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1. UNDERGRAD PROPOSAL DEADLINE NEARS FOR NASA REDUCED GRAVITY FLIGHTS
2. NASA AWARDS CONTRACTS FOR INNOVATIVE LUNAR DEMONSTRATIONS DATA

Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:33:30 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: UNDERGRAD PROPOSAL DEADLINE NEARS FOR NASA REDUCED GRAVITY FLIGHTS

October 15, 2010

Jenna Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-0185

Ann Marie Trotta Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601

Report #JE10-004

UNDERGRAD PROPOSAL DEADLINE NEARS FOR NASA REDUCED GRAVITY FLIGHTS

HOUSTON -- The deadline is fast-approaching for undergraduate students to submit their team proposals to NASA's Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program Proposals must be received by 11:59 p m CDT, Wednesday, Oct 27

NASA's Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program gives aspiring explorers a chance to propose, design and fabricate a reduced gravity experiment Selected teams will get to test and evaluate their experiment aboard a modified Boeing 727 jetliner provided by the Zero-Gravity Corporation of Las Vegas Zero-Gravity Corp will conduct the flights in cooperation with the Reduced Gravity Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston

The aircraft will fly approximately 30 roller-coaster-like climbs and dips during experiment flights to produce periods of weightlessness and hyper-gravity ranging from zero gravity to twice the Earth�s gravity

"Today's students will be conducting tomorrow's space exploration," said Douglas Goforth, the Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program manager at Johnson "Conducting a hands-on research and engineering project in a truly reduced gravity laboratory gives students a head start in preparing for those future ventures "

All applicants must be full-time students, U S citizens and at least 18 years old NASA will announce selected teams Dec 8 Teams will fly in the summer of 2011 Selected teams also may invite a full-time, accredited journalist to fly with them and document the team's experiment and experiences

Through this program, NASA continues its tradition of investing in the nation's education programs It is directly tied to the agency's education goal of strengthening NASA and the nation's future workforce Through this and other college and university programs, NASA will identify and develop the critical science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills and capabilities needed to carry out its space exploration mission

For more information about the Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program or to submit a proposal, contact the program by e-mail at jsc-reducedgravity@nasa gov, or visit:

http://microgravityuniversity jsc nasa gov

For more information about NASA's education programs, visit:

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Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:23:34 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA AWARDS CONTRACTS FOR INNOVATIVE LUNAR DEMONSTRATIONS DATA

Oct 15, 2010

Lynnette Madison Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1979

Report #H10-259

NASA AWARDS CONTRACTS FOR INNOVATIVE LUNAR DEMONSTRATIONS DATA

WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded Innovative Lunar Demonstrations Data (ILDD) contracts to six companies for the purchase of technical data resulting from industry efforts to develop vehicle capabilities and demonstrate end-to-end robotic lunar landing missions The data from these contracts will inform the development of future human and robotic lander vehicles and exploration systems

The ILDD Broad Agency Announcement resulted in multiple award firm-fixed price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts with a total value of up to $30 1 million over a period of up to five years For each selected contractor, the minimum government purchase is $10,000, and the maximum government purchase is $10 01 million

The contracts were awarded to: Astrobotic Technology Inc , Pittsburgh, Pa The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc , Cambridge, Mass Dynetics Inc , Huntsville, Ala Earthrise Space Inc , Orlando, Fla Moon Express Inc , San Francisco Team FREDNET, The Open Space Society, Inc , Huntsville, Ala

The ILDD contracts provide for issuance of delivery orders that will specify data associated with system testing and integration, launch, in-space maneuvers, braking burns, lunar landing and other enhanced capabilities Knowledge acquired from this data will be applied to the development of lander systems necessary to execute human and robotic missions to the moon, near-Earth asteroids or other solar system destinations They will contribute to NASA's efforts to enable affordable and sustainable space exploration

Awarded contracts will be managed by the Lunar Lander Project Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston

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