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In Phase I, Meroxa proposes to demonstrate the technical feasibility of building accessible tooling and connectors (proof of concept) for NASA to move space weather data, regardless of format and location, to any destination in the format required and in real-time.

The Solar Powered Rocket with Impulsive Thermal Engine (SPRITE) combines the high performance of a nuclear thermal rocket with the simplicity of solar thermal propulsion. The system operates by collecting solar power and storing energy in a high temperature phase change material. This allows the SPRITE to minimize solar collector area by gathering energy over a period of time and releasing it quic ...

NASA is developing in situ water retrieval technologies to excavate regolith-based water deposits from various regions on the lunar surface, then transport, store, and process them into potable water, propellant, fuel cell reactants, and life support consumables for Artemis missions. Part of this logistics chain is a collapsible water container that can operate in harsh environments such as lunar ...

Future astrophysics missions require efficient, low temperature cryocoolers to cool advanced instruments or to serve as the upper-stage cooler for sub-Kelvin refrigerators. Potential astrophysics missions include Lynx, Origins Space Telescope, and the Superconducting Gravity Gradiometer. Cooling loads for these missions are 50 to 300nbsp;mW at temperatures of 4 to 10nbsp;K, with additional loads a ...

Future space exploration missions require advanced thermal control systems (TCSs) to dissipate heat from spacecraft, rovers, or habitats to external environments. These thermal control systems must be lightweight, reliable, and able to effectively control cabin and equipment temperatures under widely varying heat loads and ambient temperatures, including the extremes of lunar night. In this contex ...

Creare proposes an Autonomous Habitat Filtration System (AHFS) that uses an electrostatic precipitator and autonomous regeneration system to effectively remove dust from habitable environments in long-duration space missions. Currently, HEPA style filters are a bulky consumable that have a large pressure drop across the filter that increases over time from particle loading. Human Lunar and Mars mi ...

Orbital refueling of cryogenic propellants is a key enabling technology that will extend the usable life of spacecraft around Earth and facilitate the next generation of advanced exploration missions. Propellant management on orbit requires advanced propellant tanks, liquid acquisition devices, propellant transfer pumps, space-rated valves, and other subcomponents compatible with common propellant ...

QmagiQ proposes to develop and deliver a small, lightweight, low-power 4-MEGAPIXEL (2Kx2K) multi-spectral infrared camera covering a broad spectral band from 1-14 microns.nbsp; A key feature is a broadband high-quantum-efficiency strained layer superlattice focal plane array (High-QE SLS FPA) with spectral filters deposited directly on the FPA ndash; a design that allows the camera to be very comp ...

This proposal addresses technology for reusable propulsion and vehicle hot structures specified in topic H5.02:Propulsion systems for Commercial Space industry supporting NASA efforts.Upper stage engine systems, such as those for Space Launch System.Lunar/Mars lander descent/ascent propulsion systems.Aerodynamic structures for aeroshells, control surfaces, and leading edges for hypersonic flight v ...

NASA is working toward missions involving crewed habitats for extended stays within orbital platforms. Environmental control of these habitats is enabled by use of thermal control systems to maintain conditions within a tight temperature band. These thermal control systems must be highly reliable, lightweight, and able to effectively control cabin and equipment temperatures to within several degre ...