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Moon to Mars Oxygen and Steel Technology (MMOST) is an integrated system that can enable the production of metallic iron or steel and oxygen from lunar regolith, thereby providing a strong support for the exploration and development of the Moon. The MMOST has extensive heritage, utilizing technology developed and demonstrated by Pioneer Astronautics during a NASA SBIR Phase II program titled ldquo ...

Extreme Diagnostics and the University of Michigan (UM)nbsp;propose to fly the autonomous SmallSat we built under a Phase I/II SBIR supported by this NASA JPL technical topic. We are well experienced withnbsp;nanosatellites and are confident in our flight readiness. Members of our teamnbsp;built the flight computer and power systems for the JPL MarCO Mars A and B deep-space CubeSats.nbsp;We are re ...

The ultimate goal of the SPAM project is to increase the reliability of satellite operations by giving commercial and government satellite operators and designers a tool to monitor the real time likelihood of on-orbit satellite anomalies and quickly identify the cause. More specifically, the first phase of the project developed and assessed a model that provides information needed to identify whet ...

ADA Technologies, Inc. (ADA) successfully demonstrated ADA advanced lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery technology through material engineering of battery cell components with the following main achievements. (1) Successfully developed sulfur-carbon (S-C) composite electrodes with high S content, high electrode loading and excellent electrochemical performance in the resultant Li-S cells projecting cons ...

nbsp;NASA is currently developing an xPLSS for the next generation xEMU which is planned to replace existing space suits used for the ISS. NASA has identified technology gaps in using the xPLSS for deep space and surface missions, specifically Mars missions due to the amine swing-bed system not being designed for the partial atmosphere of Mars. To bridge this technological gap and simplify future ...

We propose to develop and commercialize a deep learning-based image classification capability that detects fine-scale and rapidly changing land surface features, using relatively low resolution and low-cost imagery and an architecture that is simple and fast to train. The proposed system promises to substantially improve the study of high frequency land cover dynamics in heterogeneous landscapes b ...

The proposed innovation, neural networks (NNs) for electric propulsion (EP) mdash; NNEP, leverages the fundamental principles of optimal control (OC) and a rich field of recent advancements in the area of artificial intelligence to automate spacecraft maneuver correction, resulting in improved spacecraft maneuver accuracy, lowered operations complexity, and cost savings. NNs are used as function a ...

We propose to calibrate the DEM microparameters in our YADE soil model to match the stress-strain responses measured from geotechnical laboratory tests. These calibrated DEM inputs will then be used to simulate a known wheel geometry under controlled terramechanics testing conditions to evaluate the predictive capabilities of our models. Following thorough validation of these modeling methods and ...

The purpose of this effort, titled Lunar Solar Array Monolithic Truss Segment (MTS), is to directly support NASArsquo;s need for improved technologies for a vertically deployed, retractable, sun tracking solar array through structural and manufacturing innovation of the telescoping truss segment (TTS) of the Compact Telescoping Array (CTA). The scope of work is limited to developing and validating ...

Opterus Research and Development, Inc. proposes to develop and validate multi-scale thin-ply High Strain Composites (HSCs) constitutive modeling tools for incorporation into commercial finite element analysis codes. The constitutive models will capture the time-temperature-load-deformation viscoelastic characteristics common to HSCs as well as the yielding or permanent deformation associated with ...