{"id":209471,"date":"2023-03-10T09:12:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T14:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=topic&p=209471"},"modified":"2024-05-16T10:44:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T14:44:39","slug":"niac-funded-studies","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/niac-funded-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"NIAC Funded Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"hds-secondary-nav-track\"><span>NIAC<\/span><svg width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 400 400\" viewBox=\"0 0 400 400\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m4.2 122.2 195.1 195.1 196.5-196.6-37.9-38-157.8 157.8-156.8-156.8z\" \/><\/svg><\/button><div class=\"hds-secondary-nav-track grid-container grid-container-extrawide padding-0 tablet:padding-x-3 desktop:padding-x-2 hds-secondary-navigation-has-breadcrumbs\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-breadcrumbs display-none tablet:display-none desktop:display-flex flex-align-center\"><nav class=\"usa-breadcrumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\"><ol class=\"usa-breadcrumb__list\"><li class=\"usa-breadcrumb__list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/\" class=\"usa-breadcrumb__link\"><span>Home<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-breadcrumb__list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-the-nasa-innovative-advanced-concepts-niac\/\" class=\"usa-breadcrumb__link\"><span>NASA Innovative Advanced...<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-breadcrumb__list-item usa-current\" aria-current=\"page\"><span>NIAC Funded Studies<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/nav><\/div><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-menu-items\"><nav><ul class=\"usa-nav__primary usa-accordion flex-justify-center margin-0\"><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stmd-the-nasa-innovative-advanced-concepts-niac\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/about-niac\/\">About NIAC<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/niac-news\/\">News<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/niac-funded-studies\/\">Funded Studies<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/niac-symposium\/\">Symposium<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/work-with-us\/\">Apply to NIAC<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/resources-2\/\">Resources<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/key-dates\/\">Key Dates<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-menu-spacer\"> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"padding-0 bg-spacesuit-white wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-page-intro hds-page-intro-banner width-full maxw-full padding-0 hds-cover-wrapper minh-tablet\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-foreground-wrapper display-flex\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto margin-bottom-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-top-9 padding-x-3 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-4 margin-bottom-3 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-heading-md line-height-sm color-spacesuit-white-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNIAC Funded Studies\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg color-carbon-30-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program nurtures visionary ideas that could transform future NASA missions with the creation of breakthroughs – radically better or entirely new aerospace concepts – while engaging America’s innovators and entrepreneurs as partners in the journey. 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The documents will be returned to public access following confirmation that all appropriate requirements have been met.***<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/niac-2024-selections\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/niac-2024-selections\/\">NIAC 2024 Phase I and Phase II Selections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-2023-phase-i-and-phase-ii-selections\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"283891\">NIAC 2023 Phase I and Phase II Selections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/get-involved\/niac-2022-phase-i-and-phase-ii-selections\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60933\">NIAC 2022 Phase I and Phase II Selections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/niac-2021-phase-i-phase-ii-and-phase-iii-selections\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60909\">NIAC 2021 Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III Selections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/niac-2020-phase-i-phase-ii-and-phase-iii-selections\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60885\">NIAC 2020 Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III Selections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/niac-2019-phase-i-phase-ii-and-phase-iii-selections\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60864\">NIAC 2019 Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III Selections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/niac-2018-phase-i-and-phase-ii-selections\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60838\">NIAC 2018 Phase I and Phase II Selections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/niac-2017-phase-i-and-phase-ii-selections\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60815\">NIAC 2017 Phase I and Phase II Selections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/niac-2016-phase-i-and-phase-ii-selections\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61581\">NIAC 2016 Phase I and Phase II Selections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/niac-2015-phase-i-and-phase-ii-selections\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61580\">NIAC 2015 Phase I and Phase II Selections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/niac-2014-phase-i-selections\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60604\">NIAC 2014 Phase I and Phase II Selections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/niac-2013-phase-i-and-phase-ii-selections\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60602\">NIAC 2013 Phase I and Phase II Selections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/niac-2012-phase-i-and-phase-ii-selections\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60794\">NIAC 2012 Phase I and Phase II Selections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/niac-2011-phase-i\">NIAC 2011 Phase I Selections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Consolidated NIAC Awards<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Principal Investigator:<\/em><br><em>Proposal Title:<\/em><br><em>Organization:<\/em><br><em>City, State, Zip Code:<\/em><br><em>Year:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Adams, Robert<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/pulsed-fission-fusion-puff-propulsion-system\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60616\">Pulsed Fission-Fusion (PuFF) Propulsion System<\/a><br>NASA Marshall Space Flight Center <br>NASA  Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812<br>2013 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Adams, Robert<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/pulsed-fission-fusion-puff-propulsion-concept\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60856\">Pulsed Fission-Fusion (PuFF) Propulsion Concept<\/a><br>NASA Marshall Space Flight Center<br>Huntsville, AL 35812-0001<br>2018 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aghamohammadi, Aliakbar<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/shapeshifters-from-science-fiction-to-science-fact-globetrotting-from-titans-rugged-cliffs-to-its-deep-seafloors\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60859\">Shapeshifters from Science Fiction to Science Fact: Globetrotting from Titan\u2019s Rugged Cliffs to its Deep Seafloors<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2018 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Agogino, Adrian<\/strong>* (Fellow) & <strong>SunSpiral, Vytas<\/strong> (Co-I) (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/super-ball-bot-structures-for-planetary-landing-and-exploration-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"445942\">Super Ball Bot \u2013 Structures for Planetary Landing and Exploration<\/a><br>NASA Ames Research Center<br>Moffett Field, CA 94035<br>2012 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Agogino, Adrian<\/strong>* (Co-I) & <strong>SunSpiral, Vytas<\/strong> (Fellow) (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/super-ball-bot-structures-for-planetary-landing-and-exploration\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61827\">Super Ball Bot \u2013 Structures for Planetary Landing and Exploration<\/a><br>NASA Ames Research Center<br>Moffett Field, CA 94035<br>2013 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Akin, David<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/biobot-innovative-offloading-of-astronauts-for-more-effective-exploration\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60842\">Biobot: Innovative Offloading of Astronauts for More Effective Exploration<\/a><br>University of Maryland, College Park<br>College Park, MD 20742-0001<br>2018 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Akin, David<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/innovative-offloading-of-astronauts-for-more-effective-exploration\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60898\">Innovative Offloading of Astronauts for More Effective Exploration<\/a><br>University of Maryland, College Park     <br>College Park, MD 20742-0001<br>2020 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Arkin, Adam<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/a-synthetic-biology-architecture-to-detoxify-and-enrich-mars-soil-for-agriculture\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60827\">A Synthetic Biology Architecture to Detoxify and Enrich Mars Soil for Agriculture<\/a><br>University of California, Berkeley<br>Berkeley, CA 94704-1345<br>2017 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Arrieta, Juan<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/the-regolith-biters-a-divide-and-conquer-architecture-for-sample-return-missions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60795\">The Regolith Biters: A Divide-And-Conquer Architecture for Sample-Return Missions<\/a><br>NASA JPL<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2012 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Arumugam, Darmindra<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/cryospheric-rydberg-radar\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60939\">Cryospheric Rydberg Radar<\/a><br>NASA JPL<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2022 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Arumugam<\/strong>, <strong>Darmindra <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/quantum-rydberg-radar-for-surface-topography-and-vegetation\/\">Quantum Rydberg Radar for Surface, Topography, and Vegetation<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2023 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Atchison, Justin<\/strong> (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/swarm-flyby-gravimetry\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60631\">Swarm Flyby Gravimetry<\/a><br>Johns Hopkins University<br>Baltimore, MD 21218-2680<br>2014 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Atchison, Justin<\/strong> (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/swarm-flyby-gravimetry-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"446354\">Swarm Flyby Gravimetry<\/a><br>Johns Hopkins University<br>Laurel, MD 20723-6005<br>2015 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bae, Young<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/propellantless-spacecraft-formation-flying-and-maneuvering-with-photonic-laser-thrusters\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61824\">Propellant-less Spacecraft Formation-Flying and Maneuvering with Photonic Laser Thrusters<\/a><br>Y.K. Bae Corporation<br>Tustin, CA 92780-7709<br>2013 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Balaban<\/strong>, <strong>Edward <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/fluidic-telescope-flute-enabling-the-next-generation-of-large-space-observatories\/\">Fluidic Telescope (FLUTE): Enabling the Next Generation of Large Space Observatories<\/a><br>NASA Ames Research Center<br>Moffett Field, CA 94035-0001<br>2023 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Balaban<\/strong>, <strong>Edward <\/strong><\/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>Balcerski, Jeffrey<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/lofted-environmental-and-atmospheric-venus-sensors-leaves\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60847\">Lofted Environmental and Atmospheric Venus Sensors (LEAVES<\/a><br>Ohio Aerospace Institute<br>Cleveland, OH 44135-3127<br>2018 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Balcerski, Jeffrey<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/lofted-environmental-venus-sensors-leaves\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60922\">Lofted Environmental Venus Sensors (LEAVES)<\/a><br>Ohio Aerospace Institute<br>Cleveland, OH 44142-1012<br>2021 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bandyopadhyay, Saptarshi<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/lunar-crater-radio-telescope-lcrt-on-the-far-side-of-the-moon\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60904\">Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) on the Far-Side of the Moon<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory     <br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2020 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bandyopadhyay, Saptarshi<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/lunar-crater-radio-telescope-lcrt-on-the-far-side-of-the-moon-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60923\">Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) on the Far-Side of the Moon<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2021 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Banerjee, Sarbajit<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/regolith-adaptive-modification-system-rams-to-support-early-extraterrestrial-planetary-landings-and-operations\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60929\">Regolith Adaptive Modification System (RAMs) to Support Early Extraterrestrial Planetary Landings (and Operations)<\/a><br>Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station<br>College Station, TX 77843-0001<br>2021 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bargatin<\/strong>, <strong>Igor <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/photophoretic-propulsion-enabling-mesosphere-exploration\/\">Photophoretic Propulsion Enabling Mesosphere Exploration<\/a><br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6315<br>2023 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Barrett, Steven<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/silent-solid-state-propulsion-for-advanced-air-mobility-vehicles-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60946\">Silent, Solid-State Propulsion for Advanced Air Mobility Vehicles<\/a><br>MIT<br>Cambridge, MA 02139-4301<br>2022 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Barrett<\/strong>, <strong>Steven <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/silent-solid-state-propulsion-for-advanced-air-mobility-vehicles\/\">Silent, Solid-State Propulsion for Advanced Air Mobility Vehicles<\/a><br>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>Cambridge, MA 02139-4301<br>2023 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bayandor, Javid<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/light-weight-multifunctional-planetary-probe-for-extreme-environment-exploration-and-locomotion\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61558\">Light Weight Multifunctional Planetary Probe for Extreme Environment Exploration and Locomotion<\/a><br>Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University<br>Blacksburg, VA 24061-9547<br>2016 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bayandor, Javid<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/breeze-bioinspired-ray-for-extreme-environments-and-zonal-exploration-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60866\">BREEZE- Bioinspired Ray for Extreme Environments and Zonal Exploration<\/a><br>University at Buffalo \u2013 The State University of New York<br>Buffalo, NY 14260-8000<br>2019 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bayandor, Javid<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/lightweight-multifunctional-planetary-probe-for-extreme-environment-exploration-and-locomotion\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60902\">Lightweight Multifunctional Planetary Probe for Extreme Environment Exploration and Locomotion<\/a><br>State University Of New York, Buffalo<br>Buffalo, NY 14260-0001<br>2020 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bayandor, Javid<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/breeze-bioinspired-ray-for-extreme-environments-and-zonal-exploration\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60936\">BREEZE- Bioinspired Ray for Extreme Environments and Zonal Exploration<\/a><br>State University of New York<br>Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-0001<br>2022 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Benkoski, Jason<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/combined-heat-shield-and-solar-thermal-propulsion-system-for-an-oberth-manuever\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60937\">Combined Heat Shield and Solar Thermal Propulsion System for an Oberth Manuever<\/a><br>Johns Hopkins University<br>Baltimore, MD 21218-0001<br>2022 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Benner<\/strong>, <strong><strong>Steven<\/strong><\/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>Foundation For Applied Molecular Evolution<br>Alachua, Florida 32615-9544<br>2024 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Benyo<\/strong>, <strong>Theresa <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/accessing-icy-world-oceans-using-lattice-confinement-fusion-fast-fission\/\">Accessing Icy World Oceans Using Lattice Confinement Fusion Fast Fission<\/a><br>NASA Glenn Research Center<br>Cleveland, OH 44135-3127<br>2023 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bickford<\/strong>, <strong><strong>James<\/strong><\/strong> <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/thin-film-isotope-nuclear-engine-rocket\/\">Thin Film Isotope Nuclear Engine Rocket (TFINER)<\/a><br>Charles Stark Draper Laboratory<br>Cambridge, MA 02139-3539<br>2024 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Boland, Eugene<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/mars-ecopoiesis-test-bed\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60594\">Mars Ecopoiesis Test Bed<\/a><br>Techshot, Inc.<br>Greenville, IN 47124-9515<br>2014 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bradford, John<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/torpor-inducing-transfer-habitat-for-human-stasis-to-mars-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"307673\">Torpor Inducing Transfer Habitat For Human Stasis To Mars<\/a><br>SpaceWorks Engineering, A Division of SpaceWorks Enterprises, Inc.<br>Atlanta, GA<br>2013 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bradford, John<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/advancing-torpor-inducing-transfer-habitats-for-human-stasis-to-mars\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61461\">Advancing Torpor Inducing Transfer Habitats for Human Stasis to Mars<\/a><br>Spaceworks Engineering, Inc.<br>Atlanta, GA 30338-6908<br>2016 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brandon, Erik<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/power-beaming-for-long-life-venus-surface-missions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60874\">Power Beaming for Long Life Venus Surface Missions<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2019 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brophy, John<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/a-breakthrough-propulsion-architecture-for-interstellar-precursor-missions-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60831\">A Breakthrough Propulsion Architecture for Interstellar Precursor Missions<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2017 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brophy, John<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/a-breakthrough-propulsion-architecture-for-interstellar-precursor-missions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60843\">A Breakthrough Propulsion Architecture for Interstellar Precursor Missions<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2018 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bugga, Ratnakumar<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/venus-interior-probe-using-in-situ-power-and-propulsion-vip-inspr-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61625\">Venus Interior Probe Using In-situ Power and Propulsion (VIP-INSPR)<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2016 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bugga, Ratnakumar<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/venus-interior-probe-using-in-situ-power-and-propulsion-vip-inspr\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60825\">Venus Interior Probe Using In-situ Power and Propulsion (VIP-INSPR)<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2017 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cabauy<\/strong>, <strong><strong>Peter<\/strong><\/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>City Labs, Inc.<br>Miami, Florida 33186-6401<br>2024 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carpenter<\/strong>, <strong><strong>Kenneth<\/strong><\/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>NASA Goddard Space Flight Center<br>Greenbelt, MD 20771-2400<br>2024 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cash, Webster<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/the-aragoscope-ultra-high-resolution-optics-at-low-cost\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60633\">The Aragoscope: Ultra-High Resolution Optics at Low Cost<\/a><br>University of Colorado<br>Boulder, CO 80309-0389<br>2014 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chen, Bin<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/3d-photocatalytic-air-processor-for-dramatic-reduction-of-life-support-mass-complexity\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60537\">3D Photocatalytic Air Processor for Dramatic Reduction of Life Support Mass & Complexity<\/a><br>NASA Ames Research Center<br>Moffett Field, CA 94035-0000<br>2014 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chen, Bin<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/3d-photocatalytic-air-processor-for-dramatic-reduction-of-life-support-mass-and-complexity\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61451\">3D Photocatalytic Air Processor for Dramatic Reduction of Life Support Mass and Complexity<\/a><br>University of California Santa Cruz<br>Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1099<br>2015 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Christian, John<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/starnav-an-architecture-for-autonomous-spacecraft-navigation-by-the-relativistic-perturbation-of-starlight\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60908\">StarNAV: An Architecture for Autonomous Spacecraft Navigation by the Relativistic Perturbation of Starlight<\/a><br>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute     <br>Troy, NY 12180-3522<br>2020 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Clarke, John-Paul<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/evacuated-airship-for-mars-missions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60821\">Evacuated Airship for Mars Missions<\/a><br>Georgia Institute of Technology<br>Atlanta, GA 30332-0001<br>2017 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Clements<\/strong>, <strong>Brianna <\/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<br>2024 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Close, Sigrid<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/meteoroid-impact-detection-for-exploration-of-asteroids-midea\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60850\">Meteoroid Impact Detection for Exploration of Asteroids (MIDEA)<\/a><br>Stanford University<br>Stanford, CA 94305-4008<br>2018 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Close, Sigrid<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/exploring-uranus-through-scatter\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60915\">Exploring Uranus through SCATTER: Sustained ChipSat\/CubeSat Activity Through Transmitted Electromagnetic Radiation<\/a><br>Stanford University<br>Stanford, CA 94305-4008<br>2021 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cohen, Marc<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/robotic-asteroid-prospector-rap-staged-from-l-1-start-of-the-deep-space-economy\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60796\">Robotic Asteroid Prospector (RAP) Staged from L-1: Start of the Deep Space Economy<\/a><br>Marc M. Cohen, Architect<br>Palo Alto, CA 94306-3852<br>2012 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cordero<\/strong>, <strong>Zachary <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/bend-forming-of-large-electrostatically-actuated-space-structures\/\">Bend-Forming of Large Electrostatically Actuated Space Structures<\/a><br>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>Cambridge, MA 02139-4301<br>2023 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Crowe, Devon<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/kilometer-space-telescope-kst\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60846\">Kilometer Space Telescope (KST)<\/a><br>Raytheon<br>El Segundo, CA 90245-4501<br>2018 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Currer<\/strong>i, <strong>Peter <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/lunar-south-pole-oxygen-pipeline\/\">Lunar South Pole Oxygen Pipeline<\/a><br>Lunar Resources, Inc.<br>Houston, TX 77023-4634<br>2023 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Davoyan, Artur<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/extreme-metamaterial-solar-sails-for-breakthrough-space-exploration\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60893\">Extreme Metamaterial Solar Sails for Breakthrough Space Exploration<\/a><br>University of California, Los Angeles<br>Los Angeles, CA 90095-8357<br>2020 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Davoyan, Artur<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/extreme-solar-sailing-for-breakthrough-space-exploration\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60917\">Extreme Solar Sailing for Breakthrough Space Exploration<\/a><br>University of California, Los Angeles<br>Los Angeles, CA 90095-8357<br>2021 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Davoyan<\/strong>, <strong>Artur <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/pellet-beam-propulsion-for-breakthrough-space-exploration\/\">Pellet-Beam Propulsion for Breakthrough Space Exploration<\/a><br>University of California, Los Angeles<br>Los Angeles, CA 90095-8357<br>2023 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Diaz Artiles, Ana<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/smartsuit-a-hybrid-intelligent-and-highly-mobile-eva-spacesuit-for-next-generation-exploration-missions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60880\">SmartSuit: A Hybrid, Intelligent, and Highly Mobile EVA Spacesuit for Next Generation Exploration Missions<\/a><br>Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station<br>College Station, TX 77843-0001<br>2019 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ditto, Thomas<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/homes-holographic-optical-method-for-exoplanet-spectroscopy\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60788\">HOMES \u2013 Holographic Optical Method for Exoplanet Spectroscopy<\/a><br>3DeWitt LLC<br>Ancramdale, NY 12503-0010<br>2012 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ditto, Thomas<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/dual-use-exoplanet-telescope-duet\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60869\">Dual Use Exoplanet Telescope (DUET)<\/a><br>3DeWitt LLC<br>Ancramdale, NY 12503-0010<br>2019 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ditto, Thomas<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/the-high-%c3%a9tendue-multiple-object-spectrographic-telescope-the-most\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60883\">The High \u00c9tendue Multiple Object Spectrographic Telescope (THE MOST)<\/a><br>3DeWitt LLC<br>Acramdale, NY 12503-0010<br>2019 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>D\u2019Onghia, Elena<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/crew-hat-cosmic-radiation-extended-warding-using-the-halbach-torus\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60938\">CREW HaT: Cosmic Radiation Extended Warding using the Halbach Torus<\/a><br>University of Wisconsin, Madison<br>Madison, WI 53706-1507<br>2022 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Duda, Kevin<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br>Variable Vector Countermeasure Suit (V2Suit) for Space Habitation and Exploration<br>The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory<br>Cambridge, MA 02139-3563<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Duda, Kevin<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/variable-vector-countermeasure-suit-v2suit-for-space-habitation-and-exploration\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60814\">Variable Vector Countermeasure Suit (V2Suit) for Space Habitation and Exploration<\/a><br>The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory<br>Cambridge, MA 02139-3563<br>2012 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dunbar, Bonnie<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/the-spacesuit-digital-thread-4-0-manufacture-of-custom-high-performance-spacesuits-for-the-exploration-of-mars\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60947\">The Spacesuit Digital Thread: 4.0 Manufacture of Custom High Performance Spacesuits for the Exploration of Mars<\/a><br>Texas A&M<br>College Station, TX 77843-3141<br>2022 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dunn, Jason<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/reconstituting-asteroids-into-mechanical-automata\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61595\">Reconstituting Asteroids into Mechanical Automata<\/a><br>Made In Space, Inc.<br>Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000<br>2016 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Engblom, William<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/virtual-flight-demonstration-of-stratospheric-dual-aircraft-platform\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61627\">Virtual Flight Demonstration of Stratospheric Dual-Aircraft Platform<\/a><br>Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University<br>Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3966<br>2015 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Engblom, William<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/flight-demonstration-of-novel-atmospheric-satellite-concept\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61511\">Flight Demonstration of Novel Atmospheric Satellite Concept<\/a><br>Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University<br>Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3966<br>2016 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ermanoski, Ivan<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/breathing-mars-air-stationary-and-portable-o2-generation\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60935\">Breathing Mars Air: Stationary and Portable O2 Generation<\/a><br>Arizona State University<br>Tempe, AZ 85287-0001<br>2022 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eubanks<\/strong>, <strong><strong>Thomas<\/strong><\/strong> <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/swarming-proxima-centauri\/\">Swarming Proxima Centauri: Coherent Picospacecraft Swarms Over Interstellar Distances<\/a><br>Space Initiatives, Inc.<br>Titusville, Florida 32780<br>2024 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fearn, Heidi<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/mach-effects-for-in-space-propulsion-interstellar-mission\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60826\">Mach Effects for In Space Propulsion: Interstellar Mission<\/a><br>Space Studies Institute<br>Mojave, CA 93501-0000<br>2017 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ferguson, Scott<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/enabling-all-access-mobility-for-planetary-exploration-vehicles-via-transformative-reconfiguration\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60767\">Enabling All-Access Mobility for Planetary Exploration Vehicles via Transformative Reconfiguration<\/a><br>North Carolina State University<br>Raleigh, NC 27695-7103<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Flynn, Michael<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/water-walls-highly-reliable-and-massively-redundant-life-support-architecture\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60804\">Water Walls: Highly Reliable and Massively Redundant Life Support Architecture<\/a><br>NASA Ames Research Center<br>Moffett Field, CA 94035<br>2012 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gellett, Wayne<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/solid-state-air-purification-system\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60798\">Solid State Air Purification System<\/a><br>eSionic<br>Menlo Park, CA 94025-1438<br>2012 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Genzale, Caroline<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/fueling-a-human-mission-to-mars\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60901\">Fueling a Human Mission to Mars<\/a><br>Georgia Tech Research Corporation     <br>Atlanta, GA 30332-0001<br>2020 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gilland, James<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/the-potential-for-ambient-plasma-wave-propulsion\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60763\">The Potential for Ambient Plasma Wave Propulsion<\/a><br>Ohio Aerospace Institute<br>Cleveland, OH 44142<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Goldman, Benjamin<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/pluto-hop-skip-and-jump-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60830\">Pluto Hop, Skip, and Jump Global<\/a><br>Global Aerospace Corporatio<br>Irwindale, CA 91706-3750<br>2017 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gosse<\/strong>, <strong>Ryan <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/new-class-of-bimodal-ntp-nep-with-a-wave-rotor-topping-cycle-enabling-fast-transit-to-mars\/\">New Class of Bimodal NTP\/NEP with a Wave Rotor Topping Cycle Enabling Fast Transit to Mars<\/a><br>University of Florida, Gainesville<br>Gainesville, FL 32614-0001<br>2023 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Graf, John<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/thirsty-walls-a-new-paradigm-for-air-revitalization-in-life-support\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61613\">Thirsty Walls \u2013 A new paradigm for air revitalization in life support<\/a><br>NASA Johnson Space Center<br>Houston, TX 77058-3607<br>2015 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gregory, Daniel<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/space-debris-elimination-spade\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60781\">Space Debris Elimination (SpaDE)<\/a><br>Raytheon BBN Technologies<br>Arlington, VA 22209<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Greig, Amelia<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/ablative-arc-mining-for-in-situ-resource-utilization\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60911\">Ablative Arc Mining for In-Situ Resource Utilization<\/a><br>University of Texas, El Paso<br>El Paso, TX 79968-8900<br>2021 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gruber, Jason<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/turbolift\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60837\">Turbolift<\/a><br>IMSG Laboratories, Inc.<br>Tampa, FL 33613-4554<br>2017 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gu, Yu<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/micro-probes-propelled-and-powered-by-planetary-atmospheric-electricity-mp4ae\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60873\">Micro-Probes Propelled and Powered by Planetary Atmospheric Electricity (MP4AE)<\/a><br>West Virginia University<br>Morgantown, WV 26506-6106<br>2019 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gural, Peter<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/sutter-ultra-breakthrough-space-telescope-for-prospecting-asteroids\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60931\">Sutter Ultra: Breakthrough Space Telescope for Prospecting Asteroids<\/a><br>Trans Astronautica Corporation<br>Lakeview Terrace, CA 91342-1000<br>2021 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guzzetti, Davide<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/flat-fabrication-of-progressively-self-assembling-space-systems\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60894\">Flat Fabrication of Progressively Self-Assembling Space Systems<\/a><br>Auburn University<br>Auburn, AL 36849-0001<br>2020 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hartzell, Christine<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/on-orbit-collision-free-mapping-of-small-orbital-debris\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60854\">On-Orbit, Collision-Free Mapping of Small Orbital Debris<\/a><br>University of Maryland, College Park<br>College Park, MD 20742-0001<br>2018 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hecht, Michael<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/a-tall-ship-and-a-star-to-steer-her-by\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61455\">A Tall Ship and a Star to Steer Her By<\/a><br>Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Haystack Observatory<br>Westford, MA 01886-1299<br>2015 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hemmati, Hamid<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/two-dimensional-planetary-surface-landers\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60640\">Two-Dimensional Planetary Surface Landers<\/a><br>NASA JPL<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2013 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hockman, Benjamin<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/gravity-poppers-hopping-probes-for-the-interior-mapping-of-small-solar-system-bodies\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60896\">Gravity Poppers: Hopping Probes for the Interior Mapping of Small Solar System Bodies<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2020 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hogue, Michael<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/regolith-derived-heat-shield-for-a-planetary-body-entry-and-descent-system-with-in-situ-fabrication\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60961\">Regolith Derived Heat Shield for a Planetary Body Entry and Descent System with In-Situ Fabrication<\/a><br>NASA KSC<br>Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hohman, Kurt<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/atmospheric-breathing-electric-thruster-for-planetary-exploration\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60952\">Atmospheric Breathing Electric Thruster for Planetary Exploration<\/a><br>Busek Co. Inc.<br>Natick, MA 01760<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Howe, Steven<\/strong><br>Economical Radioisotope Power<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/economical-radioisotope-power\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60766\">Economical Radioisotope Power<\/a><br>Idaho Falls, ID 83402<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Howe, Steven<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/pulsed-plasma-rocket-shielded-fast-transits-for-humans-to-mars\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60906\">Pulsed Plasma Rocket: Shielded, Fast Transits for Humans to Mars<\/a><br>Howe Industries LLC<br>Tempe, AZ 85281-8473<br>2020 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Howe, Troy<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/spear-probe-an-ultra-lightweight-nuclear-electric-propulsion-probe-for-deep-space-exploration-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60882\">SPEAR Probe \u2013 An Ultra Lightweight Nuclear Electric Propulsion Probe for Deep Space Exploration<\/a><br>Howe Industries LLC<br>Tempe, AZ 85281-8473<br>2019 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Howe, Troy<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/high-irradiance-peltier-operated-tungsten-exo-reflector-hi-power\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60897\">High Irradiance Peltier Operated Tungsten Exo-Reflector (HI-POWER)<\/a><br>Howe Industries LLC     <br>Tempe, AZ 85281-8473<br>2020 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Howe, Troy<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/spear-probe-an-ultra-lightweight-nuclear-electric-propulsion-probe-for-deep-space-exploration\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60907\">SPEAR Probe \u2013 An Ultra Lightweight Nuclear Electric Propulsion Probe for Deep Space Exploration<\/a><br>Howe Industries LLC     <br>Tempe, AZ 85281-8473<br>2020 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hoyt, Robert<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/nanothor-low-cost-launch-of-nanosatellites-to-deep-space\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60791\">NanoTHOR: Low-Cost Launch of Nanosatellites to Deep Space<\/a><br>Tethers Unlimited, Inc.<br>Bothell, WA 98011-8808<br>2012 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hoyt, Robert<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/spiderfab-process-for-on-orbit-construction-of-kilometer-scale-apertures\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60799\">SpiderFab: Process for On-Orbit Construction of Kilometer-Scale Apertures<\/a><br>Tethers Unlimited, Inc.<br>Bothell, WA<br>2012 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hoyt, Robert<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/spiderfab-architecture-for-on-orbit-construction-of-kilometer-scale-apertures\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61825\">SpiderFab: Architecture for On-Orbit Construction of Kilometer-Scale Apertures<\/a><br>Tethers Unlimited, Inc.<br>Bothell, WA<br>2013 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hoyt, Robert<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/wrangler-capture-and-de-spin-of-asteroids-and-space-debris\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60646\">WRANGLER: Capture and De-Spin of Asteroids and Space Debris<\/a><br>Tethers Unlimited, Inc.<br>Bothell, WA 98011-8808<br>2014 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hughes, Gary<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/molecular-composition-analysis-of-distant-targets\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61566\">Molecular Composition Analysis of Distant Targets<\/a><br>California Polytechnic State University<br>San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-9000<br>2016 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hughes, Gary<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/remote-laser-evaporative-molecular-absorption-spectroscopy-sensor-system\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60832\">Remote Laser Evaporative Molecular Absorption Spectroscopy Sensor System<\/a><br>California Polytechnic State University<br>San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0405<br>2017 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Izenberg, Noam<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/rips-ripcord-innovative-power-system\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60876\">RIPS: Ripcord Innovative Power System<\/a><br>Johns Hopkins University<br>Laurel, MD 20723-6005<br>2019 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jackson, Gerald<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/deceleration-of-interstellar-spacecraft-utilizing-antimatter\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60889\">Deceleration of Interstellar Spacecraft Utilizing Antimatter<\/a><br>Hbar Technologies, LLC     <br>West Chicago, IL 60185-4833<br>2020 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Janson, Siegfried<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/brane-craft\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61482\">Brane Craft<\/a><br>The Aerospace Corporation<br>Los Angeles, CA 90009-2957<br>2016 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Janson, Siegfried<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/brane-craft-phase-ii\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60816\">Brane Craft Phase II<\/a><br>The Aerospace Corporation<br>El Segundo, CA 90245-4609<br>2017 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jerred, Nathan<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/small-satellite-missions\/dual-mode-propulsion-system-enabling-cubesat-exploration-of-the-solar-system\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60568\">Dual-mode Propulsion System Enabling CubeSat Exploration of the Solar System<\/a><br>Universities Space Research Association<br>Idaho Falls, ID 83401-6290<br>2013 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jin<\/strong>, <strong>Congrui <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/biomineralization-enabled-self-growing-building-blocks-for-habitat-outfitting-on-mars\/\">Biomineralization-Enabled Self-Growing Building Blocks for Habitat Outfitting on Mars<\/a><br>University of Nebraska, Lincoln<br>Lincoln, NE 68503-2427<br>2023 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kang, Chang-kwon<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/marsbee-swarm-of-flapping-wing-flyers-for-enhanced-mars-exploration\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60849\">Marsbee \u2013 Swarm of Flapping Wing Flyers for Enhanced Mars Exploration<\/a><br>University of Alabama, Huntsvill<br>Huntsville, AL 35899-0001<br>2018 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kempton, Kevin <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/phobos-l1-operational-tether-experiment-phlote\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60829\">Phobos L1 Operational Tether Experiment (PHLOTE)<\/a><br>NASA Langley Research Center<br>Hampton, VA 23681-2143<br>2017 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kendra, John<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/rotary-motion-extended-array-synthesis-r-mxas-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60858\">Rotary Motion Extended Array Synthesis (R-MXAS)<\/a><br>Leidos, Inc.<br>Reston, VA 20190-0001<br>2018 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kendra, John<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/rotary-motion-extended-array-synthesis-r-mxas\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60878\">Rotary-Motion-Extended Array Synthesis (R-MXAS)<\/a><br>Leidos, Inc.<br>Reston, VA 20190-0000<br>2019 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Khoshnevis, Behrokh<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/contour-crafting-simulation-plan-for-lunar-settlement-infrastructure-build-up\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60765\">Contour Crafting Simulation Plan for Lunar Settlement Infrastructure Build-Up<\/a><br>University of Southern California<br>Los Angeles, CA 90089<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Khoshnevis, Behrokh<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/isru-based-robotic-construction-technologies-for-lunar-and-martian-infrastructures\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60809\">ISRU-Based Robotic Construction Technologies for Lunar and Martian Infrastructures<\/a><br>University of Southern California<br>Los Angeles, CA 90089<br>2012 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kirtley, David<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/a-plasma-aerocapture-and-entry-system-for-manned-missions-and-planetary-deep-space-orbiters\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60789\">A Plasma Aerocapture and Entry System for Manned Missions and Planetary Deep Space Orbiters<\/a><br>MSNW, LLC<br>Redmond, WA 98052-3557<br>2012 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kirtley, David<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/magnetoshell-aerocapture-for-manned-missions-and-planetary-deep-space-orbiters\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61561\">Magnetoshell Aerocapture for Manned Missions and Planetary Deep Space Orbiters<\/a><br>MSNW, LLC<br>Redmond, WA, 98052-3557<br>2016 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Knapp<\/strong>, <strong>Mary <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/great-observatory-for-long-wavelengths-go-low\/\">Great Observatory for Long Wavelengths (GO-LoW)<\/a><br>MIT Haystack Observatory<br>Westford, MA 01886-1597<br>2023 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Knapp<\/strong>, <strong>Mary <\/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>MIT Haystack Observatory<br>Cambridge, MA 02139-4301\u2028<br>2024 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kuhns, Matthew<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/instant-landing-pads-for-artemis-lunar-missions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60899\">Instant Landing Pads for Artemis Lunar Missions<\/a><br>Masten Space Systems Inc.<br>Mojave, CA 93501-1681<br>2020 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kwiat, Paul<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/entanglement-assisted-communication-system-for-nasas-deep-space-missions-feasibility-test-and-conceptual-design\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60768\">Entanglement-assisted Communication System for NASA\u2019s Deep-Space Missions: Feasibility Test and Conceptual Design<\/a><br>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<br>Urbana, IL 61801<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Landis, Geoffrey<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/venus-landsailing-rover\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60803\">Venus Landsailing Rover<\/a><br>NASA GRC<br>Cleveland, OH 44135-3127<br>2012 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Landis, Geoffrey<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/power-for-interstellar-fly-by\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60875\">Power for Interstellar Fly-by<\/a><br>NASA Glenn Research Center<br>Cleveland, OH 44135-3127<br>2019 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Landis<\/strong>, <strong><strong>Geoffrey<\/strong><\/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>NASA Glenn Research Center<br>Cleveland, Ohio 44135-3127<br>2024 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lantoine, Gregory<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/magnetour-surfing-planetary-systems-on-electromagnetic-and-multi-body-gravity-fields\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60790\">MAGNETOUR: Surfing Planetary Systems on Electromagnetic and Multi-Body Gravity Fields<\/a><br>NASA JPL<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2012 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LaPointe, Michael<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/gradient-field-imploding-liner-fusion-propulsion-system\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60824\">Gradient Field Imploding Liner Fusion Propulsion System<\/a><br>NASA Marshall Space Flight Center<br>Huntsville, AL 35812-0000<br>2017 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lewis, John<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/in-space-manufacture-of-storable-propellants\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61538\">In-Space Manufacture of Storable Propellants<\/a><br>Deep Space Industries<br>Anacortes, WA 98221-3219<br>2015 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lewis, John<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/massively-expanded-nea-accessibility-via-microwave-sintered-aerobrakes\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60828\">Massively Expanded NEA Accessibility via Microwave-Sintered Aerobrakes<\/a><br>Deep Space Industries, Inc.<br>Moffett Field, CA 94035-0000<br>2017 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Limbach, Chris<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/procsima-diffractionless-beamed-propulsion-for-breakthrough-interstellar-missions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60855\">PROCSIMA: Diffractionless Beamed Propulsion for Breakthrough Interstellar Missions<\/a><br>Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station<br>College Station, TX 77843-0001<br>2018 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Limbach, Chris<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/self-guided-beamed-propulsion-for-breakthrough-interstellar-missions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60879\">Self-Guided Beamed Propulsion for Breakthrough Interstellar Missions<\/a><br>Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station<br>College Station, TX 77843-0001<br>2019 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Linares, Richard<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/dynamic-orbital-slingshot-for-rendezvous-with-interstellar-objects\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60891\">Dynamic Orbital Slingshot for Rendezvous with Interstellar Objects<\/a><br>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>Cambridge, MA 02139-4301<br>2020 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Longman, Anthony<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/growth-adapted-tensegrity-structures-a-new-calculus-for-the-space-economy\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60579\">Growth Adapted Tensegrity Structures \u2013 A New Calculus for the Space Economy<\/a><br>Anthony P. Longman<br>Camarillo, CA 93012-5247<br>2013 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lubin, Philip<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/deep-in-directed-energy-propulsion-for-interstellar-exploration\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61498\">DEEP IN Directed Energy Propulsion for Interstellar Exploration<\/a><br>University of California<br>Santa Barbara, CA 93106-0001<br>2015 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lubin, Philip<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/directed-energy-interstellar-study\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"307799\">Directed Energy for Interstellar Study<\/a><br>University of California, Santa Barbara<br>Santa Barbara, CA 93106-0001<br>2016 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lubin, Philip<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/pi-terminal-defense-for-humanity\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60943\">Pi \u2013 Terminal Defense for Humanity<\/a><br>University of California, Santa Barbara<br>Santa Barbara, CA 93106-0001<br>2022 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lubin<\/strong>, <strong>Philip <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/pi-planetary-defense\/\">PI \u2013 Planetary Defense<\/a><br>University of California, Santa Barbara<br>Santa Barbara, CA 93106<br>2023 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Manchester, Zachary<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/kilometer-scale-space-structures-from-a-single-launch\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60942\">Kilometer-Scale Space Structures from a Single Launch<\/a><br>Carnegie Mellon University<br>Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3815<br>2021 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Manchester, Zac<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/kilometer-scale-space-structures-from-a-single-launch\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60942\">Kilometer-Scale Space Structures from a Single Launch<\/a><br>Carnegie Mellon University<br>Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3815<br>2022 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mankins, John<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/sps-alpha-the-first-practical-solar-power-satellite-via-arbitrarily-large-phased-array\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60778\">SPS-ALPHA: The First Practical Solar Power Satellite via Arbitrarily Large PHased Array<\/a><br>Artemis Innovation Management Solutions<br>Santa Maria, California 93456<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mann, Chris<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/stellar-echo-imaging-of-exoplanets-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61606\">Stellar Echo Imaging of Exoplanets<\/a><br>Nanohmics, Inc.<br>Austin, TX 78741-7510<br>2016 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mann, Chris<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/stellar-echo-imaging-of-exoplanets\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60835\">Stellar Echo Imaging of Exoplanets<\/a><br>Nanohmics, Inc.<br>Austin, TX 78741-7510<br>2017 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mather, John<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/hybrid-observatory-for-earth-like-exoplanets-hoee\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60940\">Hybrid Observatory for Earth-like Exoplanets (HOEE)<\/a><br>NASA GSFC<br>Greenbelt, MD 20771-2400<br>2022 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Matthies, Larry<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/titan-aerial-daughtercraft\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60635\">Titan Aerial Daughtercraft<\/a><br>NASA JPL<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2014 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>McCue, Leigh<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/exploration-of-under-ice-regions-with-ocean-profiling-agents-europa\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60786\">Exploration of Under-Ice Regions with Ocean Profiling Agents (EUROPA)<\/a><br>Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University<br>Blacksburg, VA 24061-0001<br>2012 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>McGarey, Patrick<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/pedals-passively-expanding-dipole-array-for-lunar-sounding\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60926\">PEDALS: Passively Expanding Dipole Array for Lunar Sounding<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2021 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>McMahon, Jay<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/dismantling-rubble-pile-asteroids-with-aoes-area-of-effect-soft-bots-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60817\">Dismantling Rubble Pile Asteroids with AoES (Area-of-Effect Soft-bots)<\/a><br>University of Colorado, Boulder<br>Boulder, CO 80303-1058<br>2017 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>McMahon, Jay<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/dismantling-rubble-pile-asteroids-with-aoes-area-of-effect-soft-bots\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60845\">Dismantling Rubble Pile Asteroids with AoES (Area-of-Effect Soft-bots)<\/a><br>University of Colorado, Boulder<br>Boulder, CO 80309-0431<br>2018 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>McQuinn<\/strong>, <strong>Matthew <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/solar_system_scale_vlbi\/\">Solar System-Scale VLBI to Dramatically Improve Cosmological Distance Measurements<\/a><br>University of Washington, Seattle<br>Seattle, Washington 98195-1000<br>2024 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meirion-Griffith, Gareth<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/sparrow-steam-propelled-autonomous-retrieval-robot-for-ocean-worlds\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60862\">SPARROW: Steam Propelled Autonomous Retrieval Robot for Ocean Worlds<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2018 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Metzger, Philip<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/aqua-factorem-ultra-low-energy-lunar-water-extraction\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60887\">Aqua Factorem: Ultra Low-Energy Lunar Water Extraction<\/a><br>University of Central Florida     <br>Orlando, FL 32826-0650<br>2020 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Miller, David<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/magestic-magnetically-enabled-structures-using-interacting-coils\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60956\">MAGESTIC: Magnetically Enabled Structures Using Interacting Coils<\/a><br>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>Cambridge, MA 02139-4301<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Miller, David<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/high-temperature-superconductors-as-electromagnetic-deployment-and-support-structures\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60808\">High-Temperature Superconductors as Electromagnetic Deployment and Support Structures<\/a><br>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>Cambridge, MA 02139-4301<br>2012 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Miller, Timothy<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/using-the-hottest-particles-in-the-universe-to-probe-icy-solar-system-worlds\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60643\">Using the Hottest Particles in the Universe to Probe Icy Solar System Worlds<\/a><br>Johns Hopkins University<br>Laurel, MD 20723-6005<br>2014 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Moore, Mark<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/eternal-flight-as-the-solution-for-x\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60603\">Eternal Flight as the Solution for \u2018X\u2019<\/a><br>NASA LRC<br>Hampton, VA 23681-2100<br>2013 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Morley, Quinn<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/autonomous-robotic-demonstrator-for-deep-drilling-ard3\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60913\">Autonomous Robotic Demonstrator for Deep Drilling (ARD3)<\/a><br>Planet Enterprises<br>Gig Harbor WA, 98335-1000<br>2021 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Morley<\/strong>, <strong>Quinn <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/titanair-leading-edge-liquid-collection-to-enable-cutting-edge-science\/\">TitanAir: Leading-Edge Liquid Collection to Enable Cutting-Edge Science<\/a><br>Planet Enterprises<br>Gig Harbor, WA 98335-0001<br>2023 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Morrison, Christopher<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/extrasolar-object-interceptor-and-sample-return-enabled-by-compact-ultra-power-dense-radioisotope-batteries\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60916\">Extrasolar Object Interceptor and Sample Return Enabled by Compact, Ultra Power Dense Radioisotope Batteries<\/a><br>USNC- Space<br>Seattle, WA 98199-1258<br>2021 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Morrison<\/strong>, <strong>Christopher <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/embercore-flashlight-long-distance-lunar-characterization-with-intense-passive-x-and-gamma-ray-source\/\">EmberCore Flashlight: Long Distance Lunar Characterization with Intense Passive X- and Gamma-ray Source<\/a><br>Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation \u2013 Space<br>Seattle, WA 98199-1258<br>2023 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Morrison<\/strong>, <strong>Christopher <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/the-nyx-mission-to-observe-the-universe-from-deep-space-enabled-by-embercore-a-high-specific-power-radioisotopeelectric-propulsion-system\/\">The Nyx Mission to Observe the Universe from Deep Space \u2013 Enabled by EmberCore, a High Specific Power RadioisotopeElectric Propulsion System<\/a><br>Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation \u2013 Space<br>Seattle, WA 98199-1258<br>2023 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Moses, Robert<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/advanced-aerocapture-system-for-enabling-faster-larger-planetary-science-human-exploration-missions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60886\">Advanced Aerocapture System for Enabling Faster-Larger Planetary Science & Human Exploration Missions<\/a><br>NASA Langley Research Center     <br>Hampton, VA 23681-2109<br>2020 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mueller, Robert<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/mars-molniya-orbit-atmospheric-resource-mining\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61562\">Mars Molniya Orbit Atmospheric Resource Mining<\/a><br>NASA Kennedy Space Center<br>Merritt Island, FL 32899-0002<br>2016 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nayar, Hari<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/ballet-balloon-locomotion-for-extreme-terrain\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/ballet-balloon-locomotion-for-extreme-terrain\/\">BALLET: BALloon Locomotion for Extreme Terrain<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2018 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nemanick, E. Joseph<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/atomic-planar-power-for-lightweight-exploration-apple-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60912\">Atomic Planar Power for Lightweight Exploration (APPLE)<\/a><br>The Aerospace Corporation<br>Santa Monica, CA 90405-1000<br>2021 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nemanick, E<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/atomic-planar-power-for-lightweight-exploration-apple\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60934\">Atomic Planar Power for Lightweight Exploration (APPLE)<\/a><br>The Aerospace Corporation<br>El Segundo, CA 90245-4609<br>2022 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Newberg<\/strong>, <strong>Heidi <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/diffractive-interfero-coronagraph-exoplanet-resolver-dicer-detecting-and-characterizing-all-earth-like-exoplanets-orbiting-sun-like-stars-within-10-pc\/\">Diffractive Interfero Coronagraph Exoplanet Resolver (DICER): Detecting and Characterizing All Earth-Like Exoplanets Orbiting Sun-Like Stars Within 10 pc<\/a><br>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute<br>Troy, NY 12180-3522<br>2023 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Noe Dobrea, Eldar<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/heat-exchange-driven-aircraft-for-low-altitude-and-surface-exploration-of-venus\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60900\">Heat Exchange-Driven Aircraft for Low Altitude and Surface Exploration of Venus<\/a><br>Planetary Science Institute<br>Oakland, CA 94608-1418<br>2020 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nock, Kerry<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/pluto-hop-skip-and-jump\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60927\">Pluto Hop, Skip, and Jump<\/a><br>Global Aerospace Corporation<br>Irwindale, CA 91706-3750<br>2021 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nosanov, Jeffrey<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/solar-system-escape-architecture-for-revolutionary-science-ssears\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60800\">Solar System Escape Architecture for Revolutionary Science (SSEARS)<\/a><br>NASA JPL<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2012 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nosanov, Jeffrey<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/periscope-periapsis-subsurface-cave-optical-explorer-2\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/periscope-periapsis-subsurface-cave-optical-explorer-2\/\">PERISCOPE: PERIapsis Subsurface Cave OPtical Explorer<\/a><br>NASA JPL<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2014 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nosanov, Jeffrey<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/periscope-periapsis-subsurface-cave-optical-explorer\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/periscope-periapsis-subsurface-cave-optical-explorer\/\">PERISCOPE: PERIapsis Subsurface Cave Optical Explorer<\/a><br>Nosanov Consulting, LLC <br>Bethesda, MD 20814-5729<br>2015 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Oleson, Steven<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/titan-submarine-exploring-the-depths-of-kraken\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60636\">Titan Submarine: Exploring the Depths of Kraken<\/a><br>NASA GRC<br>Cleveland, OH 44135-3127<br>2014 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Oleson, Steven<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/triton-hopper-exploring-neptunes-captured-kuiper-belt-object-2\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/triton-hopper-exploring-neptunes-captured-kuiper-belt-object-2\/\">Triton Hopper: Exploring Neptune\u2019s Captured Kuiper Belt Object<\/a><br>COMPASS Conceptual Design Team<br>Cleveland, OH 44135-3127<br>2015 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Oleson, Steven<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/titan-submarine-exploring-the-depths-of-kraken-mare\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61614\">Titan Submarine: Exploring the Depths of Kraken Mare<\/a><br>NASA Glenn Research Center <br>Cleveland, OH 44135-3127<br>2015 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Oleson, Steven<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/triton-hopper-exploring-neptunes-captured-kuiper-belt-object\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60863\">Triton Hopper: Exploring Neptune\u2019s Captured Kuiper Belt Object<\/a><br>NASA Glenn Research Center<br>Cleveland, OH 44135-3127<br>2018 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Oleson, Steven<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/a-titan-sample-return-using-in-situ-propellants\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60910\">A Titan Sample Return Using In-Situ Propellants<\/a><br>NASA Glenn Research Center<br>Cleveland, OH 44135-3127<br>2021 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ono, Masahiro<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/comet-hitchhiker-harvesting-kinetic-energy-from-small-bodies-to-enable-fast-and-low-cost-deep-space-exploration\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60553\">Comet Hitchhiker: Harvesting Kinetic Energy from Small Bodies to Enable Fast and Low-Cost Deep Space Exploration<\/a><br>NASA JPL<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2014 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ono, Masahiro<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/journey-to-the-center-of-icy-moons\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/journey-to-the-center-of-icy-moons\/\">Journey to the Center of Icy Moons<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2016 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ono, Masahiro<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/enceladus-vent-explorer\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/enceladus-vent-explorer\/\">Enceladus Vent Explorer<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory     <br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2020 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Paul, Michael<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/non-radioisotope-power-systems-for-sunless-solar-system-exploration-missions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"307983\">Non-Radioisotope Power Systems For Sunless Solar System Exploration Missions<\/a><br>Pennsylvania State University<br>State College, PA 16801<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Paul, Michael<\/strong>* (Phase II)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/sceps-in-space-non-radioisotope-power-systems-for-sunless-solar-system-exploration-missions\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/sceps-in-space-non-radioisotope-power-systems-for-sunless-solar-system-exploration-missions\/\"><br>SCEPS in Space \u2013 Non-Radioisotope Power Systems for Sunless Solar System Exploration Missions<br><\/a>Pennsylvania State University<br>State College, PA 16803-2216<br>2015 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pavone, Marco<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/spacecraft-rover-hybrids-for-the-exploration-of-small-solar-system-bodies-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60782\">Spacecraft\/Rover Hybrids for the Exploration of Small Solar System Bodies<\/a><br>NASA JPL<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pavone, Marco<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/spacecraft-rover-hybrids-for-the-exploration-of-small-solar-system-bodies\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60624\">Spacecraft\/Rover Hybrids for the Exploration of Small Solar System Bodies<\/a><br>Stanford University<br>Stanford, CA, 94305-4008<br>2014 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pavone, Marco<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/reachbot-small-robot-for-large-mobile-manipulation-tasks-in-martian-cave-environments-2\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/reachbot-small-robot-for-large-mobile-manipulation-tasks-in-martian-cave-environments-2\/\">ReachBot: Small Robot for Large Mobile Manipulation Tasks in Martian Cave Environments<\/a><br>Stanford University<br>Stanford, CA 94305-4008<br>2021 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pavone, Marco<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/reachbot-small-robot-for-large-mobile-manipulation-tasks-in-martian-cave-environments\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/reachbot-small-robot-for-large-mobile-manipulation-tasks-in-martian-cave-environments\/\">ReachBot: Small Robot for Large Mobile Manipulation Tasks in Martian Cave Environments<\/a><br>Stanford University<br>Stanford, CA 94305-4008<br>2022 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Paxton<\/strong>, <strong>Larry<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/cricket-cryogenic-reservoir-inventory-by-cost-effective-kinetically-enhanced-technology\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/cricket-cryogenic-reservoir-inventory-by-cost-effective-kinetically-enhanced-technology\/\">CRICKET: Cryogenic Reservoir Inventory by Cost-Effective Kinetically Enhanced Technology<\/a><br>Johns Hopkins University<br>Laurel, MD 20723-6099<br>2015 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Peck, Mason<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/soft-robotic-rover-with-electrodynamic-power-scavenging\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61604\">Soft-Robotic Rover with Electrodynamic Power Scavenging<\/a><br>Cornell University<br>Ithaca, NY 14853-7501<br>2015 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pilinski, Marcin<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/in-situ-neutral-optics-velocity-analyzer-for-thermospheric-exploration-inovate\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60941\">In-situ Neutral-Optics Velocity Analyzer for Thermospheric Exploration (INOVATE)<\/a><br>University of Colorado, Boulder<br>Boulder, CO 80303-7819<br>2022 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Plescia, Jeffrey<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/seismic-exploration-of-small-bodies\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61601\">Seismic Exploration of Small Bodies<\/a><br>Johns Hopkins University<br>Laurel, MD 20723-6099<br>2015 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Polidan, Ronald<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/farview-an-in-situ-manufactured-lunar-far-side-radio-observatory\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/farview-an-in-situ-manufactured-lunar-far-side-radio-observatory\/\">FarView \u2013 An In Situ Manufactured Lunar Far Side Radio Observatory<\/a><br>Lunar Resources, Inc.<br>Houston, TX 77023-4634<br>2021 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Polidan<\/strong>, <strong>Ronald <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/farview-observatory-a-large-in-situ-manufactured-lunar-far-side-radio-array\/\">FarView Observatory \u2013 A Large, In-Situ Manufactured, Lunar Far Side Radio Array<\/a><br>Lunar Resources, Inc.<br>Houston, TX  77024-8033<br>2023 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Polly<\/strong>, <strong>Stephen <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/radioisotope-thermoradiative-cell-power-generator\/\">Radioisotope Thermoradiative Cell Power Generator<\/a><br>Rochester Institute of Technology<br>Rochester, NY 14623-0001<br>2023 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Polly<\/strong>, <strong>Stephen <\/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<br>2024 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Predina, Joseph<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/nist-in-space-better-remote-sensors-for-better-science\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60792\">NIST in Space: Better Remote Sensors for Better Science<\/a><br>ITT Space Systems, LLC<br>Fort Wayne, IN 46818-1165<br>2012 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prettyman, Thomas<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/deep-mapping-of-small-solar-system-bodies-with-galactic-cosmic-ray-secondary-particle-showers\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60558\">Deep Mapping of Small Solar System Bodies with Galactic Cosmic Ray Secondary Particle Showers<\/a><br>Planetary Science Institute<br>Tucson, AZ 85719-2394<br>2013 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prettyman, Thomas<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/deep-mapping-of-small-solar-system-bodies-with-galactic-cosmic-ray-secondary-particle-showers-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60559\">Deep mapping of small solar system bodies with galactic cosmic ray secondary particle showers<\/a><br>Planetary Science Institute<br>Tucson, AZ 85719-2394<br>2014 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Quadrelli, Marco<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/orbiting-rainbows-optical-manipulation-of-aerosols-and-the-beginnings-of-future-space-construction\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60793\">Orbiting Rainbows: Optical Manipulation of Aerosols and the Beginnings of Future Space Construction<\/a><br>NASA JPL<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2012 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Quadrelli, Marco<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/orbiting-rainbows\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60609\">Orbiting Rainbows Phase II<\/a><br>NASA JPL<br>Pasadena, CA, 91109-8001<br>2014 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Quadrelli, Marco<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/e-glider-active-electrostatic-flight-for-airless-body-exploration\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/e-glider-active-electrostatic-flight-for-airless-body-exploration\/\">E-Glider: Active Electrostatic Flight for Airless Body Exploration<br><\/a>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2016 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Raman<\/strong>, <strong>Aaswath Pattabhi <\/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>University of California, Los Angeles<br>Los Angeles, California 90095-8357<br>2024 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ritter, Joe<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/ultra-light-photonic-muscle-space-structures\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/ultra-light-photonic-muscle-space-structures\/\">Ultra-Light \u201cPhotonic Muscle\u201d Space Structures<\/a><br>University of Hawaii<br>Honolulu, HI 96822<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ritter, Joe<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/occams-optically-controlled-and-corrected-active-meta-material-space-structures\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/occams-optically-controlled-and-corrected-active-meta-material-space-structures\/\">OCCAMS: Optically Controlled and Corrected Active Meta-material Space Structures<\/a><br>University of Hawaii<br>Honolulu, HI 96822<br>2012 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Romanofsky, Robert<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/magneto-inductive-communications-for-ocean-worlds\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60903\">Magneto-Inductive Communications for Ocean Worlds<\/a><br>NASA Glenn Research Center     <br>Cleveland, OH 44135-3127<br>2020 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Romero-Calvo<\/strong>, <strong><strong>Alvaro<\/strong><\/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>Georgia Tech Research Corporation<br>Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0001<br>2024 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rothschild, Lynn<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/biomaterials-out-of-thin-air-in-situ-on-demand-printing-of-advanced-biocomposites\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60548\">Biomaterials out of thin air: in situ, on-demand printing of advanced biocomposites<\/a><br>NASA Ames Research Center<br>Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000<br>2013 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rothschild, Lynn<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/urban-biomining-meets-printable-electronics-end-to-end-destination-biological-recycling-and-reprinting\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61622\">Urban biomining meets printable electronics: end-to-end destination biological recycling and reprinting<\/a><br>NASA Ames Research Center<br>Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000<br>2016 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rothschild, Lynn<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/myco-architecture-off-planet-growing-surface-structures-at-destination\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60852\">Myco-architecture off planet: growing surface structures at destination<\/a><br>NASA Ames Research Center<br>Moffett Field, CA 94035-0001<br>2018 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rothschild, Lynn <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/an-astropharmacy\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60888\">An Astropharmacy<\/a><br>NASA Ames Research Center<br>Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000<br>2020 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rothschild, Lynn <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/mycotecture-off-planet\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60925\">Mycotecture Off Planet<\/a><br>NASA Ames Research Center<br>Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000<br>2021 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rothschild<\/strong>, <strong>Lynn <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/a-flexible-personalized-on-demand-astropharmacy\/\">A Flexible, Personalized, On-Demand Astropharmacy<\/a><br>NASA Ames Research Center<br>Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000<br>2023 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rothschild<\/strong>, <strong>Lynn<\/strong> <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/detoxifying-mars\/\">Detoxifying Mars: The Biocatalytic Elimination of Omnipresent Perchlorates<\/a><br>NASA Ames Research Center (ARC)<br>Moffett Field, California 94035-1000<br>2024 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rovey, Joshua<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/plasmonic-force-propulsion-revolutionizes-nano-picosatellite-capability\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60612\">Plasmonic Force Propulsion Revolutionizes Nano\/PicoSatellite Capability<\/a><br>University of Missouri, Rolla<br>Rolla, MO 65409-6527<br>2013 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rovey, Joshua<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/experimental-demonstration-and-system-analysis-for-plasmonic-force-propulsion\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61510\">Experimental Demonstration and System Analysis for Plasmonic Force Propulsion<\/a><br>University of Missouri, Rolla<br>Rolla, MO 65409-6527<br>2016 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saif, Babak<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/atom-interferometry-for-detection-of-gravity-waves-a\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60787\">Atom Interferometry for detection of Gravity Waves-a<\/a><br>NASA GSFC<br>Greenbelt, MD 20771-2400<br>2012 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saif, Babak<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/a-gravitational-wave-detector-based-on-an-atom-interferometer\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61826\">A Gravitational Wave Detector Based on an Atom Interferometer<\/a><br>NASA GSFC<br>Greenbelt, MD 20771-2400<br>2013 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sauder, Jonathan<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/automaton-rover-for-extreme-environments-aree-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61479\">Automaton Rover for Extreme Environments (AREE)<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2016 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sauder, Jonathan<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/automaton-rover-for-extreme-environments-aree\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60818\">Automaton Rover for Extreme Environments (AREE)<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2017 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sauder, Jonathan<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/starburst-a-revolutionary-under-constrained-adaptable-deployable-structure-architecture\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/starburst-a-revolutionary-under-constrained-adaptable-deployable-structure-architecture\/\">Starburst: A Revolutionary Under-Constrained Adaptable Deployable Structure Architecture<\/a><br>NASA JPL<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2022 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Savransky, Dmitry<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/modular-active-self-assembling-space-telescope-swarms\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60851\">Modular Active Self-Assembling Space Telescope Swarms<\/a><br>Cornell University<br>Ithaca, NY 14853-7501<br>2018 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Schaler, Ethan<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/float-flexible-levitation-on-a-track\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/float-flexible-levitation-on-a-track\/\">FLOAT \u2014 Flexible Levitation on a Track<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-1000<br>2021 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Schaler, Ethan<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/swim-sensing-with-independent-micro-swimmers-2\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/swim-sensing-with-independent-micro-swimmers-2\/\">SWIM \u2014 Sensing with Independent Micro-swimmers<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-1000<br>2021 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Schaler, Ethan<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/swim-sensing-with-independent-micro-swimmers\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60949\">SWIM- Sensing with Independent Micro-swimmers<\/a><br>NASA JPL<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2022 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Schaler<\/strong>, <strong>Ethan <\/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<br>2024 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scott, Gregory<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/low-power-microrobotics-utilizing-biologically-inspired-energy-generation\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60773\">Low Power Microrobotics Utilizing Biologically Inspired Energy Generation<\/a><br>Naval Research Laboratory<br>Washington, DC 20375<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Seager, Sara<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/science-research\/planetary-science\/planetary-environments-atmospheres\/venus-atmosphere-and-cloud-particle-sample-return-for-astrobiology\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60950\">Venus Atmosphere and Cloud Particle Sample Return for Astrobiology<\/a><br>MIT<br>Cambridge, MA 02139-4301<br>2022 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sedwick, Raymond<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/continuous-electrode-inertial-electrostatic-confinement-fusion\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60819\">Continuous Electrode Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion<\/a><br>University of Maryland, College Park<br>College Park, MD 20742-0000<br>2017 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sercel, Joel<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/apis-asteroid-provided-in-situ-supplies-100mt-of-water-from-a-single-falcon-9\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61472\">APIS (Asteroid Provided In-Situ Supplies): 100MT Of Water from a Single Falcon 9<\/a><br>ICS Associates Inc.<br>Lake View Terrace, CA 91342-6810<br>2015 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sercel, Joel<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/sutter-breakthrough-telescope-innovation-for-asteroid-survey-missions-to-start-a-gold-rush-in-space\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/sutter-breakthrough-telescope-innovation-for-asteroid-survey-missions-to-start-a-gold-rush-in-space\/\">Sutter: Breakthrough Telescope Innovation for Asteroid Survey Missions to Start a Gold Rush in Space<\/a><br>TransAstra<br>Lake View Terrace, CA 91342-6810<br>2017 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sercel, Joel<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/optical-mining-of-asteroids-moons-and-planets-to-enable-sustainable-human-exploration-and-space-industrialization\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60836\">Optical Mining of Asteroids, Moons, and Planets to Enable Sustainable Human Exploration and Space Industrialization<\/a><br>TransAstra Corp.<br>Lake View Terrace, CA 91342-6810<br>2017 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sercel, Joel<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/lunar-polar-propellant-mining-outpost-lpmo-affordable-exploration-and-industrialization\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60871\">Lunar-Polar Propellant Mining Outpost (LPMO): Affordable Exploration and Industrialization<\/a><br>TransAstra Corporation<br>Lake View Terrace, CA 91342-6810<br>2019 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sercel, Joel<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/mini-bee-prototype-to-demonstrate-the-apis-mission-architecture-and-optical-mining-technology\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60872\">Mini Bee Prototype to Demonstrate the Apis Mission Architecture and Optical Mining Technology<\/a><br>TransAstra Corporation<br>Lake View Terrace, CA 91342-6810<br>2019 Phase III<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sercel, Joel<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/lunar-polar-propellant-mining-outpost-lpmo-a-breakthrough-for-lunar-exploration-industry\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/lunar-polar-propellant-mining-outpost-lpmo-a-breakthrough-for-lunar-exploration-industry\/\">Lunar Polar Propellant Mining Outpost (LPMO): A Breakthrough for Lunar Exploration & Industry<\/a><br>Trans Astronautica Corporation<br>Lake View Terrace, CA 91342-6810<br>2020 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shevtsov, Jane<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/making-soil-for-space-habitats-by-seeding-asteroids-with-fungi\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60924\">Making Soil for Space Habitats by Seeding Asteroids with Fungi<\/a><br>Trans Astronautica Corporation<br>Lake View Terrace, CA 91342-1000<br>2021 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Short, Kendra<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/printable-spacecraft\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/printable-spacecraft\/\">Printable Spacecraft: Flexible Electronic Platforms for NASA Missions<\/a><br>NASA JPL<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Short, Kendra<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/printable-spacecraft-flexible-electronic-platforms-for-nasa-missions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60812\">Printable Spacecraft: Flexible Electronic Platforms for NASA Missions<\/a><br>NASA JPL<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2012 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sibille, Laurent<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/in-space-propulsion-engine-architecture-based-on-sublimation-of-planetary-resources-from-exploration-robots-to-neo-mitigation\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60770\">In-Space Propulsion Engine Architecture based on Sublimation of Planetary Resources: From Exploration Robots to NEO Mitigation<\/a><br>NASA Kennedy Space Center<br>Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Silvera, Isaac<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/metallic-hydrogen-a-game-changing-rocket-propellant\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60775\">Metallic Hydrogen: A Game Changing Rocket Propellant<\/a><br>Harvard University<br>Cambridge, MA 02138<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Skelton, Robert<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/tensegrity-approaches-to-in-space-construction-of-a-1g-growable-habitat\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61611\">Tensegrity Approaches to In-Space Construction of a 1g Growable Habitat<\/a><br>Texas Engineering Experiment Station<br>La Jolla, CA 92037-4950<br>2016 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Slough, John<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/nuclear-propulsion-through-direct-conversion-of-fusion-energy\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60776\">Nuclear Propulsion through Direct Conversion of Fusion Energy<\/a><br>MSNW LLC<br>Redmond, WA 98052-3557<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Slough, John<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/the-fusion-driven-rocket-nuclear-propulsion-through-direct-conversion-of-fusion-energy\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60806\">The Fusion Driven Rocket: Nuclear Propulsion through Direct Conversion of Fusion Energy<\/a><br>MSNW LLC<br>Redmond, WA 98052-3557<br>2012 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Slough, John<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/spacecraft-scale-magnetospheric-protection-from-galactic-cosmic-radiation\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60860\">Spacecraft Scale Magnetospheric Protection from Galactic Cosmic Radiation<\/a><br>MSNW, LLC<br>Redmond, WA 98052-3557<br>2018 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Slough, John<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/crosscutting-high-apogee-refueling-orbital-navigator-charon-for-active-debris-removal\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60867\">Crosscutting High Apogee Refueling Orbital Navigator (CHARON) for Active Debris Removal<\/a><br>MSNW LLC<br>Redmond, WA 98052-3557<br>2019 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Solomey, Nickolas<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/astrophysics-and-technical-study-of-a-solar-neutrino-spacecraft\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60840\">Astrophysics and Technical Study of a Solar Neutrino Spacecraft<\/a><br>Wichita State University<br>Wichita, KS 67260-9700<br>2018 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Solomey, Nickolas<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/astrophysics-and-technical-lab-studies-of-a-solar-neutrino-spacecraft-detector\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60865\">Astrophysics and Technical Lab Studies of a Solar Neutrino Spacecraft Detector<\/a><br>Wichita State University<br>Wichita, KS 67260-9700<br>2019 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Solomey, Nickolas<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/cube-sat-space-flight-test-of-a-neutrino-detector\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60914\">Cube-Sat Space Flight Test of a Neutrino Detector<\/a><br>Wichita State University<br>Wichita, KS 67260-9700<br>2021 Phase III<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sowers, George<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/thermal-mining-of-ices-on-cold-solar-system-bodies\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60884\">Thermal Mining of Ices on Cold Solar System Bodies<\/a><br>Colorado School of Mines<br>Golden, CO 80401-1833<br>2019 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sprenger<\/strong>, <strong><strong>Ryan<\/strong><\/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>Fauna Bio Inc.<br>Newark, California 94560-1000<br>2024 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Staehle, Robert<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/interplanetary-cubesats-opening-the-solar-system-to-a-broad-community-at-lower-cost\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60771\">Interplanetary CubeSats: Opening the Solar System to a Broad Community at Lower Cost<\/a><br>NASA JPL<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Staehle, Robert<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/low-cost-smallsats-to-explore-to-our-solar-systems-boundaries\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/low-cost-smallsats-to-explore-to-our-solar-systems-boundaries\/\">Low-Cost SmallSats to Explore to Our Solar System\u2019s Boundaries<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2019 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stoica, Adrian<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/transformers-for-extreme-environments\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60639\">Transformers For Extreme Environments<\/a><br>NASA JPL<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2013 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stoica, Adrian<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/windbots-persistent-in-situ-science-explorers-for-gas-giants\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/windbots-persistent-in-situ-science-explorers-for-gas-giants\/\">WindBots: persistent in-situ science explorers for gas giants<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2015 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stoica, Adrian<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/trans-formers-for-lunar-extreme-environments-ensuring-long-term-operations-in-regions-of-darkness-and-low-temperatures\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61617\">Trans-Formers for Lunar Extreme Environments: Ensuring Long-Term Operations in Regions of Darkness and Low Temperatures<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2015 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Streetman, Brett<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/exploration-architecture-with-quantum-inertial-gravimetry-and-in-situ-chipsat-sensors\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60576\">Exploration Architecture with Quantum Inertial Gravimetry and In Situ ChipSat Sensors<\/a><br>Draper Laboratory<br>Cambridge, MA 02139-3539<br>2014 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Strekalov, Dmitry<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/ghost-imaging-of-space-objects-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"446207\">Ghost Imaging of Space Objects<\/a><br>NASA JPL<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Strekalov, Dmitry<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/ghost-imaging-of-space-objects\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60807\">Ghost Imaging of Space Objects<\/a><br>NASA JPL<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2012 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stysley, Paul<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/laser-based-optical-trap-for-remote-sampling-of-interplanetary-and-atmospheric-particulate-matter\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60772\">Laser-Based Optical Trap for Remote Sampling of Interplanetary and Atmospheric Particulate Matter<\/a><br>NASA GSFC<br>Greenbelt, MD 20771-2400<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sultana, Mahmooda<\/strong><br><a href=\"\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/scope-sciencecraft-for-outer-planet-exploration\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"SCOPE: ScienceCraft for Outer Planet Explorationhttps:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/scope-sciencecraft-for-outer-planet-exploration\/\">SCOPE: ScienceCraft for Outer Planet Exploration<\/a><br>NASA GSFC<br>Greenbelt, MD 20771-2400<br>2022 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sultana<\/strong>, <strong>Mahmooda <\/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<br>2024 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Swartzlander, Grover<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/steering-of-solar-sails-using-optical-lift-force\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60783\">Steering of Solar Sails Using Optical Lift Force<\/a><br>Rochester Institute of Technology<br>Rochester, NY 14623<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Swartzlander, Grover<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/advanced-diffractive-metafilm-sailcraft\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60839\">Advanced Diffractive MetaFilm Sailcraft<\/a><br>Rochester Institute of Technology<br>Rochester, NY 14623-5604<br>2018 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Swartzlander, Grover<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/diffractive-lightsails\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60868\">Diffractive Lightsails<\/a><br>Rochester Institute of Technology<br>Rochester, NY 14623-5604<br>2019 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tabirian, Nelson<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/thin-film-broadband-large-area-imaging-system\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61612\">Thin-Film Broadband Large Area Imaging System<\/a><br>BEAM Engineering for Advanced Measurements Co.<br>Winter Park, FL 32789-7101<br>2015 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tarditi, Alfonso<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/aneutronic-fusion-spacecraft-architecture\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60764\">Aneutronic Fusion Spacecraft Architecture<\/a><br>University of Houston at Clear Lake<br>Houston, TX, 77058<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Taylor, Charles<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/light-bender\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60921\">Light Bender<\/a><br>NASA Langley Research Center<br>Hampton, VA 23681-0001<br>2021 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thibeault, Sheila<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/radiation-shielding-materials-containing-hydrogen-boron-and-nitrogen-systematic-computational-and-experimental-study\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60780\">Radiation Shielding Materials Containing Hydrogen, Boron, and Nitrogen: Systematic Computational and Experimental Study<\/a><br>NASA LRC<br>Hampton, VA 23681-2100<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thomas, Stephanie<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/fusion-enabled-pluto-orbiter-and-lander-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61517\">Fusion-Enabled Pluto Orbiter and Lander<\/a><br>Princeton Satellite Systems, Inc.<br>Princeton, NJ 08540-2517<br>2016 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thomas, Stephanie<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/fusion-enabled-pluto-orbiter-and-lander\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60822\">Fusion-Enabled Pluto Orbiter and Lander<\/a><br>Princeton Satellite Systems, Inc.<br>Plainsboro, NJ 08536-2096<br>2017 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tripathi, Ram<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/meeting-the-grand-challenge-of-protecting-astronauts-health-electrostatic-active-space-radiation-shielding-for-deep-space-missions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60774\">Meeting the Grand Challenge of Protecting Astronaut\u2019s Health: Electrostatic Active Space Radiation Shielding for Deep Space Missions<\/a><br>NASA LRC<br>Hampton, VA 23681-2100<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Turyshev, Slava<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/direct-multipixel-imaging-and-spectroscopy-of-an-exoplanet-with-a-solar-gravity-lens-mission-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60833\">Direct Multipixel Imaging and Spectroscopy of an exoplanet with a Solar Gravity Lens Mission<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2017 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Turyshev, Slava<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/direct-multipixel-imaging-and-spectroscopy-of-an-exoplanet-with-a-solar-gravity-lens-mission\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60844\">Direct Multipixel Imaging and Spectroscopy of an Exoplanet with a Solar Gravity Lens Mission<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2018 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Turyshev, Slava<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/direct-multipixel-imaging-and-spectroscopy-of-an-exoplanet-with-a-solar-gravitational-lens-mission\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60890\">Direct Multipixel Imaging and Spectroscopy of an Exoplanet with a Solar Gravitational Lens Mission<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory     <br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2020 Phase III<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ulmer, Melville<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"a precise extremely large reflective telescope using re-configurable elements\">Aperture: A Precise Extremely large Reflective Telescope Using Re-configurable Elements<\/a><br>Northwestern University<br>Evanston, IL 60208-0884<br>2015 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ulmer, Melville<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/further-development-of-aperture-a-precise-extremely-large-reflective-telescope-using-re-configurable-elements\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61516\">Further Development of Aperture: A Precise Extremely Large Reflective Telescope Using Re-configurable Elements<\/a><br>Northwestern University, Evanston<br>Evanston, IL 60208-0884<br>2016 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vander Hook, Joshua<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/solar-system-pony-express\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60930\">Solar System Pony Express<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2021 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VanWoerkom, Michael<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/nimph-nano-icy-moons-propellant-harvester-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61583\">NIMPH: Nano Icy Moons Propellant Harvester<br><\/a>Exoterra Resource, LLC<br>Lone Tree, CO 80124-2739<br>2016 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VanWoerkom, Michael<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/nimph-nano-icy-moons-propellant-harvester\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60853\">NIMPH: Nano Icy Moons Propellant Harvester<\/a><br>ExoTerra Resource<br>Littleton, CO 80127-4274<br>2018 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wachs, Jordan<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/spectrally-resolved-synthetic-imaging-interferometer\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60861\">Spectrally-Resolved Synthetic Imaging Interferometer<\/a><br>Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation<br>Boulder, CO 80301-2734<br>2018 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Walker, Christopher<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/10-meter-sub-orbital-large-balloon-reflector-lbr-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60535\">10 meter Sub-Orbital Large Balloon Reflector (LBR)<\/a><br>University of Arizona<br>Tucson, AZ 85721-0009<br>2013 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Walker, Christopher<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/10-meter-sub-orbital-large-balloon-reflector-lbr\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60536\">10 meter Sub-Orbital Large Balloon Reflector (LBR)<\/a><br>University of Arizona<br>Tucson, AZ 85721-0009<br>2014 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wang, Joseph<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/cubesat-with-nanostructured-sensing-instrumentation-for-planetary-exploration\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61497\">CubeSat with Nanostructured Sensing Instrumentation for Planetary Exploration<\/a><br>University of Southern California<br>Los Angeles, CA 90089-1192<br>2015 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Weed, Ryan<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/radioisotope-positron-propulsion\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60857\">Radioisotope Positron Propulsion<\/a><br>Positron Dynamics<br>Livermore, CA 94551-0001<br>2018 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Weed<\/strong>, <strong>Ryan <\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/aerogel-core-fission-fragment-rocket-engine\/\">Aerogel Core Fission Fragment Rocket Engine<\/a><br>Positron Dynamics<br>Seattle, WA 98104-3163<br>2023 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Werka, Robert<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/proposal-for-a-concept-assessment-of-a-fission-fragment-rocket-engine-ffre-propelled-spacecraft\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60769\">Proposal for a Concept Assessment of a Fission Fragment Rocket Engine (FFRE) Propelled Spacecraft<\/a><br>NASA MSFC<br>NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Westover, Shayne<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/radiation-protection-and-architecture-utilizing-high-temperature-superconducting-magnets-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"446234\">Radiation Protection and Architecture Utilizing High Temperature Superconducting Magnets<\/a><br>NASA JSC<br>Houston, TX 77058-3607<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Westover, Shayne<\/strong>* (Phase II)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/radiation-protection-and-architecture-utilizing-high-temperature-superconducting-magnets\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60813\"><br>Radiation Protection and Architecture Utilizing High Temperature Superconducting Magnets<\/a><br>NASA JSC<br>Houston, TX 77058-3607<br>2012 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wettergreen, David<\/strong><br>Nomadic Exploration: Following routes of solar sustenance and temperate climate<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/spacetech\/niac\/2013phaseII_wettergreen.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/spacetech\/niac\/2013phaseII_wettergreen.html\"><br><\/a>Carnegie Mellon University<br>Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3815<br>2013 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Whittaker, William<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/technologies-enabling-exploration-of-skylights-lava-tubes-and-caves\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60784\">Technologies Enabling Exploration of Skylights, Lava Tubes and Caves<\/a><br>Astrobotic Technology, Inc.<br>Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3524<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Whittaker, William<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/cavehopping-exploration-of-planetary-skylights-and-tunnels\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60805\">Cavehopping Exploration of Planetary Skylights and Tunnels<\/a><br>Astrobotic Technology, Inc.<br>Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3524<br>2012 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Whittaker, William* (Phase III)<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/robotic-technologies-enabling-the-exploration-of-lunar-pits\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60877\">Robotic Technologies Enabling the Exploration of Lunar Pits<\/a><br>Carnegie Mellon University<br>Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3815<br>2019 Phase III<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wie, Bong<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/optimal-dispersion-of-near-earth-objects\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60777\">Optimal Dispersion of Near-Earth Objects<\/a><br>Iowa State University<br>Ames, IA 50011-2207<br>2011 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wie, Bong<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/an-innovative-solution-to-nasas-neo-impact-threat-mitigation-grand-challenge-and-flight-validation-mission-architecture-development\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/an-innovative-solution-to-nasas-neo-impact-threat-mitigation-grand-challenge-and-flight-validation-mission-architecture-development\/\">An Innovative Solution to NASA\u2019s NEO Impact Threat Mitigation Grand Challenge and Flight Validation Mission Architecture Development<\/a><br>Iowa State University<br>Ames, IA 50011-2207<br>2012 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wiegmann, Bruce<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/heliopause-electrostatic-rapid-transit-system-herts-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"307269\">Heliopause Electrostatic Rapid Transit System (HERTS)<\/a><br>NASA MSFC<br>Huntsville, AL 35812-0000<br>2014 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wiegmann, Bruce<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/heliopause-electrostatic-rapid-transit-system-herts\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61533\">Heliopause Electrostatic Rapid Transit System (HERTS)<\/a><br>NASA Marshall Space Flight Center<br>Huntsville, AL 35812-2000<br>2015 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Willard, Doug<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/solar-surfing\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60881\">Solar Surfing<\/a><br>NASA Kennedy Space Center<br>Kennedy Space Center, FL 32780-0000<br>2019 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Winglee, Robert<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/sample-return-systems-for-extreme-environments-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60797\">Sample Return Systems for Extreme Environments<\/a><br>University of Washington, Seattle<br>Seattle, WA 98195-1310<br>2012 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Winglee, Robert<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/sample-return-systems-for-extreme-environments\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61828\">Sample Return Systems for Extreme Environments: Phase II<\/a><br>University of Washington, Seattle<br>Seattle, WA 98195-1310<br>2013 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Woodward, James<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/mach-effect-for-in-space-propulsion-interstellar-mission\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60848\">Mach Effect for In Space Propulsion: Interstellar Mission<\/a><br>Space Studies Institute, Inc.<br>Mojave, CA 93501-0001<br>2018 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yoo, S.J Ben<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/low-mass-planar-photonic-imaging-sensor-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60590\">Low-Mass Planar Photonic Imaging Sensor<\/a><br>University of California, Davis<br>Davis, CA 95616-5270<br>2013 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yoo, S.J Ben<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/low-mass-planar-photonic-imaging-sensor\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60591\">Low-Mass Planar Photonic Imaging Sensor<\/a><br>University of California, Davis<br>Davis, CA 95616-5270<br>2014 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Youngquist, Robert<\/strong>* (Phase I)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/cryogenic-selective-surfaces-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61495\">Cryogenic Selective Surfaces<\/a><br>NASA Kennedy Space Center<br>Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899-0001<br>2015 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Youngquist, Robert<\/strong>* (Phase II)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/cryogenic-selective-surfaces\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61496\">Cryogenic Selective Surfaces<\/a><br>NASA Kennedy Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899<br>2016 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Youngquist, Robert<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/solar-surfing-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60834\">Solar Surfing<\/a><br>NASA Kennedy Space Center<br>Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899-0000<br>2017 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yu, Nan<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/a-direct-probe-of-dark-energy-interactions-with-a-solar-system-laboratory\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60820\">A Direct Probe of Dark Energy Interactions With A Solar System Laboratory<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2017 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yu, Nan<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/gravity-observation-and-dark-energy-detection-explorer-in-the-solar-system\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60895\">Gravity Observation and Dark energy Detection Explorer in the Solar System<\/a><br>NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory     <br>Pasadena, CA 91109-8001<br>2020 Phase II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zha, GeCheng<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/niac\/niac-studies\/silent-and-efficient-supersonic-bi-directional-flying-wing\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"60802\">Silent and Efficient Supersonic Bi-Directional Flying Wing<\/a><br>University of Miami<br>Coral Gables, FL 33146-2509<br>2012 Phase I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zha<\/strong>, <strong><strong>Ge-Cheng<\/strong><\/strong> <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/mars-aerial-and-ground-global-intelligent-explorer\/\" data-type=\"link\" 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