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DateAgencyPIIDNAICSDescriptionAmount
Aug 22, 2019Department of DefenseDCSO PHILADELPHIASP470119C0042541611SERVICES - BASIC RESEARCH SBIR PHASE II$849K
Jul 30, 2019National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC19C0397541715MOBILE END-EFFECTOR LASER DEVICE (MELD)$125K
Jul 12, 2019National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTERNNM17AA02C541712IGF::OT::IGF IN-SPACE ROBOTIC MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY SYSTEM (TIPPING POINT TECHNOLOGIES)$12M
Jul 10, 2019National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER80JSC019F0199541712STUDY OF IN-SPACE MANUFACTURING REGOLITH 3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION ON ISS$50K
Jul 9, 2019National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC19C0175541715MADE IN SPACE, INC. CONTINUES THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IN-SPACE MANUFACTURING ARCHITECTURE FOR PRECISION LONG-BASELINE STRUCTURES THAT SUPPORT SPACE INTERFEROMETRY MISSIONS IN THE INFRARED.$748K
Jul 8, 2019National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC19C0137541715MIS IS PIONEERING THE USE OF THE MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) FOR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT.$750K
May 8, 2019Department of the InteriorIBC ACQ SERVICES DIVISION (00063)140D6318C0056541715EXTERNAL AUGMENTATION OF GENERIC LAUNCH ELEMENTS (EAGLE) SYSTEM$445K
Apr 29, 2019National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER80JSC019F0137541712TO#12 POWER SUPPLY REDESIGN$150K
Apr 3, 2019National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER80JSC019F0038541712TURBINE CERAMIC PARTS MANUFACTURING DEMONSTRATION$679K
Apr 2, 2019National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER80JSC019F0036541712TURBINE SUPERALLOY PARTS MANUFACTURING DEMONSTRATION$812K
Apr 2, 2019National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER80JSC019F0032541712INDUSTRIAL CRYSTALLIZATION FACILITY FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION$941K
Mar 20, 2019National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTERNNM17AA02C541712IGF::OT::IGF IN-SPACE ROBOTIC MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY SYSTEM (TIPPING POINT TECHNOLOGIES)$7K
Dec 21, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTERNNM17AA02C541712IGF::OT::IGF IN-SPACE ROBOTIC MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY SYSTEM (TIPPING POINT TECHNOLOGIES)$1.7M
Dec 19, 2018Department of DefenseFA9453 AFRL RVKFA945319P0541336419IGF::OT::IGF HORIZON ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING QUALIFICATION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM$149K
Nov 19, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER80JSC019F0036541712TURBINE SUPERALLOY PARTS MANUFACTURING DEMONSTRATION$1.4M
Nov 19, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER80JSC019F0038541712TURBINE CERAMIC PARTS MANUFACTURING DEMONSTRATION$1.2M
Nov 13, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER80JSC019F0032541712INDUSTRIAL CRYSTALLIZATION FACILITY FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION$1.7M
Nov 9, 2018Department of DefenseDEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCYHR001118C0108541715HALO SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT STUDY$254K
Oct 23, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTERNNM17AA02C541712IGF::OT::IGF IN-SPACE ROBOTIC MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY SYSTEM (TIPPING POINT TECHNOLOGIES)$855K
Sep 21, 2018Department of the InteriorIBC ACQ SERVICES DIVISION (00063)140D6318C0056541715EXTERNAL AUGMENTATION OF GENERIC LAUNCH ELEMENTS (EAGLE) SYSTEM$500K
Aug 7, 2018Department of DefenseDCSO PHILADELPHIASP470118P0104541611IGF::OT::IGF!8505526102!SERVICES - BASIC$98K
Jul 23, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC18P2197541715BASED ON LESSONS LEARNED FROM PREVIOUSLY-FUNDED SBIR WORK FOR DARPA ON IN-SPACE ROBOTIC RECONFIGURATION AND UTILIZATION OF EXISTING FLIGHT-RATED STRUCTURES, MADE IN SPACE, INC. (MIS) PROPOSES THE APEIRON SPACE INTEGRATION SYSTEM TO MEET NASA REQUIREMENTS FOR A MODULAR ASSEMBLY AND INTEGRATION ARCHITECTURE THAT ENABLES THE ROUTINE EXPANSION, UPGRADE, AND REFURBISHMENT OF PERSISTENT ROBOTIC PLATFORMS IN LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) AT THE MODULE AND SUBMODULE LEVEL. APEIRON UTILIZES A COMMON ADAPTER PORT, AUTONOMOUS ROBOTIC INTEGRATION AND PAYLOAD HOSTING, AND A SUB-MODULE PALLET SYSTEM TO CREATE RECONFIGURABLE LONG-DURATION SPACE PLATFORMS FROM MODULES THAT FIT WITHIN EXISTING LAUNCH VEHICLE ENVELOPES. BY USING FORM FACTORS COMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING LAUNCH ARCHITECTURES AND AVAILABLE AUTONOMOUS ASSEMBLY TECHNOLOGY, THE APEIRON SPACE INTEGRATION SYSTEM ENABLES A WIDE VARIETY OF PLATFORM CONFIGURATIONS TO BE COST-EFFECTIVELY AND RAPIDLY DEPLOYED BY A VARIETY OF EXISTING LAUNCH VEHICLES. FOR EXAMPLE, APEIRON CAN CREATE A LEO SMALL PAYLOAD STATION FROM THE EXCESS CAPACITY ON A SINGLE EELV FLIGHT. FLIGHTS CARRYING ESPA RINGS LAUNCH ON AVERAGE EVERY TWO MONTHS. THE APEIRON SYSTEM IS CAPABLE OF SEEDING SMALL PAYLOAD STATIONS IN EVERY ORBIT THESE FLIGHTS REACH. THIS ENABLES RAPID AND COST-EFFECTIVE CONSTRUCTION AND COMMISSIONING OF AUTONOMOUS PERSISTENT PLATFORMS IN LEO FROM MASS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE DISCARDED, ENABLING A WIDE VARIETY OF REMOTE SENSING, SCIENCE, AND COMMUNICATIONS PAYLOADS TO BE FLOWN AT A MUCH LOWER COST.$125K
Jul 23, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC18P1988541715MADE IN SPACE, INC. (MIS) IS A GLOBAL LEADER IN MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES FOR HARSH ENVIRONMENTS. MIS DEVELOPED, OWNS AND OPERATES A COMMERCIAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FACILITY (AMF) ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS), USED FOR BOTH GOVERNMENT AND COMMERCIAL USE. OVER MULTIPLE YEARS OF OPERATION, MIS DEVELOPED QUALITY PROCESSES THAT ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF PRINTING IN THE MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT WHICH IS OPERATED AND MONITORED FROM THE GROUND CONTROL STATION AT MIS MOFFETT FIELD FACILITY. THESE PROCESSES INCLUDE GROUND TESTING, COMPUTER MODELING, AND SIMULATIONS OF THE FINAL PRODUCT TO OPTIMIZE MANUFACTURING ON ORBIT. THESE QUALITY PROCESSES ARE KEY TO THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATION OF AMF. MIS CONTINUES TO BREAK NEW GROUND: RECENT SUCCESSES INCLUDE AN OPTICAL FIBER EXPRESS RACK PAYLOAD, THE FIRST OPERATION OF POLYMER ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING IN A SIMULATED LOW EARTH ORBIT ENVIRONMENT, AND A GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS AWARD FOR LONGEST 3D PRINTED STRUCTURE. BUT WHY STOP THERE? MIS HAS BEEN RESEARCHING METAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SINCE ITS FOUNDING. THE VULCAN PHASE I SBIR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (TDP) COMBINES METAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH TRADITIONAL MANUFACTURING METHODS, ENABLING COMPONENTS TO BE PRODUCED IN GRAVITY INDEPENDENT ENVIRONMENTS. IN DEVELOPING THESE VARIOUS MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES, MIS HAS EXTENSIVELY RESEARCHED NEW VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION (V&V) METHODS TO CONFIRM FABRICATED COMPONENTS MEET THE RIGOROUS STANDARDS REQUIRED FOR AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS. BUILDING ON THE SUCCESSES OF AMF AND SAMEE, A DARPA FUNDED SBIR PHASE I TDP (SECTION 5), AMARU WOULD ENHANCE THE STATE OF THE ART V&V METHODS BY COMBINING AND INTEGRATING ADVANCED SENSOR TECHNOLOGY AND SIEMEN S INDUSTRY LEADING NX SOFTWARE TOOLS.$125K
Jul 23, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC18P1993541715MIS IS PIONEERING THE USE OF THE MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) FOR MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT. MIS HAS LEVERAGED NASA SBIR SUPPORT TO CREATE THE FIRST POLYMER ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING MACHINES IN SPACE, DEVELOP A HYBRID ADDITIVE-SUBTRACTIVE METAL MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY, AND INVESTIGATE THE CREATION OF LARGE SINGLE-CRYSTAL INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS IN MICROGRAVITY. THE NEXT STEP IN THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF LEO IS THE FORMULATION OF BASE MATERIALS, SUCH AS SPECIALTY GLASSES, THAT CAN BE REFINED INTO HIGHER VALUE PRODUCTS IN MICROGRAVITY. THE GLASS ALLOY MANUFACTURING MACHINE (GAMMA) IS AN EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM DESIGNED TO INVESTIGATE HOW THESE MATERIALS FORM WITHOUT THE EFFECTS OF GRAVITY-INDUCED FLOWS AND INFORM PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT. WHILE FOCUSED AROUND CREATING FLUORIDE GLASS PREFORMS, THE SYSTEM CAN ALSO BE USED TO MELT A HOST OF GLASS COMPOSITIONS, EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT DOPANTS, AND START THE PROCESS OF CREATING LARGER AND HIGHER QUALITY GLASSES ABOARD THE ISS. THE INITIAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FOCUSES ON REMELTING GLASS MATERIALS ORIGINALLY CREATED ON THE GROUND AND QUANTIFYING DIFFERENCES WITH GROUND CONTROL EXPERIMENTS. HOWEVER, MIS PLANS TRADE STUDIES TO FIND MORE COMPLEX GLASS EXPERIMENTS, SUCH AS PROCESSING THE CONSTITUENT POWDERS INTO SAMPLES, CONTAINERLESS PROCESSING, VARYING GRAVITY LEVELS, AND OTHER EXPERIMENTS WHICH CAN ONLY BE PERFORMED ON THE ISS PLATFORM.$124K
Jul 23, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC18P2057541715MADE IN SPACE, INC. (MIS) PROPOSES THE CONSTRUCTION OF LARGE BASELINE STRUCTURES, 15 METERS OR GREATER, FOR INFRARED SPACE INTERFEROMETRY MISSIONS BY AUTONOMOUS IN-SPACE MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY. THIS ENABLES THE DEPLOYMENT OF LARGE PRIMARY TRUSSES UNCONSTRAINED BY LAUNCH LOAD OR VOLUME RESTRICTIONS THAT MEET SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTIONS (LESS THAN 0.3 ARCSECONDS) NECESSARY TO DETECT PLANETS NEAR BRIGHT STARS AND MEASURE INDIVIDUAL OBJECTS IN STAR CLUSTERS. IN THIS PHASE I EFFORT, MIS INVESTIGATES THE MASS, PERFORMANCE, AND MISSION PLANNING BENEFITS OF IN-SPACE MANUFACTURING FOR STRUCTURALLY-CONNECTED INTERFEROMETERS (SCI). MIS IS THE LEADING DEVELOPER OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT. UTILIZING TECHNOLOGIES DERIVED FROM ARCHINAUT, A NASA TIPPING POINT 2015 AWARD WINNER, LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BE MANUFACTURED ON ORBIT AND ENABLE A MULTITUDE OF MISSIONS. OPTIMAST IS A SELF-CONTAINED, SCALABLE MACHINE FOR PRODUCING MICROGRAVITY-OPTIMIZED LINEAR STRUCTURES ON-ORBIT, DEVELOPED AS A PRODUCT APPLICATION OF THE ARCHINAUT TECHNOLOGIES. MIS HAS DEVELOPED OPTIMAST TO A TRL-6 WITH SUCCESSFUL THERMAL VACUUM TESTING OF EXTENDED STRUCTURE MANUFACTURING IN 2017. ADAPTING THE MIS OPTIMAST TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE LONG BASELINE STRUCTURES WITH LOW THERMAL EXPANSION MATERIALS ENABLES SIMULTANEOUS STRUCTURAL FABRICATION AND POSITIONING OF THE OPTICAL SUBSYSTEMS TO THE REQUIRED ABSOLUTE (STATIC) AND DYNAMIC (THERMAL DEFLECTION AND OSCILLATION) TOLERANCES. AN OPTIMAST-SCI BASELINE STRUCTURE THUS PROVIDES SUPERIOR ABSOLUTE POSITION CONTROL OVER TRADITIONAL DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURES AT MUCH LOWER COST, MASS, AND INTEGRATION COMPLEXITY AND ELIMINATES THE PARASITIC MASS FROM HINGE MECHANISMS AND TRAVERSE RAILS.$125K
Jul 23, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC18P2194541715NASA HAS OUTLINED A BOLD VISION FOR FUTURE EXPLORATION ON THE MOON AND MARS. STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING (SHM) PROVIDES NUMEROUS BENEFITS TO THESE FUTURE MISSIONS, INCLUDING INCREASED RELIABILITY, REDUCED MAINTENANCE COST, AND INCREASED MISSION SAFETY. STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING (SHM) PROVIDES NUMEROUS BENEFITS TO FUTURE NASA MISSIONS, INCLUDING INCREASED RELIABILITY, REDUCED MAINTENANCE COST, AND INCREASED MISSION SAFETY. MADE IN SPACE (MIS) HAS DEVELOPED A SUITE OF STRUCTURAL-HEALTH AWARE FAULT-TOLERANT ENGINEERED TO RESPOND (SAFER) MATERIALS THROUGH AN ACTIVE PHASE I STTR PROJECT TO PROVIDE SHM CAPABILITIES. MIS HAS SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATED THE SAFER MATERIALS THROUGH LAB TESTING. THE NEXT STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE MATERIALS IS A DEMO IN SPACE, INCLUDING EXPOSURE TO THE LEO ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS EXPOSURE TO STIMULI REPRESENTING LOADING CASES. MISSE-FF PROVIDES A PLATFORM FOR IN-SPACE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SAFER MATERIALS. MIS HAS DEVELOPED AN INNOVATIVE SPACE EXPOSURE FOR STRUCTURAL-HEALTH AWARE MATERIALS EXPERIMENT (SESAME) TO EXPOSE THE SAFER MATERIALS TO THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF THE LEO ENVIRONMENT AND CYCLIC LOADING. SESAME IS AN ACTIVE EXPERIMENT INTENDED TO INTEGRATE WITH THE SAMPLE DECK OF THE STANDARD MISSE SAMPLE CARRIER. SESAME IS AN INNOVATIVE MISSE-FF PAYLOAD FOR EXPOSING AND TESTING CANDIDATE MATERIALS FOR STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING ON FUTURE SPACE EXPLORATION MISSIONS. SESAME USES STANDARD MISSE-FF POWER AND DATA INTERFACES TO SIMPLIFY INTEGRATION OF THE ACTIVE EXPERIMENT INTO EXISTING ISS INFRASTRUCTURE. SPACE EXPOSURE IS CRITICAL FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF CANDIDATE STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING MATERIALS THAT WILL BE USED IN FUTURE MISSIONS. THE MATERIALS BEING PROPOSED FOR SESAME TESTING HAVE UNIQUE MATERIAL PROPERTIES THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY SPACE EXPOSURE. FULLY CHARACTERIZING THE EFFECT OF SPACE EXPOSURE WILL HELP MANUFACTURERS AND DESIGNERS BETTER USE THESE SMART MATERIALS FOR GREATER IMPACT ON FUTURE SPACE FLIGHT MISSIONS.$125K
Jun 14, 2018Department of DefenseDEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCYHR001118C0108541715HALO SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT STUDY$247K
Jun 7, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER80JSC018F0178541712TO#6 AMF- INDUSTRIAL CRYSTAL$731K
Jun 7, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER80JSC018F0179541712TO#7 AMP - TURBINE CERAMIC$741K
Jun 7, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER80JSC018F0180541712TO#7 AMP - TURBINE CERAMIC$740K
Jun 5, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC18C0092541715MADE IN SPACE, INC. (MIS) PROPOSES THE DEVELOPMENT, TO A CRITICAL DESIGN LEVEL, OF AN INDUSTRIAL CRYSTAL FACILITY (ICF) FOR MICROGRAVITY PRODUCT MANUFACTURING AND APPLIED RESEARCH. THE ICF IS FOCUSED ON ADVANCED MATERIALS ENGINEERING, RATHER THAN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, AND EXPANDS UTILIZATION OF THE ISS INTO NEW PRODUCT AREAS NOT PREVIOUSLY INVESTIGATED. INTENDED APPLICATIONS INCLUDE NONLINEAR OPTICAL SINGLE CRYSTALS AND OTHER RELATIVELY LARGE MATERIAL FORMULATIONS, SUCH AS BULK SINGLE-CRYSTAL THIN FILMS AND HIGH TEMPERATURE OPTICAL FIBER. THIS IS A CRITICAL NEXT STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOW EARTH ORBIT AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONE. ICF USES THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) NATIONAL LAB AS A PROVING GROUND AND UTILIZES THE SAME VALUE PROPOSITION AS THE FORTHCOMING MADE IN SPACE FIBER (MIS FIBER) DEMONSTRATION OF MANUFACTURING A PRODUCT IN SPACE WITH ECONOMICALLY-SIGNIFICANT INTRINSIC VALUE ON THE GROUND.$750K
May 30, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTERNNM17AA02C541712IGF::OT::IGF IN-SPACE ROBOTIC MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY SYSTEM (TIPPING POINT TECHNOLOGIES)$700K
May 24, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER80JSC018F0164541712HRP VALVE PUNCTURE TOOL$6K
May 23, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER80NSSC18C0091541715BUILDING ON PREVIOUSLY FUNDED WORK BY NASA AND DARPA, ITS INTERNAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, AND MANUFACTURING ACTIVITIES OCCURRING ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS), MADE IN SPACE, INC. (MIS) IS DEVELOPING THE VULCAN SYSTEM TO ADDRESS NASA S REQUIREMENT TO PRODUCE HIGH-STRENGTH, HIGH-PRECISION POLYMER AND METALLIC COMPONENTS ON-ORBIT WITH COMPARABLE QUALITY TO COMMERCIALLY-AVAILABLE, TERRESTRIAL MACHINED AND INSPECTED PARTS. SUCH CAPABILITY ENABLES THE IN-SITU MANUFACTURING OF CRITICAL PARTS FOR HUMAN AND ROBOTIC SPACEFLIGHT AND WITHOUT DEPENDENCE ON TERRESTRIAL RESUPPLY. MIS COMBINES SPACEFLIGHT-PROVEN MICROGRAVITY PROCESS CONTROLS AND PAYLOAD SUPPORT SYSTEMS, SUCH AS ENVIRONMENTAL AND THERMAL CONTROLS, WITH A MODULAR MANUFACTURING AND POST PROCESSING SYSTEM THAT GENERATES A NET SHAPE FINAL PRODUCT.$668K
Apr 5, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTERNNM17AA02C541712IGF::OT::IGF IN-SPACE ROBOTIC MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY SYSTEM (TIPPING POINT TECHNOLOGIES)$405K
Jan 29, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTERNNM17AA02C541712IGF::OT::IGF IN-SPACE ROBOTIC MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY SYSTEM (TIPPING POINT TECHNOLOGIES)$1.3M
Jan 29, 2018National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTERNNM17AA02C541712IGF::OT::IGF IN-SPACE ROBOTIC MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY SYSTEM (TIPPING POINT TECHNOLOGIES)$3.0M
Dec 6, 2017Department of the InteriorIBC ACQ SERVICES DIVISION (00063)IND17PC00192541712IGF::OT::IGF THE EXTERNAL AUGMENTATION OF GENERIC LAUNCH ELEMENTS (EAGLE) SYSTEM$50K
Oct 16, 2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTERNNM17AA02C541712IGF::OT::IGF IN-SPACE ROBOTIC MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY SYSTEM (TIPPING POINT TECHNOLOGIES)$2.2M
Aug 22, 2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTERNNM17AA02C541712IGF::OT::IGF IN-SPACE ROBOTIC MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY SYSTEM (TIPPING POINT TECHNOLOGIES)$1.1M
Jun 8, 2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTERNNM17AA02C541712IGF::OT::IGF IN-SPACE ROBOTIC MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY SYSTEM (TIPPING POINT TECHNOLOGIES)$1.5M
May 22, 2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX17CL76P541712IGF::OT::IGF STRUCTURAL DEGRADATION AND FAILURE CAN CAUSE MALFUNCTIONS AND LONG-TERM PROBLEMS ABOARD SPACECRAFT, JEOPARDIZING THE CREW, ESPECIALLY IN DEEP SPACE MISSIONS. ON OFF-WORLD HABITATS, THIS CAN LEAD TO EXTENSIVE MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES AND DANGEROUS EVAS TO FIX MALFUNCTIONS. MICROMETEORITE IMPACT AND SHIELDING BREACHES CAN HAVE LASTING IMPACTS THAT POSE A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD TO THE LONGEVITY OF MISSIONS. MADE IN SPACE, INC. (MIS) HAS BEEN DEVELOPING NOVEL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING (AM) TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE PRODUCTION AND APPLICATION OF EMBEDDED SENSORS AND ACTUATORS. MIS'S STRUCTURAL-HEALTH AWARE FAILURE-TOLERANT ENGINEERED TO RESPOND (SAFER) ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED SYSTEM IS A SUITE OF INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES AND COMPOSITE MATERIALS THAT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH AM PROCESSING TECHNIQUES RANGING FROM FREE-FORM-FABRICATION, DIRECT-WRITE, AND INJECTION MOLDING. USING THE ADVANCED AM TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPED FOR MICROGRAVITY MANUFACTURING AT MIS AND PIEZOELECTRIC THERMOPLASTICS PROVIDED BY THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY (OSU), A MAJOR SUITE OF STRUCTURAL MONITORING AND SENSING TECHNOLOGIES WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO DESIGNERS FOR A VARIETY OF APPLICATIONS. THE SAFER ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED SYSTEM WILL INCLUDE A SUITE OF AM SOLUTIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS: EMBEDDED STRAIN-SENSORS FOR HEALTH MONITORING AND DIAGNOSIS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS AND SENSORS FOR SYSTEM PROGNOSIS; AND EMBEDDED HEATERS AND ACTUATORS FOR SYSTEM SELF-HEALING AND INCREASED RIGIDITY. SAFER EMBEDDED SYSTEMS EMPOWER DESIGNERS TO CUT WEIGHT OF STRUCTURAL MONITORING AND INCREASE STRUCTURAL SAFETY WITH THE FREEDOM OF AM. WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL PIEZOELECTRIC AM MATERIAL, SAFER WILL BE A KEY COMPONENT TO SAFE LONG-DURATION MANNED SPACE FLIGHT SUCH AS NASA'S JOURNEY TO MARS AND BEYOND. SAFER GIVES NASA PEACE OF MIND BY COUPLING HEALTH-MONITORING AND SELF-REPAIRING MATERIALS.$119K
May 22, 2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX17CM34P541712IGF::OT::IGF MADE IN SPACE IS DEVELOPING THE THE VULCAN ADVANCED HYBRID MANUFACTURING SYSTEM (VULCAN) TO ADDRESS NASA'S REQUIREMENT TO PRODUCE HIGH-STRENGTH, HIGH-PRECISION COMPONENTS ON-ORBIT WITH COMPARABLE QUALITY TO COMMERCIALLY-AVAILABLE, TERRESTRIAL MACHINED PARTS. SUCH CAPABILITY ENABLES THE IN-SITU MANUFACTURING OF CRITICAL PARTS FOR HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT AND WITHOUT DEPENDENCE ON TERRESTRIAL RESUPPLY. MADE IN SPACE INTEGRATES FLIGHT-PROVEN MICROGRAVITY PROCESS CONTROLS AND PAYLOAD SUPPORT SYSTEMS, SUCH AS ENVIRONMENTAL AND MASTER CONTROLS, WITH A MODULAR MANUFACTURING&TOOL SYSTEM THAT GENERATES A NEAR NET SHAPE FOR SURFACE FINISHING OR OTHER INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING INTO THE FINAL PRODUCT. ONE OF THE KEY INNOVATIONS OF MADE IN SPACE'S VULCAN IS THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE FINISHED METAL PARTS WITH ONE DEVICE, ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR SEPARATE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND SUBTRACTIVE MACHINING FACILITIES. THE WIRE FEED ARCHITECTURE OF BOTH THE THERMOPLASTIC EXTRUDER AND METAL MANUFACTURING HEAD ALLOWS THE HARDWARE TO BE INTERCHANGEABLE AND SUPPORTED ON THE SAME GANTRY WITHOUT REQUIRING MODIFICATION OF ANY OF THE COMPONENTS. THE TWO MANUFACTURING HEADS FOLLOW THE SBM-SPEC INTERFACE STANDARDS FOR PLUG-AND-PLAY OPERATION. THUS, THE MANUFACTURING HEADS CAN BE EXCHANGED EASILY BY CREWMEMBERS WITH NO FORMAL MANUFACTURING TRAINING. USING THIS CAPABILITY, THE VULCAN DEVICE PRODUCES BOTH NON-METALLIC AND METALLIC REPLACEMENT PARTS WITH A MINIMUM OF CREW INTERACTION. VULCAN IS SCALABLE AND SUPPORTS THE OPEN SBM-SPEC ARCHITECTURE FOR THE THERMOPLASTIC AND METAL MANUFACTURING HEADS, RESULTING IN A MANUFACTURING METHODOLOGY THAT USES MULTIPLE MATERIALS AND CAN BE UPGRADED OVER TIME.$125K
May 15, 2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA SHARED SERVICES CENTERNNX17CA37P541712IGF::OT::IGF MADE IN SPACE, INC. (MIS) PROPOSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDUSTRIAL CRYSTAL FACILITY (ICF) FOR MICROGRAVITY PRODUCT MANUFACTURING AND APPLIED RESEARCH. THE ICF IS FOCUSED ON ADVANCED MATERIALS ENGINEERING, RATHER THAN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, AND SERVES A COMPLIMENTARY ROLE TO EXISTING NASA-DEVELOPED HARDWARE, EXPANDING UTILIZATION OF ISS. INTENDED APPLICATIONS INCLUDE NONLINEAR OPTICAL SINGLE CRYSTALS AND OTHER RELATIVELY LARGE MATERIAL FORMULATIONS. THIS IS A CRITICAL NEXT STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOW EARTH ORBIT AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ZONE, USING THE ISS NATIONAL LAB AS A PROVING GROUND AND FOLLOWING THE FORTHCOMING MADE IN SPACE FIBER (MIS FIBER) DEMONSTRATION OF MANUFACTURING A PRODUCT IN SPACE WITH ECONOMICALLY-SIGNIFICANT INTRINSIC VALUE ON THE GROUND. THE ISS NATIONAL LAB SERVES AS AN IDEAL PLATFORM TO EXPLORE WHETHER INDUSTRIAL CRYSTALS CAN BE GROWN IN MICROGRAVITY TO LARGER SIZES AND/OR IMPROVED QUALITY AS COMPARED WITH TERRESTRIAL SOURCES. EXISTING LOW TEMPERATURE SOLUTION GROWTH METHODS TAKE DAYS TO WEEKS TO COMPLETE, SO PARABOLIC FLIGHTS AND SUBORBITAL VEHICLES ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR ESTABLISHING PROCESS BASELINES AND MAKING EFFECTIVE COMPARISONS. MICROGRAVITY PRODUCTION HOLDS THE POTENTIAL FOR ROOM-TEMPERATURE PRODUCTION OF NLO MATERIALS FOR HIGH-ENERGY APPLICATIONS WITH SIZE AND QUALITY UNDIMINISHED BY THE EFFECTS OF SEDIMENTATION AND CONVECTION. A NEW FACILITY IS NEEDED TO EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY OF MICROGRAVITY-ENABLED INDUSTRIAL CRYSTALS AS A NEW PRODUCT MARKET FOR LOW EARTH ORBIT.$125K
Apr 17, 2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTERNNJ17GU30T541712IGF::OT::IGF DESIGN VALUE TEST PLAN FOR ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE (ABS)$44K
Apr 14, 2017Department of the InteriorIBC ACQ SERVICES DIVISION (00063)IND17PC00192541712IGF::OT::IGF THE EXTERNAL AUGMENTATION OF GENERIC LAUNCH ELEMENTS (EAGLE) SYSTEM$100K
Feb 16, 2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTERNNJ17GU28T541712IGF::OT::IGF OPTIMIZATION AND ON-BOARD PRINTING OF TWO, 2, RADIO ANTENNA FEED HORNS. THE KABOOM PROJECT TEAM REQUIRES TWO, 2, RF FEED HORN UNITS FABRICATED IN MICROGRAVITY FOR EXPERIMENTATION ON GROUND. NASA WILL PROVIDE THE CAD DESIGN OF THE PART TO MADE IN SPACE, MIS, FOR OPTIMIZATION AND PRINTING ON THE AMF IN ABS PLASTIC. SIX, 6, GROUND SAMPLES THAT WILL BE IDENTICAL TO THE TWO FLIGHT UNITS WILL BE SHIPPED TO THE KABOOM TEAM FOR GROUND TESTING. THE TWO FLIGHT UNITS WILL BE PRINTED ON ORBIT WITH THE GOAL TO DOWN MASS THEM PRIOR TO APRIL 15, 2017, IF POSSIBLE. PRINTING AND DOWNMASSING IS LIMITED BY ISS CREW TIME AVAILABILITY AND THE SCHEDULE OF VISITING VEHICLES. THE CAD DESIGN MUST BE PROVIDED TO MIS NLT FEBRUARY 17, 2017 IN ORDER TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO MEET THE TARGET DELIVERY DATE OF APRIL 15TH.$24K
Feb 15, 2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTERNNJ17GU29T541712IGF::OT::IGF EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION AND NATIONAL LAB UTILIZATION ENHANCEMENTS THE RADWORKS TEAM REQUIRES 3D PRINTED ENCLOSURES TO ATTACH TO THE REM SENSOR FOR ON-ORBIT EXPERIMENTS ON THE BEAM MODULE. ENCLOSURES IN THREE DIFFERENT THICKNESSES 1.1MM, 3.3MM, 10MM WILL BE PRINTED FOR THESE EXPERIMENTS. NASA WILL PROVIDE THE CAD DESIGN OF THE PARTS TO MADE IN SPACE, MIS, FOR OPTIMIZATION AND PRINTING ON THE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FACILITY, AMF, IN ABS PLASTIC. THE 1.1MM AND 3.3MM THICK ENCLOSURES WILL FALL UNDER THE CATEGORY OF SMALL PARTS WHILE THE 10MM THICK ENCLOSURE WILL BE A MEDIUM PART. THE THREE UNIQUE PARTS WILL BE OPTIMIZED FOR PRINTING AND PRINTED ON ORBIT. A TOTAL OF 3 GROUND PRINTS, 1 FOR EACH THICKNESS WILL BE PROVIDED DURING OPTIMIZATION. THE TARGET SCHEDULE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PRINT ALL 3 ITEMS ON ORBIT BY MARCH 8TH, IF POSSIBLE. MEETING THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO ISS CREW TIME AVAILABILITY. THE CAD DESIGN MUST BE PROVIDED TO MIS NLT FEBRUARY 17, 2017 IN ORDER TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO MEET THE TARGET OF DELIVERING THE PART BY MARCH 8TH$27K
Jan 26, 2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTERNNM17AA02C541712IGF::OT::IGF IN-SPACE ROBOTIC MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY SYSTEM (TIPPING POINT TECHNOLOGIES)$2.6M
Oct 27, 2016National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTERNNM17AA02C541712IGF::OT::IGF IN-SPACE ROBOTIC MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY SYSTEM (TIPPING POINT TECHNOLOGIES)$5.5M

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