$108,699,389
to MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
TRANSITING EXOPLANET SURVEY SATELLITE (TESS) PROJECT. THIS CONTRACT IS FOR PERFORMANCE OF THE PHASE B BRIDGE PHASE OF THE TESS MISSION. EFFORTS INCLUDED, BUT LIMITED TO, ARE AS FOLLOWS: DEVELOP DOCUMENTATION, PLANS, AND SCHEDULES DEVELOP REQUIREMENTS IN PREPARATION FOR THE SYSTEMS REQUIREMENT REVIEW PERFORM THE TECHNICAL TRADE STUDIES OUTLINED IN THE CONCEPT STUDY REPORT, AND ANY OTHER TRADES IDENTIFIED DURING PHASE B BRIDGE PHASE PROVIDE OVERALL MANAGEMENT FOR THE PAYLOAD DEVELOPMENT PROVIDE TESS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SUPPORT TO THE PROJECT IN COORDINATION WITH THE GSFC PROJECT SYSTEMS ENGINEER (PSE) MANAGE THE CONTRACTS OF VENDORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS AS NECESSARY DURING THE PHASE B BRIDGE PHASE ESTABLISH THE ELECTRONIC DATABASE OF TESS TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS AS EACH DOCUMENT IS BASELINED. MAINTAIN COMPLETE TRACEABILITY AND CONFIGURATION CONTROL OF ALL TESS PROJECT REQUIREMENT DOCUMENTS. DELIVER DOCUMENTATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.
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What the model surfaced from this award
Latest obligation on the TESS exoplanet-survey mission, which began in 2013, supporting systems engineering and payload development through scheduled completion in December 2026.
TESS is NASA's flagship exoplanet discovery program; this 13-year effort has identified thousands of candidate worlds and continues advancing planetary science and the search for habitable environments.
MIT leads systems engineering and vendor/subcontractor management for a complex space payload; signals sustained demand for aerospace systems integration, instrumentation, and ground-support infrastructure.
Exoplanet discovery and characterization are key frontiers in space science; U.S. leadership in this domain reinforces scientific prestige and informs future missions to search for biosignatures.
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