsion |
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
| Wide-Temperature Range Lithium-Ion Batteries through Characterization of Surface Reactivity and Electrode/Electrolyte Interfacial Kinetics |
Active
|
2 |
Electrochemical Storage: Batteries |
The University of Texas at Austin |
| Development of Radiation Tolerant Additively Manufactured Refractory Compositionally Complex Alloys |
Active
|
— |
Materials for Extreme Environments |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Optimal Covariance Steering on Lie Groups for Precision Powered Descent |
Active
|
— |
Descent Modeling and Simulation |
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus |
| Centimeter-Scale Robots for Accessing Europa's Benthic Zone |
Active
|
— |
Below-Surface Mobility |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
