Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: INNOVAPREP LLC
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: 2019-03-07 to 2021-09-30
Current total value of award: $165205
Description: ALL WORK WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE INNOVAPREP MAIN FACILITIES IN DREXEL, MO. MR. ANDREW PAGE, INNOVAPREP PRESIDENT AND CTO, WILL SERVE AS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR AND WILL OVERSEE ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT. MR. ALEC ADOLPHSON WILL LEAD THE ENGINEERING EFFORTS INCLUDING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ISSC CONSUMBLE KIT DESIGN. SENIOR MICROBIOLOGIST AND DIRECTOR OF LABORATORY OPERATIONS DR. MICHAEL HORNBACK WILL LEAD EFFORTS TO ENSURE ELUTION FLUID AND ASSAY COMPATIBILITY AND WILL OVERSEE INNOVAPREP LABORATORY TESTING AND EVALUATION. DR. MARK WEISLOGEL OF IRPI LLC WILL LEAD THE CFAC DESIGN OPTIMIZATION EFFORTS AND PROVIDE CONSULTING SUPPORT TO INNOVAPREP IN RELATION TO MICROGRAVITY DESIGN REQUIREMENTS. DR. WEISLOGEL IS A LOW-G FLUID DYNAMICS EXPERT AND HAS SUCCESSFULLY DESIGNED AND TESTED NUMEROUS ADVANCED CAPILLARY FLUID SYSTEMS FOR SPACECRAFT INCLUDING PASSIVE SPRAY COOLERS, URINE PROCESSERS, ANIMAL HABITATS, AND OTHER DEVICES. THE PROJECT IS PLANNED FOR A 12 MONTH PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE. THREE PRINCIPAL TASKS ARE CONTEMPLATED: TASK 1: HARDWARE IMPROVEMENTS, TASK 2: PRODUCTION OF FLIGHT READY SYSTEMS AND CONSUMABLE KITS, AND TASK 3: CONDUCT ISS FLIGHT TEST PREPARATION.