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From left to right: Frank Soboczenski, Lead Machine Learning Scientist; Philippe Ludivig, Lead Payload Engineer; Sara Jennings, CEO and Principal Investigator; and Kolbron Schoenberger, Payload Science Intern.

Space Tech Industry Partnerships

The Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) uses partnerships to expand important space technologies and capabilities. These opportunities encourage collaborations with the commercial space sector that leverage emerging markets and capabilities to meet NASA’s strategic goals and industry needs. NASA’s investments in industry partnerships can reduce development costs and accelerate the infusion of emerging space system capabilities. While developing technology to enable NASA’s next generation of science and human exploration missions, the agency will help grow the economy and strengthen the nation’s economic competitiveness.

TechPort

Selection Announcements

Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. 1046 New Holland Ave., Building 2 Lancaster, PA 17601-5606	Lockheed Martin Space 12257 S Wadsworth Blvd. Littleton, CO 80127-8504
Advanced Space LLC 1400 W 122nd Ave., Suite 200 Westminster, CO 80234-3495	Lunar Outpost Inc. 12555 W 52nd Ave. Arvada, CO 80002-1803
Aerojet Rocketdyne of DE, Inc. 8900 De Soto Ave. Canoga Park, CA 91304-1967	Made in Space, Inc. 8226 Philips Hwy., Suite 101-102 Jacksonville, FL 32256-1230
Aerojet Rocketdyne of DE, Inc. 11650 137th Pl. NE Redmond, WA 98052-2036	Max Space, Inc. 1343 NE 104th Ave. Miami Shores, FL 33138-2661
Apech Labs LLC 1576 Sweet Home Rd., Suite 210 Buffalo, NY 14228-2710	Mission Space U.S. Corp. 345 Ocean Dr., Suite 1003 Miami Beach, FL 33139-8756
Astrobotic Technology, Inc. 1016 N Lincoln Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15233-2132	Moonprint Solutions, LLC 1287 McD Dr. Dover, DE 19901-4639
Axiom Space, LLC 1290 Hercules Ave. Houston, TX 77058-2749	Motiv Space Systems, Inc. 350 N Halstead St. Pasadena, CA 91107-3122
Blue Origin, LLC 2001 Lind Ave. SW Renton, WA 98057-3303	Opterus Research and Development, Inc. 5645 Kitty Hawk Dr. Loveland, CO 80538-7298
Busek Co. Inc. 11 Tech Cir. Natick, MA 01760-1023	Orbital Composites, Inc. 480 Vandell Way Campbell, CA 95008-6908
Canopy Aerospace Inc. 8101 Midway Dr., Unit 100 Littleton, CO 80125-1001	Psionic, LLC 1412 Sachem Pl. Suite 100 Charlottesville, VA 22901-2499
Chase Supply Inc. 307 E St. Hampton, VA 23661-1209	Quadrus Corporation 690 Discovery Dr. NW Huntsville, AL 35806-2802
Dcubed USA LLC 308 Mountain View Rd., Unit F Berthoud CO 80513-9189	Rogue Space Systems Corporation 131 Lake St., Unit 5 Laconia, NH 03246-2129
Elementum 3D, Inc. 400 Young Ct., Unit 1 Erie, CO 80516-8441	Starcloud Inc. 2517 152nd Ave. NE Redmond, WA 98052-5574
Enduralock, LLC 4828 NE 26th Ave. Portland, OR 97211-6319	Starpath Robotics Inc. 13030 Cerise Ave. Hawthorne, CA 90250-5523
General Galactic Technologies Corporation 106 Standard St. El Segundo, CA 90245-3832	STOKE Space Technologies 19241 62nd Ave. S Kent, WA 98032-1133
Hebi Robotics, Inc. 3577 Bigelow Blvd. Pittsburgh, PA 15213-1074	Teledyne Energy Systems, Inc. 10707 Gilroy Rd. Hunt Valley, MD 21031-1311
Hyperion Transport Systems Inc. 11351 Prairie Ave. Allendale, MI 49401-9545	Ten One Aerospace LLC 177 Defense Hwy., Suite 5 Annapolis, MD 21401-7006
Kall Morris Incorporated 130 W Washington St., Suite L-6 Marquette, MI 49855-4352	Varda Space Industries, Inc. 225 S Aviation Blvd. El Segundo, CA 90245-4604
Lockheed Martin Inc. 349 Lakeview Way Emerald Hills, CA 94062-3316	Venturi Astrolab, Inc. 12536 Chadron Ave. Hawthorne, CA 90250-4808
Lockheed Martin Inc. 13800 Old Gentilly Rd. New Orleans, LA 70129-2218	Zeno Power Systems, Inc. 600 14th St. NW, Suite 503 Washington DC 20005-2008

Tipping Point

Through the Tipping Point Announcement for Partnership proposals, NASA seeks industry-developed space technologies that can foster the development of commercial space capabilities and benefit future NASA missions. A technology is considered at a tipping point if an investment in a demonstration will significantly mature the technology, increase the likelihood of infusion into a commercial space application, and bring the technology to market for both government and commercial applications. The partnerships established through Tipping Point selections combine NASA resources with an industry contribution of at least 25% of the total project resources (10% minimum for companies with 500 or fewer employees), shepherding the development of critical space technologies/capabilities to stimulate commercial space economy while also saving the agency, and American taxpayers, money.

Beginning in 2022, selected Tipping Point proposals will be awarded as funded Space Act Agreements.

Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO)

Through the Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO), NASA helps reduce the development cost of space technologies and accelerate the infusion of emerging commercial capabilities into future missions. Resulting in unfunded Space Act Agreements, NASA centers partner with selected companies to provide expertise, facilities, hardware and software at no cost.

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