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NASA allocates twelve million dollars to U.S. institutions for space research

NASA selected 12 institutions to receive awards aimed at advancing technology and research for upcoming uncrewed and crewed missions to the Moon, Mars, and deep space.

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NASA has selected 12 United States institutions to receive 12 million dollars to accelerate academic research and technology development, according to NASA News and Mirage News. The agency awards are designed to support priority goals for exploring the Moon, Mars, and deep space. [1][2][3]

Funding is provided through NASA's Minority University Research and Education Project Space Technology Artemis Research initiative, NASA News reported. Under the program, each selected institution will receive up to 1 million dollars to build scientific and engineering capability. [2]

The awards focus on expanding workforce capabilities while advancing critical technology required for long term space exploration. As FTMQ Space reported earlier, NASA continues to engage academic and commercial partners to sustain United States capabilities across low Earth orbit and deep space targets. [1][2][3][7]

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In short

  • NASA selected 12 U.S. institutions to receive a total of 12 million dollars.
  • Each selected institution will receive up to 1 million dollars.
  • The awards are funded through NASA's MUREP Space Technology Artemis Research initiative.
  • The grants support technology development for exploring the Moon, Mars, and deep space.

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Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]NASA Awards Enable Research, Technology to Build Future WorkforceNASA (.gov), 10h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]NASA Awards Enable Research, Technology to Build Future WorkforceNASA News, 10h ago
  3. [3]NASA Awards Fund Research, Technology and Workforce DevelopmentMirage News, 9h ago

Background

  1. [4]Ames Research Center on Wikipedia
  2. [5]Build–operate–transfer on Wikipedia
  3. [6]Technology on Wikipedia
  4. [7]NASA issues final call for commercial space station industry proposals FTMQ Space, 6d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 7 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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