Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: VANTAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2011-01-24 to 2016-01-23
Current total value of award: $3448493.06
Description: THE ASTROPHYSICS SCIENCE DIVISION (ASD) CONDUCTS A BROAD PROGRAM OF RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY, ASTROPHYSICS, AND FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS.  INDIVIDUAL INVESTIGATIONS ADDRESS ISSUES SUCH AS THE NATURE OF DARK MATTER AND DARK ENERGY, WHICH PLANETS OUTSIDE OUR SOLAR SYSTEM MAY HARBOR LIFE, AND THE NATURE OF SPACE, TIME, AND MATTER AT THE EDGES OF THE BLACK HOLES.  OBSERVING PHOTONS, PARTICLES, AND GRAVITATIONAL WAVES ENABLES RESEARCHERS TO PROBE ASTROPHYSICAL OBJECTS AND PROCESSES.  RESEARCHERS DEVELOP THEORETICAL MODELS, DESIGN EXPERIMENTS AND HARDWARE TO TEST THEORIES, INTERPRET AND EVALUATE THE DATA, ARCHIVE AND DISSEMINATE THE DATA, PROVIDE EXPERT USER SUPPORT TO THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, AND PUBLISH CONCLUSIONS DRAWN FROM RESEARCH.  THE ASD ALSO CONDUCTS EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAMS ABOUT ITS PROJECTS AND MISSIONS.  THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE  APPLICATION PROGRAMMING AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE SUPPORT TO THE ASTROPHYSICS SCIENCE DIVISION (ASD) OF THE SCIENCES&EXPLORATION DIRECTORATE (SED) OF THE NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (GSFC).   THE SPECIFIC SUPPORT TO BE PROVIDED IS AS FOLLOWS. APPLICATION PROGRAMMING GENERAL COMPUTER SOFTWARE SUPPORT SERVICES INCLUDING PROJECT ADMINISTRATION AND MISSION SUPPORT.