ISS National Lab Announces Up To $750,000 In Funding For LEO Tech Development

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The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory is soliciting flight concepts for technology development that would utilize the space-based environment of the orbiting laboratory. This solicitation, " Technology Development and Applied Research Leveraging the ISS National Lab ," is open to a broad range of technology areas, including chemical and material synthesis in space, translational medicine, in-space edge computing, and ISAM ( in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing ) and also encompasses the application of space station remote sensing data to improve geospatial analytics for commercial use.

Through this research announcement, respondents may propose to use the unique environment of the orbiting platform to develop, test, or mature products and processes that have a demonstrated potential to produce near-term and positive direct or indirect economic impact. Flight concepts selected via this research announcement may be awarded funding to enable mission integration and operations support for projects that will be implemented on the space station.

Step 1 : Concept Summaries must be submitted by the end of the day on July 12, 2024 . Step 2 : Full Proposals from those invited to submit will be due by the end of the day October 2, 2024 . Multiple projects are expected to be awarded through this research announcement with up to $750,000 in total funding available.

As an example, a project from the University of Southern California , awarded through a prior ISS National Lab Research Announcement, focused on technology advancement, r ecently tested a system to autonomously dock and undock CubeSats on the space station .The CLINGERS system was designed to combine a mechanical docking system with rendezvous sensors to enable docking with both active and passive objects. Technologies such as this could make it easier to safely move objects in space, which is key to developing an in-orbit construction ecosystem.