Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION
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: 2016-08-30 to 2016-12-31
Current total value of award: $9399.05
Description: TASK ORDER TITLE IS THE MARS ORGANIC MOLECULE ANALYZER MOMA WRP SUPPORT PURPOSE, OBJECTIVE, AND BACKGROUND OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED:  THE MARS ORGANIC MOLECULE ANALYZER MOMA INSTRUMENT IS A COMBINED GAS CHROMATOGRAPH MASS SPECTROMETER GC MS PAYLOAD ON A LANDED MARS ROVER BEING DEVELOPED BY THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY ESA AND IS PART OF THE EXOMARS PROGRAM. MOMA IS A JOINT COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE US AND THE MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR SYSTEM RESEARCH MPS IN GERMANY, WITH MPS AS THE LEAD INSTITUTION RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERING MOMA TO ESA. THE US MOMA FLIGHT HARDWARE IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR DELIVERY TO MPS IN DEC 2017, WITH LAUNCH CURRENTLY SCHEDULED IN JULY 2020.  THE NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER GSFC MANAGES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE U.S. HARDWARE PORTION OF THE MOMA INSTRUMENT FOR THE PROJECT SCIENTIST, DR. WILL BRINCKERHOFF, ALSO OF GSFC. THE ROLE OF THE CONTRACTOR ON THE MOMA INSTRUMENT IS TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING CONSULTATION ON BEARINGS USED IN THE WIDE RANGE PUMP WRP WHICH IS BEING DEVELOPED BY CREARE, INC OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.  DESCRIPTION OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED   THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PARTICIPATE IN WRP STATUS TELECONS AND SPECIAL TOPIC TELECONS AS NEEDED, EVALUATE&INSPECT BEARINGS AT VARIOUS STAGES OF WRP DEVELOPMENT AT CREARES FACILITY, AND PROVIDE A TECHNICAL INTERFACE FOR THE MOMA PROJECT AT THE BEARING VENDORS. THE EFFORT SHALL BE COORDINATED WITH THE MOMA INSTRUMENT.  THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, FABRICATION AND TESTING OF BEARINGS PROCURED BY CREARE AND USED IN THE WRP FOR MOMA. IN ADDITION, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM TESTING, EVALUATION AND INSPECTION ON THE BEARINGS USED IN THE VARIOUS TEST AND FLIGHT UNIT WRPS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE WRITTEN REPORTS ON THE OUTCOME OF ANY TESTS, EVALUATIONS, AND INSPECTIONS.   DELIVERABLES:  THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DELIVER MONTHLY PROGRESS AND FINANCIAL REPORTS.