Awards/COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT (B)

$33,030,845

National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

WORK BEGAN2022-09-01·LATEST ACTION—·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_80NSSC22M0303_080

Award description

LUNAR VULKAN IMAGING AND SPECTROSCOPY EXPLORER (LUNAR-VISE)

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

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In plain English

University research project using imaging and spectroscopy to study lunar surface features and composition for NASA's lunar exploration missions.

Sub-sectors

lunar-sciencespace-researchuniversity-partnership

Why this matters

Supports NASA's Artemis program and future crewed lunar missions to establish a sustainable human presence on the Moon.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for advanced spectroscopy instruments, space-grade sensors, and data processing systems from aerospace suppliers.

U.S.–China competition angle

Strengthens U.S. lunar science capabilities amid growing Chinese lunar exploration efforts and strategic competition for lunar knowledge.

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Period of performance

Start

2022-09-01

End

2027-01-31

Status

activein 202 days

Recipient

Sources

USAspending.gov — all awards for this UEI →
SAM.gov entity registration →
Award record ingested from usaspending. Source identifier ASST_NON_80NSSC22M0303_080.

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