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Oct 29, 2021National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER80GSFC19C0027541715INTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) IS A WATERSHED MISSION THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY INVESTIGATES THE ACCELERATION OF ENERGETIC PARTICLES AND INTERACTION OF THE SOLAR WIND WITH THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM. IMAP WILL 1) ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL EVOLUTION OF THE BOUNDARY REGION IN WHICH THE SOLAR WIND AND INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM INTERACT, 2) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PROCESSES RELATED TO THE INTERACTIONS OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE SUN AND THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, 3) IMPROVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, AND 4) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PARTICLE INJECTION AND ACCELERATION PROCESSES NEAR THE SUN, IN THE HELIOSPHERE AND HELIOSHEATH. IMAP IS BASED ON A COMPLETE AND SYNERGISTIC SET OF OBSERVATIONS. IN SITU AT 1AU, THIS REQUIRES DETAILED OBSERVATIONS OF THE SOLAR WIND ELECTRONS AND IONS SUPRATHERMAL, PICKUP, AND ENERGETIC ION POPULATIONS AND MAGNETIC FIELD. FOR THE OUTER HELIOSPHERE INTERACTION, IT REQUIRES ADVANCED GLOBAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE REMOTE PLASMA AND ENERGETIC IONS OVER A BROAD ENERGY RANGE VIA ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOM (ENA) IMAGING, AS WELL AS PRECISE OBSERVATION OF THE NEUTRAL INTERSTELLAR ATOMS PENETRATING THE HELIOSPHERE. COMPLEMENTARY OBSERVATIONS OF INTERSTELLAR DUST AND THE UV GLOW OF INTERSTELLAR NEUTRALS, WHILE NOT REQUIRED FOR THE THRESHOLD MISSION, ADD IMPORTANT CONTEXT AND INSIGHTS TO DEEPEN PHYSICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASELINE MISSION. THESE OBSERVATIONAL NEEDS WILL REQUIRE AN INTEGRATED AND COORDINATED SUITE OF 10 INSTRUMENTS THAT SPAN BOTH THE IN SITU AND REMOTE IMAGING ASPECTS OF THE INVESTIGATION. AS THE PI INSTITUTION PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OVERSEES THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMAP TO ENSURE COST, RISK, AND SCIENCE OBJECTIVES ARE MET IN THE CONTEXT OF AN OVERALL PLAN TO DEVELOP, INTEGRATE, TEST, LAUNCH, COMMISSION, AND OPERATE THE IMAP MISSION. PRINCETON WILL DEVELOP THE SOLAR WIND AND PICKUP ION (SWAPI) INSTRUMENT, MANAGE THE MISSION SCIENCE TEAM, DEVELOP THE INTERSTELLAR DUST EXPERIMENT (IDEX) INSTRUMENT DATA PIPELINE, INITIATE THE FUTURE LEADERS PROGRAM, AND OVERSEE THE MISSION STUDENT COLLABORATION.$739K
Oct 26, 2021Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$2.5M
Sep 29, 2021Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$42M
Sep 29, 2021National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER80GSFC19C0027541715INTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) IS A WATERSHED MISSION THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY INVESTIGATES THE ACCELERATION OF ENERGETIC PARTICLES AND INTERACTION OF THE SOLAR WIND WITH THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM. IMAP WILL 1) ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL EVOLUTION OF THE BOUNDARY REGION IN WHICH THE SOLAR WIND AND INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM INTERACT, 2) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PROCESSES RELATED TO THE INTERACTIONS OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE SUN AND THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, 3) IMPROVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, AND 4) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PARTICLE INJECTION AND ACCELERATION PROCESSES NEAR THE SUN, IN THE HELIOSPHERE AND HELIOSHEATH. IMAP IS BASED ON A COMPLETE AND SYNERGISTIC SET OF OBSERVATIONS. IN SITU AT 1AU, THIS REQUIRES DETAILED OBSERVATIONS OF THE SOLAR WIND ELECTRONS AND IONS SUPRATHERMAL, PICKUP, AND ENERGETIC ION POPULATIONS AND MAGNETIC FIELD. FOR THE OUTER HELIOSPHERE INTERACTION, IT REQUIRES ADVANCED GLOBAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE REMOTE PLASMA AND ENERGETIC IONS OVER A BROAD ENERGY RANGE VIA ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOM (ENA) IMAGING, AS WELL AS PRECISE OBSERVATION OF THE NEUTRAL INTERSTELLAR ATOMS PENETRATING THE HELIOSPHERE. COMPLEMENTARY OBSERVATIONS OF INTERSTELLAR DUST AND THE UV GLOW OF INTERSTELLAR NEUTRALS, WHILE NOT REQUIRED FOR THE THRESHOLD MISSION, ADD IMPORTANT CONTEXT AND INSIGHTS TO DEEPEN PHYSICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASELINE MISSION. THESE OBSERVATIONAL NEEDS WILL REQUIRE AN INTEGRATED AND COORDINATED SUITE OF 10 INSTRUMENTS THAT SPAN BOTH THE IN SITU AND REMOTE IMAGING ASPECTS OF THE INVESTIGATION. AS THE PI INSTITUTION PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OVERSEES THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMAP TO ENSURE COST, RISK, AND SCIENCE OBJECTIVES ARE MET IN THE CONTEXT OF AN OVERALL PLAN TO DEVELOP, INTEGRATE, TEST, LAUNCH, COMMISSION, AND OPERATE THE IMAP MISSION. PRINCETON WILL DEVELOP THE SOLAR WIND AND PICKUP ION (SWAPI) INSTRUMENT, MANAGE THE MISSION SCIENCE TEAM, DEVELOP THE INTERSTELLAR DUST EXPERIMENT (IDEX) INSTRUMENT DATA PIPELINE, INITIATE THE FUTURE LEADERS PROGRAM, AND OVERSEE THE MISSION STUDENT COLLABORATION.$727K
Sep 24, 2021Agency for International DevelopmentUSAID M/OAA7200AA21C00087541910THIS ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE UNDERSTANDING WITHIN AND ACROSS COMMUNITIES TO COMBAT SECTARIANISM AND INTOLERANCE AND COLLECT INFORMATION ON RACIAL DIVERSITY AND EQUITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICAN (MENA) THROUGH SURVEYING.$750K
Sep 24, 2021Department of DefenseNAVAL MEDICAL LOGISTICS COMMANDN6264518C4010541715A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF REPETITIVE LOW LEVEL BLAST EXPOSURE (RLLBE) ON FITNESS FOR DUTY IN SOCOM WARRIORS$237K
Aug 30, 2021Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$8.2M
Aug 27, 2021National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER80GSFC19C0027541715INTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) IS A WATERSHED MISSION THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY INVESTIGATES THE ACCELERATION OF ENERGETIC PARTICLES AND INTERACTION OF THE SOLAR WIND WITH THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM. IMAP WILL 1) ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL EVOLUTION OF THE BOUNDARY REGION IN WHICH THE SOLAR WIND AND INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM INTERACT, 2) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PROCESSES RELATED TO THE INTERACTIONS OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE SUN AND THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, 3) IMPROVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, AND 4) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PARTICLE INJECTION AND ACCELERATION PROCESSES NEAR THE SUN, IN THE HELIOSPHERE AND HELIOSHEATH. IMAP IS BASED ON A COMPLETE AND SYNERGISTIC SET OF OBSERVATIONS. IN SITU AT 1AU, THIS REQUIRES DETAILED OBSERVATIONS OF THE SOLAR WIND ELECTRONS AND IONS SUPRATHERMAL, PICKUP, AND ENERGETIC ION POPULATIONS AND MAGNETIC FIELD. FOR THE OUTER HELIOSPHERE INTERACTION, IT REQUIRES ADVANCED GLOBAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE REMOTE PLASMA AND ENERGETIC IONS OVER A BROAD ENERGY RANGE VIA ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOM (ENA) IMAGING, AS WELL AS PRECISE OBSERVATION OF THE NEUTRAL INTERSTELLAR ATOMS PENETRATING THE HELIOSPHERE. COMPLEMENTARY OBSERVATIONS OF INTERSTELLAR DUST AND THE UV GLOW OF INTERSTELLAR NEUTRALS, WHILE NOT REQUIRED FOR THE THRESHOLD MISSION, ADD IMPORTANT CONTEXT AND INSIGHTS TO DEEPEN PHYSICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASELINE MISSION. THESE OBSERVATIONAL NEEDS WILL REQUIRE AN INTEGRATED AND COORDINATED SUITE OF 10 INSTRUMENTS THAT SPAN BOTH THE IN SITU AND REMOTE IMAGING ASPECTS OF THE INVESTIGATION. AS THE PI INSTITUTION PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OVERSEES THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMAP TO ENSURE COST, RISK, AND SCIENCE OBJECTIVES ARE MET IN THE CONTEXT OF AN OVERALL PLAN TO DEVELOP, INTEGRATE, TEST, LAUNCH, COMMISSION, AND OPERATE THE IMAP MISSION. PRINCETON WILL DEVELOP THE SOLAR WIND AND PICKUP ION (SWAPI) INSTRUMENT, MANAGE THE MISSION SCIENCE TEAM, DEVELOP THE INTERSTELLAR DUST EXPERIMENT (IDEX) INSTRUMENT DATA PIPELINE, INITIATE THE FUTURE LEADERS PROGRAM, AND OVERSEE THE MISSION STUDENT COLLABORATION.$772K
Aug 24, 2021Department of DefenseNAVSUP FLT LOG CTR SAN DIEGON0024421F0516611710TUTION AND FEES$28K
Aug 2, 2021Department of Health and Human ServicesNATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NICHD75N94021P00624334516NIDDK - EQUIPMENT TRANSFER$186K
Jul 30, 2021National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER80GSFC19C0027541715INTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) IS A WATERSHED MISSION THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY INVESTIGATES THE ACCELERATION OF ENERGETIC PARTICLES AND INTERACTION OF THE SOLAR WIND WITH THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM. IMAP WILL 1) ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL EVOLUTION OF THE BOUNDARY REGION IN WHICH THE SOLAR WIND AND INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM INTERACT, 2) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PROCESSES RELATED TO THE INTERACTIONS OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE SUN AND THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, 3) IMPROVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, AND 4) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PARTICLE INJECTION AND ACCELERATION PROCESSES NEAR THE SUN, IN THE HELIOSPHERE AND HELIOSHEATH. IMAP IS BASED ON A COMPLETE AND SYNERGISTIC SET OF OBSERVATIONS. IN SITU AT 1AU, THIS REQUIRES DETAILED OBSERVATIONS OF THE SOLAR WIND ELECTRONS AND IONS SUPRATHERMAL, PICKUP, AND ENERGETIC ION POPULATIONS AND MAGNETIC FIELD. FOR THE OUTER HELIOSPHERE INTERACTION, IT REQUIRES ADVANCED GLOBAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE REMOTE PLASMA AND ENERGETIC IONS OVER A BROAD ENERGY RANGE VIA ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOM (ENA) IMAGING, AS WELL AS PRECISE OBSERVATION OF THE NEUTRAL INTERSTELLAR ATOMS PENETRATING THE HELIOSPHERE. COMPLEMENTARY OBSERVATIONS OF INTERSTELLAR DUST AND THE UV GLOW OF INTERSTELLAR NEUTRALS, WHILE NOT REQUIRED FOR THE THRESHOLD MISSION, ADD IMPORTANT CONTEXT AND INSIGHTS TO DEEPEN PHYSICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASELINE MISSION. THESE OBSERVATIONAL NEEDS WILL REQUIRE AN INTEGRATED AND COORDINATED SUITE OF 10 INSTRUMENTS THAT SPAN BOTH THE IN SITU AND REMOTE IMAGING ASPECTS OF THE INVESTIGATION. AS THE PI INSTITUTION PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OVERSEES THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMAP TO ENSURE COST, RISK, AND SCIENCE OBJECTIVES ARE MET IN THE CONTEXT OF AN OVERALL PLAN TO DEVELOP, INTEGRATE, TEST, LAUNCH, COMMISSION, AND OPERATE THE IMAP MISSION. PRINCETON WILL DEVELOP THE SOLAR WIND AND PICKUP ION (SWAPI) INSTRUMENT, MANAGE THE MISSION SCIENCE TEAM, DEVELOP THE INTERSTELLAR DUST EXPERIMENT (IDEX) INSTRUMENT DATA PIPELINE, INITIATE THE FUTURE LEADERS PROGRAM, AND OVERSEE THE MISSION STUDENT COLLABORATION.$799K
Jul 27, 2021Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$14M
Jul 8, 2021National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTERNNG17FC93C334511IGF::OT::IGF THIS CONTRACT IS FOR IBEX INTERSTELLAR BOUNDARY EXPLORER (IBEX) SUPPORT. THIS CONTRACT IS A RESULT OF A PI TRANSFER FROM NNG05EC85C. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDUCT OF ALL PHASES AND ASPECTS OF THE IBEX MISSION INCLUDING: 1) LIFE-CYCLE PROJECT MANAGEMENT 2) DESIGN, TEST, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONS (PAYLOAD, SPACECRAFT, LAUNCH VEHICLE, SPACECRAFT TO LAUNCH-VEHICLE INTERFACES, LAUNCH AND FLIGHT OPERATIONS) AND 3) POST-OPERATIONS DATA ANALYSIS AND ARCHIVING. IN PERFORMANCE OF THIS EFFORT, THE IBEX TEAM SHALL: A. MANAGE THE PROJECT, PROVIDE COST AND SCHEDULE INFORMATION TO NASA AS SPECIFIED IN 3.0 MANAGEMENT, ABOVE. B. PROVIDE DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION OF THE PROJECT AS DELEGATED BY THE PI TO THE PROJECT MANAGER (PM), INCLUDING MONITORING AND REPORTING TECHNICAL PROGRESS AND FINANCIAL STATUS, IMPLEMENTING THE RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN AND CONDUCTING MISSION LEVEL REVIEWS AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 4.3, SYSTEM LEVEL REVIEWS. C. CONDUCT REVIEWS FOR ALL PAYLOAD SENSORS, PAYLOAD SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATED GSE. D. PERFORM SCIENTIFIC ANALYSES IN SUPPORT OF THE MISSION SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS. E. PERFORM SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TO COORDINATE THE DESIGN OF THE INSTRUMENT COMPLEMENT AND SPACECRAFT BUS COMPONENTS AND TO ENSURE THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE SPACE-TO-GROUND AND NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS. F. PERFORM TRADE STUDIES TO ELIMINATE AND MITIGATE RISKS G. DELIVER THE IBEX FLIGHT SEGMENT TO VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE (VAFB), SUPPORT INTEGRATION WITH THE LAUNCH VEHICLE, AND ASSIST THE LAUNCH OPERATIONS H. ESTABLISH THE MISSION CONTROL CENTER (MCC) AND IBEX SCIENCE OPERATIONS AND DATA ANALYSIS CENTER (ISOC) INCLUDING ALL COMPUTERS, NETWORKS, AND OPERATING SOFTWARE, INSTRUMENT DATABASES AND PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO FUNCTIONALLY TEST AND LATER CONTROL THE SPACECRAFT I. HOLD SCIENCE TEAM MEETINGS AS WELL AS TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE MEETINGS. J. BASELINE THE SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS AND SCIENCE ANALYSIS PLAN INTO AN IBEX MISSION DEFINITION REQUIREMENTS AGREEMENT (MDRA) AND THE IBEX DATA MANAGEMENT PLAN. K. IMPLEMENT AN APPROVED MISSION ASSURANCE PLAN. L. IMPLEMENT A SYSTEMS ENGINEERING FUNCTION TO VERIFY PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION COMPLIANCE TO THE MISSION SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS. M. DESIGN, FABRICATE, INTEGRATE AND TEST THE PAYLOAD, SPACECRAFT, SOLID ROCKET MOTOR AND LAUNCH VEHICLE ADAPTER, AND INTEGRATE THE IBEX FLIGHT SEGMENT WITH THE LAUNCH VEHICLE. N. IMPLEMENT A SAFETY PROGRAM INCLUDING THE GENERATION OF THE MISSILE SYSTEM PRE-LAUNCH SAFETY PACKAGE (MSPSP). O. SUPPORT LAUNCH, PERFORM ON-ORBIT CHECKOUT, AND ESTABLISH ON-ORBIT DATA ACQUISITION CONTACT WITH THE PAYLOAD. WITHIN THE FIRST 30 DAYS AFTER LAUNCH, INITIAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE CHECKOUT AND VERIFICATION OF SPACECRAFT IN-FLIGHT OPERATION WILL BE PERFORMED. P. PROVIDE THE SERVICES OF THE MCC AND THE ISOC. Q. CONDUCT THE E/PO PROGRAM IN COOPERATION WITH THE IDENTIFIED TEAM MEMBERS.$209K
Jun 30, 2021National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER80GSFC19C0027541715INTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) IS A WATERSHED MISSION THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY INVESTIGATES THE ACCELERATION OF ENERGETIC PARTICLES AND INTERACTION OF THE SOLAR WIND WITH THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM. IMAP WILL 1) ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL EVOLUTION OF THE BOUNDARY REGION IN WHICH THE SOLAR WIND AND INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM INTERACT, 2) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PROCESSES RELATED TO THE INTERACTIONS OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE SUN AND THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, 3) IMPROVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, AND 4) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PARTICLE INJECTION AND ACCELERATION PROCESSES NEAR THE SUN, IN THE HELIOSPHERE AND HELIOSHEATH. IMAP IS BASED ON A COMPLETE AND SYNERGISTIC SET OF OBSERVATIONS. IN SITU AT 1AU, THIS REQUIRES DETAILED OBSERVATIONS OF THE SOLAR WIND ELECTRONS AND IONS SUPRATHERMAL, PICKUP, AND ENERGETIC ION POPULATIONS AND MAGNETIC FIELD. FOR THE OUTER HELIOSPHERE INTERACTION, IT REQUIRES ADVANCED GLOBAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE REMOTE PLASMA AND ENERGETIC IONS OVER A BROAD ENERGY RANGE VIA ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOM (ENA) IMAGING, AS WELL AS PRECISE OBSERVATION OF THE NEUTRAL INTERSTELLAR ATOMS PENETRATING THE HELIOSPHERE. COMPLEMENTARY OBSERVATIONS OF INTERSTELLAR DUST AND THE UV GLOW OF INTERSTELLAR NEUTRALS, WHILE NOT REQUIRED FOR THE THRESHOLD MISSION, ADD IMPORTANT CONTEXT AND INSIGHTS TO DEEPEN PHYSICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASELINE MISSION. THESE OBSERVATIONAL NEEDS WILL REQUIRE AN INTEGRATED AND COORDINATED SUITE OF 10 INSTRUMENTS THAT SPAN BOTH THE IN SITU AND REMOTE IMAGING ASPECTS OF THE INVESTIGATION. AS THE PI INSTITUTION PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OVERSEES THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMAP TO ENSURE COST, RISK, AND SCIENCE OBJECTIVES ARE MET IN THE CONTEXT OF AN OVERALL PLAN TO DEVELOP, INTEGRATE, TEST, LAUNCH, COMMISSION, AND OPERATE THE IMAP MISSION. PRINCETON WILL DEVELOP THE SOLAR WIND AND PICKUP ION (SWAPI) INSTRUMENT, MANAGE THE MISSION SCIENCE TEAM, DEVELOP THE INTERSTELLAR DUST EXPERIMENT (IDEX) INSTRUMENT DATA PIPELINE, INITIATE THE FUTURE LEADERS PROGRAM, AND OVERSEE THE MISSION STUDENT COLLABORATION.$7K
Jun 16, 2021Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$1.0M
May 26, 2021Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$1.8M
Apr 29, 2021Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$32M
Apr 28, 2021National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER80GSFC19C0027541715INTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) IS A WATERSHED MISSION THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY INVESTIGATES THE ACCELERATION OF ENERGETIC PARTICLES AND INTERACTION OF THE SOLAR WIND WITH THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM. IMAP WILL 1) ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL EVOLUTION OF THE BOUNDARY REGION IN WHICH THE SOLAR WIND AND INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM INTERACT, 2) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PROCESSES RELATED TO THE INTERACTIONS OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE SUN AND THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, 3) IMPROVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, AND 4) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PARTICLE INJECTION AND ACCELERATION PROCESSES NEAR THE SUN, IN THE HELIOSPHERE AND HELIOSHEATH. IMAP IS BASED ON A COMPLETE AND SYNERGISTIC SET OF OBSERVATIONS. IN SITU AT 1AU, THIS REQUIRES DETAILED OBSERVATIONS OF THE SOLAR WIND ELECTRONS AND IONS SUPRATHERMAL, PICKUP, AND ENERGETIC ION POPULATIONS AND MAGNETIC FIELD. FOR THE OUTER HELIOSPHERE INTERACTION, IT REQUIRES ADVANCED GLOBAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE REMOTE PLASMA AND ENERGETIC IONS OVER A BROAD ENERGY RANGE VIA ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOM (ENA) IMAGING, AS WELL AS PRECISE OBSERVATION OF THE NEUTRAL INTERSTELLAR ATOMS PENETRATING THE HELIOSPHERE. COMPLEMENTARY OBSERVATIONS OF INTERSTELLAR DUST AND THE UV GLOW OF INTERSTELLAR NEUTRALS, WHILE NOT REQUIRED FOR THE THRESHOLD MISSION, ADD IMPORTANT CONTEXT AND INSIGHTS TO DEEPEN PHYSICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASELINE MISSION. THESE OBSERVATIONAL NEEDS WILL REQUIRE AN INTEGRATED AND COORDINATED SUITE OF 10 INSTRUMENTS THAT SPAN BOTH THE IN SITU AND REMOTE IMAGING ASPECTS OF THE INVESTIGATION. AS THE PI INSTITUTION PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OVERSEES THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMAP TO ENSURE COST, RISK, AND SCIENCE OBJECTIVES ARE MET IN THE CONTEXT OF AN OVERALL PLAN TO DEVELOP, INTEGRATE, TEST, LAUNCH, COMMISSION, AND OPERATE THE IMAP MISSION. PRINCETON WILL DEVELOP THE SOLAR WIND AND PICKUP ION (SWAPI) INSTRUMENT, MANAGE THE MISSION SCIENCE TEAM, DEVELOP THE INTERSTELLAR DUST EXPERIMENT (IDEX) INSTRUMENT DATA PIPELINE, INITIATE THE FUTURE LEADERS PROGRAM, AND OVERSEE THE MISSION STUDENT COLLABORATION.$948K
Apr 9, 2021National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTERNNG16PJ30C541712IGF::OT::IGF WFIRST SCIENCE INVESTIGATION TEAMS AND ADJUTANT SCIENTISTS RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN SPACE AND EARTH SCIENCES-2015 (ROSES-2015) NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (NRA) NNH15ZDA001N-WFIRST WAS ISSUED ON JULY 17, 2015. THIS NRA SOLICITED PROPOSALS FOR SCIENCE INVESTIGATION TEAMS (SITS) FOR THE WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY TELESCOPE (WFIRST), WHICH RESULTED IN THE FORMATION OF A FORMULATION SCIENCE WORKING GROUP (FSWG) FOR THE MISSION. IN ADDITION TO THE WFIRST SITS, THE CALL SOLICITED INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE AS ADJUTANT SCIENTISTS FOR THE WFIRST WIDE-FIELD INSTRUMENT (WFI) AND FOR THE WFIRST CORONAGRAPH INSTRUMENT (CGI). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FOLLOWING TASKS IN SUPPORT OF WFIRST FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION: COORDINATE THE WORK BEING DONE BY THE SCIENCE INVESTIGATION TEAMS (SITS) ASSOCIATED WITH THE WFIRST WIDE-FIELD IMAGER IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A COHERENT AND COMPREHENSIVE SET OF SCIENTIFIC PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS, OBSERVATIONAL STRATEGIES, SCIENCE DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES, PRECURSOR OBSERVATION REQUIREMENTS, GROUND AND FLIGHT CALIBRATION APPROACHES, ANCILLARY DATA COLLECTION/INCORPORATION, ANALYSIS, DISSEMINATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF THE PROPOSED SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS.$150K
Mar 26, 2021National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER80GSFC19C0027541715INTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) IS A WATERSHED MISSION THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY INVESTIGATES THE ACCELERATION OF ENERGETIC PARTICLES AND INTERACTION OF THE SOLAR WIND WITH THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM. IMAP WILL 1) ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL EVOLUTION OF THE BOUNDARY REGION IN WHICH THE SOLAR WIND AND INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM INTERACT, 2) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PROCESSES RELATED TO THE INTERACTIONS OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE SUN AND THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, 3) IMPROVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, AND 4) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PARTICLE INJECTION AND ACCELERATION PROCESSES NEAR THE SUN, IN THE HELIOSPHERE AND HELIOSHEATH. IMAP IS BASED ON A COMPLETE AND SYNERGISTIC SET OF OBSERVATIONS. IN SITU AT 1AU, THIS REQUIRES DETAILED OBSERVATIONS OF THE SOLAR WIND ELECTRONS AND IONS SUPRATHERMAL, PICKUP, AND ENERGETIC ION POPULATIONS AND MAGNETIC FIELD. FOR THE OUTER HELIOSPHERE INTERACTION, IT REQUIRES ADVANCED GLOBAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE REMOTE PLASMA AND ENERGETIC IONS OVER A BROAD ENERGY RANGE VIA ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOM (ENA) IMAGING, AS WELL AS PRECISE OBSERVATION OF THE NEUTRAL INTERSTELLAR ATOMS PENETRATING THE HELIOSPHERE. COMPLEMENTARY OBSERVATIONS OF INTERSTELLAR DUST AND THE UV GLOW OF INTERSTELLAR NEUTRALS, WHILE NOT REQUIRED FOR THE THRESHOLD MISSION, ADD IMPORTANT CONTEXT AND INSIGHTS TO DEEPEN PHYSICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASELINE MISSION. THESE OBSERVATIONAL NEEDS WILL REQUIRE AN INTEGRATED AND COORDINATED SUITE OF 10 INSTRUMENTS THAT SPAN BOTH THE IN SITU AND REMOTE IMAGING ASPECTS OF THE INVESTIGATION. AS THE PI INSTITUTION PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OVERSEES THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMAP TO ENSURE COST, RISK, AND SCIENCE OBJECTIVES ARE MET IN THE CONTEXT OF AN OVERALL PLAN TO DEVELOP, INTEGRATE, TEST, LAUNCH, COMMISSION, AND OPERATE THE IMAP MISSION. PRINCETON WILL DEVELOP THE SOLAR WIND AND PICKUP ION (SWAPI) INSTRUMENT, MANAGE THE MISSION SCIENCE TEAM, DEVELOP THE INTERSTELLAR DUST EXPERIMENT (IDEX) INSTRUMENT DATA PIPELINE, INITIATE THE FUTURE LEADERS PROGRAM, AND OVERSEE THE MISSION STUDENT COLLABORATION.$327K
Mar 25, 2021Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$20M
Feb 24, 2021Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$6.5M
Jan 28, 2021Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$1.8M
Dec 29, 2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER80GSFC19C0027541715INTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) IS A WATERSHED MISSION THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY INVESTIGATES THE ACCELERATION OF ENERGETIC PARTICLES AND INTERACTION OF THE SOLAR WIND WITH THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM. IMAP WILL 1) ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL EVOLUTION OF THE BOUNDARY REGION IN WHICH THE SOLAR WIND AND INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM INTERACT, 2) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PROCESSES RELATED TO THE INTERACTIONS OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE SUN AND THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, 3) IMPROVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, AND 4) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PARTICLE INJECTION AND ACCELERATION PROCESSES NEAR THE SUN, IN THE HELIOSPHERE AND HELIOSHEATH. IMAP IS BASED ON A COMPLETE AND SYNERGISTIC SET OF OBSERVATIONS. IN SITU AT 1AU, THIS REQUIRES DETAILED OBSERVATIONS OF THE SOLAR WIND ELECTRONS AND IONS SUPRATHERMAL, PICKUP, AND ENERGETIC ION POPULATIONS AND MAGNETIC FIELD. FOR THE OUTER HELIOSPHERE INTERACTION, IT REQUIRES ADVANCED GLOBAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE REMOTE PLASMA AND ENERGETIC IONS OVER A BROAD ENERGY RANGE VIA ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOM (ENA) IMAGING, AS WELL AS PRECISE OBSERVATION OF THE NEUTRAL INTERSTELLAR ATOMS PENETRATING THE HELIOSPHERE. COMPLEMENTARY OBSERVATIONS OF INTERSTELLAR DUST AND THE UV GLOW OF INTERSTELLAR NEUTRALS, WHILE NOT REQUIRED FOR THE THRESHOLD MISSION, ADD IMPORTANT CONTEXT AND INSIGHTS TO DEEPEN PHYSICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASELINE MISSION. THESE OBSERVATIONAL NEEDS WILL REQUIRE AN INTEGRATED AND COORDINATED SUITE OF 10 INSTRUMENTS THAT SPAN BOTH THE IN SITU AND REMOTE IMAGING ASPECTS OF THE INVESTIGATION. AS THE PI INSTITUTION PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OVERSEES THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMAP TO ENSURE COST, RISK, AND SCIENCE OBJECTIVES ARE MET IN THE CONTEXT OF AN OVERALL PLAN TO DEVELOP, INTEGRATE, TEST, LAUNCH, COMMISSION, AND OPERATE THE IMAP MISSION. PRINCETON WILL DEVELOP THE SOLAR WIND AND PICKUP ION (SWAPI) INSTRUMENT, MANAGE THE MISSION SCIENCE TEAM, DEVELOP THE INTERSTELLAR DUST EXPERIMENT (IDEX) INSTRUMENT DATA PIPELINE, INITIATE THE FUTURE LEADERS PROGRAM, AND OVERSEE THE MISSION STUDENT COLLABORATION.$3.5M
Nov 24, 2020Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$394K
Oct 27, 2020Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$15M
Sep 29, 2020Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$39K
Sep 29, 2020Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$14M
Sep 28, 2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTERNNG17FC93C334511IGF::OT::IGF THIS CONTRACT IS FOR IBEX INTERSTELLAR BOUNDARY EXPLORER (IBEX) SUPPORT. THIS CONTRACT IS A RESULT OF A PI TRANSFER FROM NNG05EC85C. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDUCT OF ALL PHASES AND ASPECTS OF THE IBEX MISSION INCLUDING: 1) LIFE-CYCLE PROJECT MANAGEMENT 2) DESIGN, TEST, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONS (PAYLOAD, SPACECRAFT, LAUNCH VEHICLE, SPACECRAFT TO LAUNCH-VEHICLE INTERFACES, LAUNCH AND FLIGHT OPERATIONS) AND 3) POST-OPERATIONS DATA ANALYSIS AND ARCHIVING. IN PERFORMANCE OF THIS EFFORT, THE IBEX TEAM SHALL: A. MANAGE THE PROJECT, PROVIDE COST AND SCHEDULE INFORMATION TO NASA AS SPECIFIED IN 3.0 MANAGEMENT, ABOVE. B. PROVIDE DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION OF THE PROJECT AS DELEGATED BY THE PI TO THE PROJECT MANAGER (PM), INCLUDING MONITORING AND REPORTING TECHNICAL PROGRESS AND FINANCIAL STATUS, IMPLEMENTING THE RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN AND CONDUCTING MISSION LEVEL REVIEWS AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 4.3, SYSTEM LEVEL REVIEWS. C. CONDUCT REVIEWS FOR ALL PAYLOAD SENSORS, PAYLOAD SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATED GSE. D. PERFORM SCIENTIFIC ANALYSES IN SUPPORT OF THE MISSION SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS. E. PERFORM SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TO COORDINATE THE DESIGN OF THE INSTRUMENT COMPLEMENT AND SPACECRAFT BUS COMPONENTS AND TO ENSURE THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE SPACE-TO-GROUND AND NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS. F. PERFORM TRADE STUDIES TO ELIMINATE AND MITIGATE RISKS G. DELIVER THE IBEX FLIGHT SEGMENT TO VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE (VAFB), SUPPORT INTEGRATION WITH THE LAUNCH VEHICLE, AND ASSIST THE LAUNCH OPERATIONS H. ESTABLISH THE MISSION CONTROL CENTER (MCC) AND IBEX SCIENCE OPERATIONS AND DATA ANALYSIS CENTER (ISOC) INCLUDING ALL COMPUTERS, NETWORKS, AND OPERATING SOFTWARE, INSTRUMENT DATABASES AND PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO FUNCTIONALLY TEST AND LATER CONTROL THE SPACECRAFT I. HOLD SCIENCE TEAM MEETINGS AS WELL AS TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE MEETINGS. J. BASELINE THE SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS AND SCIENCE ANALYSIS PLAN INTO AN IBEX MISSION DEFINITION REQUIREMENTS AGREEMENT (MDRA) AND THE IBEX DATA MANAGEMENT PLAN. K. IMPLEMENT AN APPROVED MISSION ASSURANCE PLAN. L. IMPLEMENT A SYSTEMS ENGINEERING FUNCTION TO VERIFY PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION COMPLIANCE TO THE MISSION SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS. M. DESIGN, FABRICATE, INTEGRATE AND TEST THE PAYLOAD, SPACECRAFT, SOLID ROCKET MOTOR AND LAUNCH VEHICLE ADAPTER, AND INTEGRATE THE IBEX FLIGHT SEGMENT WITH THE LAUNCH VEHICLE. N. IMPLEMENT A SAFETY PROGRAM INCLUDING THE GENERATION OF THE MISSILE SYSTEM PRE-LAUNCH SAFETY PACKAGE (MSPSP). O. SUPPORT LAUNCH, PERFORM ON-ORBIT CHECKOUT, AND ESTABLISH ON-ORBIT DATA ACQUISITION CONTACT WITH THE PAYLOAD. WITHIN THE FIRST 30 DAYS AFTER LAUNCH, INITIAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE CHECKOUT AND VERIFICATION OF SPACECRAFT IN-FLIGHT OPERATION WILL BE PERFORMED. P. PROVIDE THE SERVICES OF THE MCC AND THE ISOC. Q. CONDUCT THE E/PO PROGRAM IN COOPERATION WITH THE IDENTIFIED TEAM MEMBERS.$194K
Aug 26, 2020Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$3.0M
Aug 18, 2020Department of Health and Human ServicesNATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIDA75N95020P00460611310PRINCETON UNIVERSITY:1106623 [20-005152]$20K
Jul 31, 2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER80GSFC19C0027541715INTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) IS A WATERSHED MISSION THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY INVESTIGATES THE ACCELERATION OF ENERGETIC PARTICLES AND INTERACTION OF THE SOLAR WIND WITH THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM. IMAP WILL 1) ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL EVOLUTION OF THE BOUNDARY REGION IN WHICH THE SOLAR WIND AND INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM INTERACT, 2) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PROCESSES RELATED TO THE INTERACTIONS OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE SUN AND THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, 3) IMPROVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, AND 4) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PARTICLE INJECTION AND ACCELERATION PROCESSES NEAR THE SUN, IN THE HELIOSPHERE AND HELIOSHEATH. IMAP IS BASED ON A COMPLETE AND SYNERGISTIC SET OF OBSERVATIONS. IN SITU AT 1AU, THIS REQUIRES DETAILED OBSERVATIONS OF THE SOLAR WIND ELECTRONS AND IONS SUPRATHERMAL, PICKUP, AND ENERGETIC ION POPULATIONS AND MAGNETIC FIELD. FOR THE OUTER HELIOSPHERE INTERACTION, IT REQUIRES ADVANCED GLOBAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE REMOTE PLASMA AND ENERGETIC IONS OVER A BROAD ENERGY RANGE VIA ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOM (ENA) IMAGING, AS WELL AS PRECISE OBSERVATION OF THE NEUTRAL INTERSTELLAR ATOMS PENETRATING THE HELIOSPHERE. COMPLEMENTARY OBSERVATIONS OF INTERSTELLAR DUST AND THE UV GLOW OF INTERSTELLAR NEUTRALS, WHILE NOT REQUIRED FOR THE THRESHOLD MISSION, ADD IMPORTANT CONTEXT AND INSIGHTS TO DEEPEN PHYSICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASELINE MISSION. THESE OBSERVATIONAL NEEDS WILL REQUIRE AN INTEGRATED AND COORDINATED SUITE OF 10 INSTRUMENTS THAT SPAN BOTH THE IN SITU AND REMOTE IMAGING ASPECTS OF THE INVESTIGATION. AS THE PI INSTITUTION PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OVERSEES THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMAP TO ENSURE COST, RISK, AND SCIENCE OBJECTIVES ARE MET IN THE CONTEXT OF AN OVERALL PLAN TO DEVELOP, INTEGRATE, TEST, LAUNCH, COMMISSION, AND OPERATE THE IMAP MISSION. PRINCETON WILL DEVELOP THE SOLAR WIND AND PICKUP ION (SWAPI) INSTRUMENT, MANAGE THE MISSION SCIENCE TEAM, DEVELOP THE INTERSTELLAR DUST EXPERIMENT (IDEX) INSTRUMENT DATA PIPELINE, INITIATE THE FUTURE LEADERS PROGRAM, AND OVERSEE THE MISSION STUDENT COLLABORATION.$2.8M
Jul 28, 2020Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$2.1M
Jul 28, 2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTERNNG17FC93C334511IGF::OT::IGF THIS CONTRACT IS FOR IBEX INTERSTELLAR BOUNDARY EXPLORER (IBEX) SUPPORT. THIS CONTRACT IS A RESULT OF A PI TRANSFER FROM NNG05EC85C. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDUCT OF ALL PHASES AND ASPECTS OF THE IBEX MISSION INCLUDING: 1) LIFE-CYCLE PROJECT MANAGEMENT 2) DESIGN, TEST, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATIONS (PAYLOAD, SPACECRAFT, LAUNCH VEHICLE, SPACECRAFT TO LAUNCH-VEHICLE INTERFACES, LAUNCH AND FLIGHT OPERATIONS) AND 3) POST-OPERATIONS DATA ANALYSIS AND ARCHIVING. IN PERFORMANCE OF THIS EFFORT, THE IBEX TEAM SHALL: A. MANAGE THE PROJECT, PROVIDE COST AND SCHEDULE INFORMATION TO NASA AS SPECIFIED IN 3.0 MANAGEMENT, ABOVE. B. PROVIDE DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION OF THE PROJECT AS DELEGATED BY THE PI TO THE PROJECT MANAGER (PM), INCLUDING MONITORING AND REPORTING TECHNICAL PROGRESS AND FINANCIAL STATUS, IMPLEMENTING THE RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN AND CONDUCTING MISSION LEVEL REVIEWS AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 4.3, SYSTEM LEVEL REVIEWS. C. CONDUCT REVIEWS FOR ALL PAYLOAD SENSORS, PAYLOAD SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATED GSE. D. PERFORM SCIENTIFIC ANALYSES IN SUPPORT OF THE MISSION SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS. E. PERFORM SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TO COORDINATE THE DESIGN OF THE INSTRUMENT COMPLEMENT AND SPACECRAFT BUS COMPONENTS AND TO ENSURE THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE SPACE-TO-GROUND AND NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS. F. PERFORM TRADE STUDIES TO ELIMINATE AND MITIGATE RISKS G. DELIVER THE IBEX FLIGHT SEGMENT TO VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE (VAFB), SUPPORT INTEGRATION WITH THE LAUNCH VEHICLE, AND ASSIST THE LAUNCH OPERATIONS H. ESTABLISH THE MISSION CONTROL CENTER (MCC) AND IBEX SCIENCE OPERATIONS AND DATA ANALYSIS CENTER (ISOC) INCLUDING ALL COMPUTERS, NETWORKS, AND OPERATING SOFTWARE, INSTRUMENT DATABASES AND PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO FUNCTIONALLY TEST AND LATER CONTROL THE SPACECRAFT I. HOLD SCIENCE TEAM MEETINGS AS WELL AS TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE MEETINGS. J. BASELINE THE SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS AND SCIENCE ANALYSIS PLAN INTO AN IBEX MISSION DEFINITION REQUIREMENTS AGREEMENT (MDRA) AND THE IBEX DATA MANAGEMENT PLAN. K. IMPLEMENT AN APPROVED MISSION ASSURANCE PLAN. L. IMPLEMENT A SYSTEMS ENGINEERING FUNCTION TO VERIFY PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION COMPLIANCE TO THE MISSION SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS. M. DESIGN, FABRICATE, INTEGRATE AND TEST THE PAYLOAD, SPACECRAFT, SOLID ROCKET MOTOR AND LAUNCH VEHICLE ADAPTER, AND INTEGRATE THE IBEX FLIGHT SEGMENT WITH THE LAUNCH VEHICLE. N. IMPLEMENT A SAFETY PROGRAM INCLUDING THE GENERATION OF THE MISSILE SYSTEM PRE-LAUNCH SAFETY PACKAGE (MSPSP). O. SUPPORT LAUNCH, PERFORM ON-ORBIT CHECKOUT, AND ESTABLISH ON-ORBIT DATA ACQUISITION CONTACT WITH THE PAYLOAD. WITHIN THE FIRST 30 DAYS AFTER LAUNCH, INITIAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE CHECKOUT AND VERIFICATION OF SPACECRAFT IN-FLIGHT OPERATION WILL BE PERFORMED. P. PROVIDE THE SERVICES OF THE MCC AND THE ISOC. Q. CONDUCT THE E/PO PROGRAM IN COOPERATION WITH THE IDENTIFIED TEAM MEMBERS.$424K
Jul 22, 2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER80GSFC19C0027541715INTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) IS A WATERSHED MISSION THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY INVESTIGATES THE ACCELERATION OF ENERGETIC PARTICLES AND INTERACTION OF THE SOLAR WIND WITH THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM. IMAP WILL 1) ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL EVOLUTION OF THE BOUNDARY REGION IN WHICH THE SOLAR WIND AND INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM INTERACT, 2) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PROCESSES RELATED TO THE INTERACTIONS OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE SUN AND THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, 3) IMPROVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, AND 4) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PARTICLE INJECTION AND ACCELERATION PROCESSES NEAR THE SUN, IN THE HELIOSPHERE AND HELIOSHEATH. IMAP IS BASED ON A COMPLETE AND SYNERGISTIC SET OF OBSERVATIONS. IN SITU AT 1AU, THIS REQUIRES DETAILED OBSERVATIONS OF THE SOLAR WIND ELECTRONS AND IONS SUPRATHERMAL, PICKUP, AND ENERGETIC ION POPULATIONS AND MAGNETIC FIELD. FOR THE OUTER HELIOSPHERE INTERACTION, IT REQUIRES ADVANCED GLOBAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE REMOTE PLASMA AND ENERGETIC IONS OVER A BROAD ENERGY RANGE VIA ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOM (ENA) IMAGING, AS WELL AS PRECISE OBSERVATION OF THE NEUTRAL INTERSTELLAR ATOMS PENETRATING THE HELIOSPHERE. COMPLEMENTARY OBSERVATIONS OF INTERSTELLAR DUST AND THE UV GLOW OF INTERSTELLAR NEUTRALS, WHILE NOT REQUIRED FOR THE THRESHOLD MISSION, ADD IMPORTANT CONTEXT AND INSIGHTS TO DEEPEN PHYSICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASELINE MISSION. THESE OBSERVATIONAL NEEDS WILL REQUIRE AN INTEGRATED AND COORDINATED SUITE OF 10 INSTRUMENTS THAT SPAN BOTH THE IN SITU AND REMOTE IMAGING ASPECTS OF THE INVESTIGATION. AS THE PI INSTITUTION PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OVERSEES THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMAP TO ENSURE COST, RISK, AND SCIENCE OBJECTIVES ARE MET IN THE CONTEXT OF AN OVERALL PLAN TO DEVELOP, INTEGRATE, TEST, LAUNCH, COMMISSION, AND OPERATE THE IMAP MISSION. PRINCETON WILL DEVELOP THE SOLAR WIND AND PICKUP ION (SWAPI) INSTRUMENT, MANAGE THE MISSION SCIENCE TEAM, DEVELOP THE INTERSTELLAR DUST EXPERIMENT (IDEX) INSTRUMENT DATA PIPELINE, INITIATE THE FUTURE LEADERS PROGRAM, AND OVERSEE THE MISSION STUDENT COLLABORATION.$9K
Jun 26, 2020Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$126K
Jun 25, 2020Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$653K
May 28, 2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER80GSFC19C0027541715INTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) IS A WATERSHED MISSION THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY INVESTIGATES THE ACCELERATION OF ENERGETIC PARTICLES AND INTERACTION OF THE SOLAR WIND WITH THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM. IMAP WILL 1) ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL EVOLUTION OF THE BOUNDARY REGION IN WHICH THE SOLAR WIND AND INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM INTERACT, 2) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PROCESSES RELATED TO THE INTERACTIONS OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE SUN AND THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, 3) IMPROVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, AND 4) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PARTICLE INJECTION AND ACCELERATION PROCESSES NEAR THE SUN, IN THE HELIOSPHERE AND HELIOSHEATH. IMAP IS BASED ON A COMPLETE AND SYNERGISTIC SET OF OBSERVATIONS. IN SITU AT 1AU, THIS REQUIRES DETAILED OBSERVATIONS OF THE SOLAR WIND ELECTRONS AND IONS SUPRATHERMAL, PICKUP, AND ENERGETIC ION POPULATIONS AND MAGNETIC FIELD. FOR THE OUTER HELIOSPHERE INTERACTION, IT REQUIRES ADVANCED GLOBAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE REMOTE PLASMA AND ENERGETIC IONS OVER A BROAD ENERGY RANGE VIA ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOM (ENA) IMAGING, AS WELL AS PRECISE OBSERVATION OF THE NEUTRAL INTERSTELLAR ATOMS PENETRATING THE HELIOSPHERE. COMPLEMENTARY OBSERVATIONS OF INTERSTELLAR DUST AND THE UV GLOW OF INTERSTELLAR NEUTRALS, WHILE NOT REQUIRED FOR THE THRESHOLD MISSION, ADD IMPORTANT CONTEXT AND INSIGHTS TO DEEPEN PHYSICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASELINE MISSION. THESE OBSERVATIONAL NEEDS WILL REQUIRE AN INTEGRATED AND COORDINATED SUITE OF 10 INSTRUMENTS THAT SPAN BOTH THE IN SITU AND REMOTE IMAGING ASPECTS OF THE INVESTIGATION. AS THE PI INSTITUTION PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OVERSEES THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMAP TO ENSURE COST, RISK, AND SCIENCE OBJECTIVES ARE MET IN THE CONTEXT OF AN OVERALL PLAN TO DEVELOP, INTEGRATE, TEST, LAUNCH, COMMISSION, AND OPERATE THE IMAP MISSION. PRINCETON WILL DEVELOP THE SOLAR WIND AND PICKUP ION (SWAPI) INSTRUMENT, MANAGE THE MISSION SCIENCE TEAM, DEVELOP THE INTERSTELLAR DUST EXPERIMENT (IDEX) INSTRUMENT DATA PIPELINE, INITIATE THE FUTURE LEADERS PROGRAM, AND OVERSEE THE MISSION STUDENT COLLABORATION.$109K
May 27, 2020Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$6.1M
May 15, 2020Smithsonian InstitutionOFC OF USEC MUSEUMS AND CULTURE33330620P00443776541720REQUIRED SERVICES ARE NOT PROVIDED BY AGENCY EMPLOYEES$5K
Apr 29, 2020Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$47M
Apr 2, 2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTERNNG16PJ30C541712IGF::OT::IGF WFIRST SCIENCE INVESTIGATION TEAMS AND ADJUTANT SCIENTISTS RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN SPACE AND EARTH SCIENCES-2015 (ROSES-2015) NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (NRA) NNH15ZDA001N-WFIRST WAS ISSUED ON JULY 17, 2015. THIS NRA SOLICITED PROPOSALS FOR SCIENCE INVESTIGATION TEAMS (SITS) FOR THE WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY TELESCOPE (WFIRST), WHICH RESULTED IN THE FORMATION OF A FORMULATION SCIENCE WORKING GROUP (FSWG) FOR THE MISSION. IN ADDITION TO THE WFIRST SITS, THE CALL SOLICITED INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE AS ADJUTANT SCIENTISTS FOR THE WFIRST WIDE-FIELD INSTRUMENT (WFI) AND FOR THE WFIRST CORONAGRAPH INSTRUMENT (CGI). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FOLLOWING TASKS IN SUPPORT OF WFIRST FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION: COORDINATE THE WORK BEING DONE BY THE SCIENCE INVESTIGATION TEAMS (SITS) ASSOCIATED WITH THE WFIRST WIDE-FIELD IMAGER IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A COHERENT AND COMPREHENSIVE SET OF SCIENTIFIC PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS, OBSERVATIONAL STRATEGIES, SCIENCE DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES, PRECURSOR OBSERVATION REQUIREMENTS, GROUND AND FLIGHT CALIBRATION APPROACHES, ANCILLARY DATA COLLECTION/INCORPORATION, ANALYSIS, DISSEMINATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF THE PROPOSED SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS.$336K
Apr 1, 2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTERNNG16PJ29C541712IGF::OT::IGF WFIRST SCIENCE INVESTIGATION TEAMS AND ADJUTANT SCIENTISTS RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN SPACE AND EARTH SCIENCES-2015 (ROSES-2015) NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (NRA) NNH15ZDA001N-WFIRST WAS ISSUED ON JULY 17, 2015. THIS NRA SOLICITED PROPOSALS FOR SCIENCE INVESTIGATION TEAMS (SITS) FOR THE WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY TELESCOPE (WFIRST), WHICH RESULTED IN THE FORMATION OF A FORMULATION SCIENCE WORKING GROUP (FSWG) FOR THE MISSION. IN ADDITION TO THE WFIRST SITS, THE CALL SOLICITED INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE AS ADJUTANT SCIENTISTS FOR THE WFIRST WIDE-FIELD INSTRUMENT (WFI) AND FOR THE WFIRST CORONAGRAPH INSTRUMENT (CGI). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FOLLOWING TASKS IN SUPPORT OF WFIRST FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION: COORDINATE THE WORK BEING DONE BY THE SCIENCE INVESTIGATION TEAMS (SITS) ASSOCIATED WITH THE WFIRST CORONAGRAPH INSTRUMENT IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A COHERENT AND COMPREHENSIVE SET OF SCIENTIFIC PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS, OBSERVATIONAL STRATEGIES, SCIENCE DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES, PRECURSOR OBSERVATION REQUIREMENTS, GROUND AND FLIGHT CALIBRATION APPROACHES, ANCILLARY DATA COLLECTION/INCORPORATION, ANALYSIS, DISSEMINATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF THE PROPOSED SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS.$308K
Mar 27, 2020Department of DefenseNAVSUP FLT LOG CTR SAN DIEGON0024420F0190611710TUTION AND FEES$52K
Mar 25, 2020Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$34M
Feb 25, 2020Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$7.8M
Jan 28, 2020Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$4.1M
Dec 19, 2019National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER80GSFC19C0027541715INTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) IS A WATERSHED MISSION THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY INVESTIGATES THE ACCELERATION OF ENERGETIC PARTICLES AND INTERACTION OF THE SOLAR WIND WITH THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM. IMAP WILL 1) ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL EVOLUTION OF THE BOUNDARY REGION IN WHICH THE SOLAR WIND AND INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM INTERACT, 2) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PROCESSES RELATED TO THE INTERACTIONS OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE SUN AND THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, 3) IMPROVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, AND 4) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PARTICLE INJECTION AND ACCELERATION PROCESSES NEAR THE SUN, IN THE HELIOSPHERE AND HELIOSHEATH. IMAP IS BASED ON A COMPLETE AND SYNERGISTIC SET OF OBSERVATIONS. IN SITU AT 1AU, THIS REQUIRES DETAILED OBSERVATIONS OF THE SOLAR WIND ELECTRONS AND IONS SUPRATHERMAL, PICKUP, AND ENERGETIC ION POPULATIONS AND MAGNETIC FIELD. FOR THE OUTER HELIOSPHERE INTERACTION, IT REQUIRES ADVANCED GLOBAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE REMOTE PLASMA AND ENERGETIC IONS OVER A BROAD ENERGY RANGE VIA ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOM (ENA) IMAGING, AS WELL AS PRECISE OBSERVATION OF THE NEUTRAL INTERSTELLAR ATOMS PENETRATING THE HELIOSPHERE. COMPLEMENTARY OBSERVATIONS OF INTERSTELLAR DUST AND THE UV GLOW OF INTERSTELLAR NEUTRALS, WHILE NOT REQUIRED FOR THE THRESHOLD MISSION, ADD IMPORTANT CONTEXT AND INSIGHTS TO DEEPEN PHYSICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASELINE MISSION. THESE OBSERVATIONAL NEEDS WILL REQUIRE AN INTEGRATED AND COORDINATED SUITE OF 10 INSTRUMENTS THAT SPAN BOTH THE IN SITU AND REMOTE IMAGING ASPECTS OF THE INVESTIGATION. AS THE PI INSTITUTION PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OVERSEES THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMAP TO ENSURE COST, RISK, AND SCIENCE OBJECTIVES ARE MET IN THE CONTEXT OF AN OVERALL PLAN TO DEVELOP, INTEGRATE, TEST, LAUNCH, COMMISSION, AND OPERATE THE IMAP MISSION. PRINCETON WILL DEVELOP THE SOLAR WIND AND PICKUP ION (SWAPI) INSTRUMENT, MANAGE THE MISSION SCIENCE TEAM, DEVELOP THE INTERSTELLAR DUST EXPERIMENT (IDEX) INSTRUMENT DATA PIPELINE, INITIATE THE FUTURE LEADERS PROGRAM, AND OVERSEE THE MISSION STUDENT COLLABORATION.$2.7M
Dec 18, 2019Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$7.2M
Nov 25, 2019Department of EnergySC CHICAGO SERVICE CENTERDEAC0209CH11466611310MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY (PPPL)$403K

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