{"id":578406,"date":"2024-01-04T13:03:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T18:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=578406"},"modified":"2024-05-09T10:32:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T14:32:16","slug":"niac-2024-selections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/niac-2024-selections\/","title":{"rendered":"NIAC 2024 Selections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\"><div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\"><p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">2 min read<\/p><h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">NIAC 2024 Selections<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-niac-ph-i-selections-web-graphic-banner-k.reilly-final.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-niac-ph-i-selections-web-graphic-banner-k.reilly-final.png?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-niac-ph-i-selections-web-graphic-banner-k.reilly-final.png 4053w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-niac-ph-i-selections-web-graphic-banner-k.reilly-final.png?resize=300,92 300w, 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https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-niac-ph-i-selections-web-graphic-banner-k.reilly-final.png?resize=1200,369 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-niac-ph-i-selections-web-graphic-banner-k.reilly-final.png?resize=2000,615 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Montage of twelve illustrations depicting futuristic aerospace concepts, including a solar powered glider soaring over the clouds of Venus, a fixed wing electric aircraft flying above a Mars landscape, dish satellite probes scattered across the solar system,  flat circular discs floating in space and dotted with hundreds of circle sensors, and a device on the lunar surface with sensing lasers.<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Phase II<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Edward Balaban<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/fluidic-telescope-flute-enabling-the-next-generation-of-large-space-observatories-2\/\">Fluidic Telescope (FLUTE): Enabling the Next Generation of Large Space Observatories<\/a><br><em>NASA ARC<\/em><br><em>Moffett Field, CA 94035-0001<\/em><br>2024 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brianna Clements<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/pulsed-plasma-rocket-ppr-shielded-fast-transits-for-humans-to-mars\/\">Pulsed Plasma Rocket (PPR): Shielded, Fast Transits for Humans to Mars\u2028<\/a><br><em>Howe Industries<\/em><br>Scottsdale, AZ 85260-0001\u2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mary Knapp<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/the-great-observatory-for-long-wavelengths-go-low\/\">The Great Observatory for Long Wavelengths (GO-LoW)\u2028<\/a><br><em>MIT Haystack Observatory<\/em><br>Cambridge, MA 02139-4301\u2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stephen Polly<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/radioisotope-thermoradiative-cell-power-generator-2\/\">Radioisotope Thermoradiative Cell Power Generator <\/a><br><em>Rochester Institute of Technology<\/em><br>Rochester, NY 14623-0001\u2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ethan Schaler<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/flexible-levitation-on-a-track-float\/\">FLOAT — Flexible Levitation on a Track\u2028<\/a><br><em>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<\/em><br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mahmooda Sultana<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/sciencecraft-for-outer-planet-exploration-scope\/\">ScienceCraft for Outer Planet Exploration (SCOPE)<\/a><br><em>NASA Goddard Space Flight Center<\/em><br>Greenbelt, MD 20771-2400\u2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Phase I<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Matthew McQuinn<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/solar_system_scale_vlbi\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/solar_system_scale_vlbi\/\">Solar System-Scale VLBI to Dramatically Improve Cosmological Distance Measurements<\/a><br><em>University of Washington, Seattle<\/em><br>Seattle, Washington 98195-1000<br>2024 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Kenneth<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>Carpenter<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/lunar_long_baseline_optical_imaging_interferometer\/\">A Lunar Long-Baseline Optical Imaging Interferometer: Artemis-enabled Stellar Imager (AeSI)<\/a><br><em>NASA Goddard Space Flight Center<\/em><br>Greenbelt, MD 20771-2400<br>2024 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Alvaro<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>Romero-Calvo<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/magnetohydrodynamic-drive-for-hydrogen-and-oxygen-production\/\">Magnetohydrodynamic Drive for Hydrogen and Oxygen Production in Mars Transfer<\/a><br><em>Georgia Tech Research Corporation<\/em><br>Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0001<br>2024 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>James<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>Bickford<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/thin-film-isotope-nuclear-engine-rocket\/\">Thin Film Isotope Nuclear Engine Rocket (TFINER)<\/a><br><em>Charles Stark Draper Laboratory<\/em><br>Cambridge, MA 02139-3539<br>2024 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Ge-Cheng<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>Zha<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/mars-aerial-and-ground-global-intelligent-explorer\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/mars-aerial-and-ground-global-intelligent-explorer\/\">Mars Aerial and Ground Global Intelligent Explorer (MAGGIE)<\/a><br><em>Coflow Jet, LLC<\/em><br>Cutler Bay, Florida 33190-0000<br>2024 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Steven<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>Benner <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/large-scale-water-mining-operations-on-mars\/\">Add-on to Large-scale Water Mining Operations on Mars to Screen for Introduced and Alien Life<\/a><br><em>Foundation For Applied Molecular Evolution<\/em><br>Alachua, Florida 32615-9544<br>2024 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lynn<\/strong> <strong>Rothschild<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/detoxifying-mars\/\">Detoxifying Mars: The Biocatalytic Elimination of Omnipresent Perchlorates<\/a><br><em>NASA Ames Research Center (ARC)<\/em><br>Moffett Field, California 94035-1000<br>2024 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Thomas<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>Eubanks<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/swarming-proxima-centauri\/\">Swarming Proxima Centauri: Coherent Picospacecraft Swarms Over Interstellar Distances<\/a><br><em>Space Initiatives, Inc.<\/em><br>Titusville, Florida 32780<br>2024 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Beijia<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>Zhang<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/lifa-lightweight-fiber-based-antenna-for-small-sat-compatible-radiometry\/\">LIFA: Lightweight Fiber-based Antenna for Small Sat-Compatible Radiometry<\/a><br><em>Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Lincoln Laboratory<\/em><br>Lexington, MA 02421<br>2024 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Ryan<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>Sprenger<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/studying-torpor-in-animals-for-space-health-in-humans\/\">A Revolutionary Approach to Interplanetary Space Travel: Studying Torpor in Animals for Space-health in Humans (STASH)<\/a><br><em>Fauna Bio Inc.<\/em><br>Newark, California 94560-1000<br>2024 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Geoffrey<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>Landis<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/sample-return-from-the-surface-of-venus\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/sample-return-from-the-surface-of-venus\/\">Sample Return from the Surface of Venus<\/a><br><em>NASA Glenn Research Center<\/em><br>Cleveland, Ohio 44135-3127<br>2024 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Peter<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>Cabauy<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/autonomous-tritium-micropowered-sensors\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/autonomous-tritium-micropowered-sensors\/\">Autonomous Tritium Micropowered Sensors<\/a><br><em>City Labs, Inc.<\/em><br>Miami, Florida 33186-6401<br>2024 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aaswath Pattabhi Raman<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/electro-luminescently-cooled-zero-boil-off-propellant-depots\/\">Electro-luminescently Cooled Zero-boil-off Propellant Depots Enabling Crewed Exploration of Mars<\/a><br><em>University of California, Los Angeles<\/em><br>Los Angeles, California 90095-8357<br>2024 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-topic-cards nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-topic-cards\">\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block-lg padding-x-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label color-carbon-60 margin-bottom-2\">Keep Exploring<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-36 line-height-sm\">Discover More NIAC Topics<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2 hds-topic-cards-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/space-technology-mission-directorate\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 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width=\"525\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/stmd.jpg?w=525\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/stmd.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/stmd.jpg?resize=197,300 197w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/stmd.jpg?resize=263,400 263w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/stmd.jpg?resize=394,600 394w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-the-nasa-innovative-advanced-concepts-niac\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/niac_magnetosphere.png?w=1041\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/niac_magnetosphere.png 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/niac_magnetosphere.png?resize=300,150 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/niac_magnetosphere.png?resize=768,384 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/niac_magnetosphere.png?resize=1024,512 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/niac_magnetosphere.png?resize=400,200 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/niac_magnetosphere.png?resize=600,300 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/niac_magnetosphere.png?resize=900,450 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1041px) 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