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Award ID | Description | Recipient | Total Value | Awarding Agency | Funding Agency | Set Aside | NAICS | PSC | Award Date | Start Date | End Date | |
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| EARMARK, ESTABLISHING S-BAND LUNAR TRACKING SUPPORT CAPABILITIES | MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY | $9,953,000 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AJ11GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; BASIC RESEARCH | Sep 17, 2024 | Aug 1, 2024 | Sep 30, 2026 | ||
| GROUND TESTING SUPPORT FOR LUNAR NODE-1 | MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY | $37,863 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 611310Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Nov 17, 2021 | Nov 17, 2021 | Nov 30, 2023 | ||
| WE PROPOSE A 100KS OBSERVATION OF THE UNIQUE OUTBURSTING SEYFERT GALAXY IC 3599, TO BE TRIGGERED IF IT FLARES AGAIN IN 2019. | MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY | $0 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | Apr 6, 2020 | Mar 9, 2020 | Oct 14, 2021 | ||
| THE GOAL OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO OBTAIN THE UNDERLYING XRAY SPECTRUM OF THE X-RAY TRANSIENT NARROW LINE SEYFERT 1 GALAXY WPVS 007 DURING ONE OF ITS RARE X-RAY HIGH STATES. WHILE WPVS 007 IS TYPICALLY IN EXTREMELY LOW XRAY FLUX STATES WHICH ARE CAUSED PRIMARILY BY ABSORPTION, IT HAS SHOWN EPISODES OF VERY VIOLENT X-RAY ACTIVITY. IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE REAL NATURE OF THE X-RAY ABSORBER, A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNDERLYING X-RAY SPECTRUM IS CRUCIAL. THIS, HOWEVER, CAN ONLY BE DONE WHEN IT IS IN A HIGH STATE. WE THEREFORE PROPOSE A 35 KS TRIGGERED OBSERVATION OFWPVS 007 (INCLUDES THE 40% OVERHEAD FOR BACKGROUND FLARES) | MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY | $0 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | May 7, 2019 | Mar 25, 2019 | Jul 27, 2020 | ||
| THE PRISM CUBESAT MISSION WILL DETERMINE THE ORIGIN OF PHOBOS: DID IT FORM IN THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM OR IN SITU NEAR MARS, PERHAPS THROUGH A COLLISION OR BY COALESCENCE OF A DEBRIS DISK LEFT OVER FROM THE FORMATION OF MARS? PRISM WILL MEASURE PHOBOS' SURFACE COMPOSITION USING SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY OR SIMS AND ANSWER THIS CRITICAL QUESTION. THE PRISM CUBESAT STUDY SUPPORTS THE GOALS OF THE PLANETARY SCIENCE DIVISION AS DESCRIBED IN THE 2014 NASA SCIENCE PLAN BECAUSE IT ADDRESSES THE QUESTION "HOW DID THE SOLAR SYSTEM FORM AND EVOLVE?" BY "EXPLORING AND OBSERVING THE OBJECTS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY FORMED AND EVOLVED." PRISM, A 12U CUBESAT WILL DETERMINE THE COMPOSITION AND HENCE THE ORIGIN OF PHOBOS USING A HIGH RESOLUTION TIME-OF-FLIGHT (TOF) ION COMPOSI ION SPECTROMETER OF APPROXIMATELY 2U VOLUME TO OBSERVE THE SPECIES SPUTTERED FROM PHOBOS SURFACE - WITHOUT LANDING ON THE SURFACE. | MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY | $99,998 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | Sep 13, 2017 | Aug 31, 2017 | Feb 28, 2018 | ||
| THE BI-SAT OBSERVATIONS OF THE LUNAR ATMOSPHERE ABOVE SWIRLS (BOLAS) CONCEPT IS FOR A TETHERED CUBESAT MISSION CAPABLE OF MAKING REPEATED MEASUREMENTS AT LOW ALTITUDES ABOVE THE MOON REQUIRED IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND VITAL ASPECTS OF THE LUNAR HYDROGEN CYCLE AND SPACE WEATHERING. OBTAINING OBSERVATIONS CLOSE TO THE LUNAR SURFACE IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF "MASCONS", WHICH MAKE ORBITING AT LOW ALTITUDES VERY UNSTABLE. AT PRESENT, ACQUIRING REPEATED MEASUREMENTS FROM VERY LOW ALTITUDES REQUIRES A LARGE SPACECRAFT WITH THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUEL (MASS) NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN ITS ORBIT. THE MOST GROUND-BREAKING ASPECT OF THE BOLAS CONCEPT IS THE USE OF TWO CUBESATS CONNECTED BY A TETHER MANY TENS OF KILOMETERS IN LENGTH, WHICH CAN BE USED TO MAKE SIMULTANEOUS HIGH AND LOW ALTITUDE MEASUREMENTS ABOVE THE SAME LOCATION ON THE MOON. CRUCIALLY, THE CENTER-OF-MASS OF THE TETHERED SPACECRAFT IS AT AN ALTITUDE WHERE THE ORBIT IS RELATIVELY STABLE AND SIGNIFICANTLY LESS PROPULSIVE MANEUVERING IS REQUIRED. THIS INNOVATION WILL ENABLE SMALLSAT MISSIONS TO MAKE IN SITU AND REMOTE SENSING MEASUREMENTS FROM LOW ALTITUDES THAT ARE CRITICAL TO ADDRESSING MANY COMPELLING QUESTIONS IN PLANETARY SCIENCE. THE BOLAS MISSION WILL FOCUS ON INVESTIGATING THE HYDROGEN CYCLE AND SPACE WEATHERING AT THE MOON, BY DETERMINING: (I) THE MECHANISMS AND DYNAMICS OF LUNAR HYDROGEN IMPLANTATION, AND THEIR DEPENDENCE ON SURFACE COMPOSITION, REGOLITH PROPERTIES, LOCAL TOPOGRAPHY, PLASMA CONDITIONS, TIME-OF-DAY, AND CRUSTAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; AND (II) HOW THIS RELATES TO THE FORMATION OF LUNAR SWIRLS , SPACE WEATHERING PROCESSES AND THE EVOLUTION OF AIRLESS BODIES. THESE SCIENCE OBJECTIVES ARE EXTREMELY TIMELY AND HIGHLY RELEVANT TO THE 2014 NASA SCIENCE PLAN, IN PARTICULAR TO THE QUESTION OF HOW THE SOLAR SYSTEM HAS FORMED AND EVOLVED, AND WILL PRODUCE HIGH IMPACT SCIENCE. FOR THE NECESSARY NEUTRALS, FIELDS AND PLASMA MEASUREMENTS, THE PRELIMINARY SCIENCE PAYLOAD CONSISTS OF AN ION SPECTROMETER, ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOM IMAGER, PLASMA WAVE SYSTEM, AND MAGNETOMETER. SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN INVESTED IN MINIATURIZING THESE INSTRUMENTS FOR A CUBESAT PLATFORM. THE INSTRUMENTS WILL BE MOUNTED ON BOTH OF THE TETHERED CUBESATS IN ORDER THAT HIGH AND LOW ALTITUDE MEASUREMENTS CAN BE COMPARED. THIS WOULD BE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT WHEN FLYING ABOVE A CRUSTAL MAGNETIC FIELD, AS IT WOULD PROVIDE CRUCIAL MEASUREMENTS RELATING TO THE FORCING FROM THE INCOMING SOLAR WIND AND THE RESPONSE OF THE PLASMA, FIELDS, AND NEUTRALS WITHIN THE "MINI-MAGNETOSPHERE". THIS WOULD THEN BE USED TO UNDERSTAND THE HYDROXYLATION, HYDRATION AND SPACE WEATHERING PROCESSES IN THESE REGIONS AND THEIR ROLE IN FORMING THE ENIGMATIC "SWIRL" PATTERNS ON THE LUNAR SURFACE. THE BOLAS CONCEPT STUDY TEAM CONSISTS OF A SMALL, EXPERT LUNAR SCIENCE AND INSTRUMENTATION TEAM AT GSFC; SPECIALISTS IN DESIGNING, INTEGRATING AND BUILDING CUBESATS AT MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY (MSU); EXPERTS IN CUBESAT PROPULSION SYSTEMS AT BUSEK CO. INC.; PIONEERS IN SPACE TETHER SYSTEMS AT TETHERS UNLIMITED, INC.; AS WELL AS WORLD CLASS GSFC ENGINEERS TO PROVIDE THERMAL MANAGEMENT, ATTITUDE DETERMINATION AND CONTROL, AND FLIGHT DYNAMICS SOLUTIONS. A MAJOR TASK IN THE CONCEPT STUDY WILL BE ADDRESSING THE FEASIBILITY AND LIMITATIONS OF A TETHERED SMALLSAT, SUCH AS TETHER DEPLOYMENT (RETRACTION), STABILITY (ORBITAL CONFIGURATIONS), LIFETIME, ALTITUDE RANGE, AND ABILITY TO TARGET REGIONS-OF-INTEREST. THIS WILL INVOLVE TRADES BETWEEN TETHER LENGTH, MASS, AND DEPLOY-ABILITY, AS WELL AS SPACECRAFT SIZE, CONFIGURATION AND SCIENCE CAPABILITY. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BOLAS CONCEPT PROMISES TO SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE THE ABILITY OF SMALLSAT MISSIONS TO ACHIEVE CUTTING EDGE PLANETARY SCIENCE. | MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY | $99,998 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | Jul 26, 2017 | Jul 10, 2017 | Feb 28, 2018 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY ADVERTISING | MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY | $5,000 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 541890Other Services Related to Advertising | R701SUPPORT- MANAGEMENT: ADVERTISING | Jun 13, 2017 | Jun 13, 2017 | May 31, 2018 | ||
| THE GOAL OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO OBTAIN THE UNDERLYING X RAY SPECTRUM OF THE X RAY TRANSIENT NARROW LINE SEYFERT 1 GALAXY WPVS 007 DURING ONE OF ITS RARE X RAY HIGH STATES. WHILE WPVS 007 IS TYPICALLY IN EXTREMELY LOW X RAY FLUX STATES WHICH ARE CAUSED PRIMARILY BY ABSORPTION, IT HAS SHOWN EPISODES OF VERY VIOLENT X RAY ACTIVITY. IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE REAL NATURE OF THE X RAY ABSORBER, A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNDERLYING X RAY SPECTRUM IS CRUCIAL. THIS, HOWEVER, CAN ONLY BE DONE WHEN IT IS IN A HIGH STATE. WE THEREFORE PROPOSE A 35 KS TRIGGERED OBSERVATION OF WPVS 007 INCLUDES THE 40 OVERHEAD FOR BACKGROUND FLARES | MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY | $0 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | Dec 16, 2016 | Nov 21, 2016 | Nov 20, 2017 | ||
| PALYNOLOGY ANALYSIS SERVICES ON 23 SAMPLES; ''IGF::OT::IGF'' | MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY | $4,950 | US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY | US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY | — | 541380Testing Laboratories and Services | B517SPECIAL STUDIES/ANALYSIS- GEOLOGICAL | Apr 6, 2016 | Apr 6, 2016 | Mar 31, 2017 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF NASA BAA AWARD THIS IS AN AWARD UNDER THE NEXT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES FOR EXPLORATION PARTNERSHIPS (NEXTSTEP) BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA). THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO UNDERTAKE A MISSION TO THE MOON DURING EM-1 OR SIMILAR MISSION TO EARTH ESCAPE, THAT WILL ADDRESS SKGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NATURE, LOCATION AND TRANSPORTATION PHYSICS OF LUNAR VOLATILES, AND TO DEMONSTRATE AN INNOVATIVE, HIGHLY CAPABLE RF ION PROPULSION SYSTEM AND 6U SPACECRAFT BUS. THE MISSION WILL REQUIRE PIONEERING APPROACH TO POWER GENERATION AND INNOVATIVE, LOW-COST APPROACHES TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF RADIATION-TOLERANT SYSTEMS TO MEET THE MISSION REQUIREMENTS. THE PROGRAM CAN BE CATEGORIZED GENERALLY INTO THREE PHASES: 1) DEVELOPMENT, 2) INTEGRATION AND TESTING, AND 3) MISSION OPERATIONS. SMALL SATELLITE MISSIONS ADDRESSING STRATEGIC KNOWLEDGE GAPS (SKG) WAS IDENTIFIED AS A KEY LONG TERM CAPABILITY AREA THAT COULD POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANTLY BENEFIT FUTURE HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION AND IN ADDITION ADDRESS COMMERCIAL INTERESTS SUCH AS IN-SITU RESOURCE PROSPECTING. MORE SPECIFICALLY, NASA ANTICIPATES MAKING LAUNCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR A LIMITED NUMBER OF SMALL SATELLITES AVAILABLE ON SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM (SLS) AND OTHER BEYOND EARTH ORBIT MISSIONS. THIS BAA THRUST AREA INTENDS TO PROVIDE INTEGRATION AND LAUNCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR 6U CUBESAT PAYLOADS AS SECONDARY PAYLOADS ON DEEP SPACE MISSIONS. A CUBESAT IS A TYPE OF SPACE RESEARCH NANOSATELLITE. CUBESATS SUPPORTED BY THIS LAUNCH INITIATIVE INCLUDE ONLY 6U FORM FACTORS. CUBESATS OF TYPICALLY HAVE A MASS OF 1.33 KILOGRAMS PER 1U CUBE. A 6U CUBESAT TYPICALLY HAS A MASS OF 12 KG. THE MAXIMUM MASS COMPATIBLE WITH THE EM-1 DISPENSER IS 14 KG. | MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY | $7,351,516 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR21 | Nov 5, 2015 | Nov 5, 2015 | Dec 20, 2024 | ||
| LIIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL | MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY | $6,746 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 611310Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | M1CAOPERATION OF SCHOOLS | Jun 18, 2014 | Jun 18, 2014 | Jun 24, 2014 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF IMPLEMENTATION OF A BACK-UP CAPABILITY FOR NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY (WFF) HIGH GAIN UHF GROUND STATION: ALL LABOR AND MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A BACK-UP CAPABILITY FOR NASA-GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (NASA-GSFC) WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY (WFF) HIGH GAIN UHF GROUND STATION. THE WALLOPS ISLAND 18-METER DIAMETER UHF GROUND-STATION IS, TO DATE, ANSWERING A GROWING NEED FOR HIGH DATA RATE FROM CUBESATS OVER GOVERNMENT LICENSED FREQUENCIES. THIS IS A REQUEST TO ADD A BACKUP CAPABILITY FOR THE WALLOPS ISLAND 18-METER DIAMETER UHF GROUND STATION AT MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY. REQUIRED WORK: MOREHEAD STATE WILL IMPLEMENT AN INNOVATIVE UHF FEED ON THE MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY 21 M GROUND STATION THAT COULD ULTIMATELY LEAD TO A SYSTEM THAT WOULD PROVIDE COMMAND AND TELEMETRY OVER UHF TO SUPPORT THE NASA AND UNIVERSITY CUBESAT COMMUNITIES, SERVING AS A BACK-UP CAPABILITY TO THE NASA WALLOPS SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (WFF) UHF GROUND STATION. REQUIRED GAIN: 34 DB, DESIRED GAIN: 37 DB; REQUIRED EIRP: 3,000 W; DESIRED EIRP: 6,320 W. THE REQUIRED FREQUENCY RANGE: 400-470 MHZ UPLINK, AND DOWNLINK. INSTALLATION: PERMANENT (IN PARALLEL AND DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH OTHER FREQUENCY BAND OPERATIONS). REMOTE CONTROL: ALLOWS FOR REMOTE OPERATION AND SCHEDULING. TESTING: AFTER INSTALLATION, SHOW PROOF OF GAIN AND DETERMINE LOCAL INTERFERENCE. BUCKET TRUCK AND MAN LIFT OPERATIONS: SHALL BE PERFORMED BY MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY FOLLOWING ESTABLISHED MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY SAFETY GUIDELINES. REPORTS: PROVIDE MONTHLY STATUS UPDATES (ONE PAGE REPORTS WHICH DETAIL WORK ACCOMPLISHED AND PLANS FOR NEXT MONTH). PROVIDE A TEST REPORT SHOWING GAIN, MEASUREMENT AND LOCAL INTERFERENCE AT CONCLUSION. DRAWINGS: PROVIDE AS-BUILT DRAWINGS FOR THE FEED. SCHEDULE: THE FINAL REPORT SHALL BE DELIVERED WITHIN TWO MONTHS AFTER COMPLETION. THE FORMAT IS DEFINED BY THE UNIVERSITY, AND SHALL BE APPROXIMATELY ONE (1) PAGE. | MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY | $45,766 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 334290Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing | AJ47 | Dec 9, 2013 | Dec 9, 2013 | Jan 31, 2015 | ||
| LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL MOREHEAD STATE | MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY | $0 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 611310Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | M1PAOPERATION OF RECREATION FACILITIES (NON-BUILDING) | Jun 2, 2013 | Jun 2, 2013 | Oct 26, 2013 | ||
| MAP INTERPRETATION | MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY | $261,444 | US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY | US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY | — | 541370Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services | R499SUPPORT- PROFESSIONAL: OTHER | Sep 24, 2007 | Sep 25, 2007 | Sep 24, 2011 | ||
| A STUDY OF THE X-RAY LUMINOUS NORTHWESTERN RIM OF THE GALACTIC SUPERNOVA REMNANT G266.2-1.2 G266.2-1.2 IS A YOUNG SHELL-TYPE SUPERNOVA REMNANT WITH AN X-RAY SPECTRUM DOMINATED BY NON-THERMAL EMISSION. PREVIOUS X-RAY STUDIES OF THIS REMNANT BY ASCA AND ROSAT REVEALED THAT THE NORTHWESTERN RIM OF G266.2-1.2 IS PARTICULARLY LUMINOUS, BUT THESE OBSERVATIONS LACKED THE CAPABILITY OF RESOLVING THIS RIM AND THE TRUE NATURE OF THE RIM'S SPECTRUM (THERMAL OR NON-THERMAL) HAS BEEN DEBATED. TO INVESTIGATE THIS RIM IN MORE DETAIL, WE PROPOSE TO CONDUCT A HIGH-RESOLUTION OBSERVATION USING CHANDRA. IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT THE RIM IS A SITE OF COSMIC-RAY ACCELERATION, AND THE DATA WILL BE ANALYZED TO STUDY THIS PHENOMENON IN DETAIL. WE WILL ALSO SEARCH FOR THERMAL EMISSION FROM SMALLER STRUCTURES WITHIN THE RIM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CHANDRA'S UNPRECEDENTED HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION CAPABILITIES. | MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY | $68,749 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | — | AR21 | Sep 11, 2007 | Sep 11, 2007 | Sep 10, 2008 | ||
| 05-2783-0073 KY PHASE II | MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY | $223,345 | US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY | — | — | 541990All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | D315 | Aug 9, 2005 | Aug 9, 2005 | Aug 8, 2009 | ||
| — | MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY | $0 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | — | — | U005EDUCATION/TRAINING- TUITION/REGISTRATION/MEMBERSHIP FEES | Dec 1, 1997 | Dec 1, 1997 | — |