WASHINGTON — A Huntsville-based company and three state universities are among 21 organizations to share nearly $1.5 million in grants from NASA.
The grants are for academic, non-profit, and business organizations to advance state-of-the-art technology that will play a key role in the agency’s return to the moon under Artemis, as well as future missions to Mars.
Some 24 projects will be funded under NASA’s Dual-Use Technology Development Cooperative Agreement Notices. The University of Alabama was awarded funding for two projects. The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Auburn University and a Huntsville business, Victory Solutions, won grants for single projects.
They also will receive assistance from propulsion, space transportation, and science experts at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.
“The Dual-Use Technology Development Cooperative Agreement Notice enables NASA to collaboratively work with U.S. industry and academia to develop needed technologies,” said Daniel O’Neil, manager of Marshall’s Technology Development Dual-Use CAN Program. “Products from these cooperative agreements support the closure of identified technology gaps and enable the development of components and systems for NASA’s Moon to Mars architecture.”
These innovative projects include ways to use lunar regolith for construction on the moon’s surface using smartphone video guidance sensors to fly robots on the International Space Station, identifying new battery materials, and improving a neutrino particle detector.
Funding was available for organizations focused on supporting entrepreneurial research and innovation ideas that could advance the commercial space sector and benefit future NASA missions.
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