PSC code
SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; APPLIED RESEARCH
- PSC code
- AR12
- Latest action
- Aug 7, 2026
Fewer than the minimum comparable awards under this PSC code.
Largest awards under this code
| Award | Contractor | Agency | Place | First action | Current value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80MSFC23CA014 RAPID DDT&E AND DEMONSTRATION OF S SUSTAINABLE HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM INTEGRATED LANDER. | BLUE ORIGIN MANUFACTURING, LLC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | AL | May 18, 2023 | $3,266,761,506 |
| 80NM0021F0008 MARS SAMPLE RETURN (MSR) PROGRAM PHASES A THROUGH D (10-108270) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | CA | Apr 8, 2026 | $2,411,175,864 |
| 80NM0021F0037 MASS CHANGE (MC) PRE-PHASE A AND PHASE A PLAN (89-109861) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | CA | Jun 16, 2021 | $507,071,460 |
| 80NM0021F0036 SURFACE BIOLOGY & GEOLOGY (SBG): PRE-PHASE A AND PHASE A PLAN (89-109170) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | CA | Apr 15, 2026 | $261,226,615 |
| 80NM0022F0041 INCUS (INVESTIGATION OF CONVECTIVE UPDRAFTS) (89-111155) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | CA | May 4, 2022 | $165,679,379 |
| 80NM0024F0002 NASA ROSALIND FRANKLIN MISSION PROJECT (40-712104) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | CA | Mar 25, 2026 | $130,856,531 |
| 80NM0023F0035 CRISTAL MISSION (89-210198) MICROWAVE RADIOMETER TO MEASURE SURFACE TYPE CLASSIFICATION AND SNOW LAYER PROPERTIES. THIS INSTRUMENT WORKS IN TANDEM WITH THE SATELLITE'S PRIMARY PAYLOAD THE INTERFEROMETRIC RADAR ALTIMETER FOR ICE AND SNOW | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | CA | Jul 11, 2026 | $118,430,579 |
| NNM15AA18C IMAGING X-RAY POLARIMETRY EXPLORER (IXPE) PHASE A | BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | CO | Apr 27, 2026 | $118,319,721 |
| FA880622F0008 SDS ROCKNET | THE BOEING COMPANY | Department of Defense | CA | Apr 14, 2026 | $104,224,321 |
| 80GSFC19C0027 INTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) IS A WATERSHED MISSION THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY INVESTIGATES THE ACCELERATION OF ENERGETIC PARTICLES AND INTERACTION OF THE SOLAR WIND WITH THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM. IMAP WILL 1) ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL EVOLUTION OF THE BOUNDARY REGION IN WHICH THE SOLAR WIND AND INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM INTERACT, 2) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PROCESSES RELATED TO THE INTERACTIONS OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE SUN AND THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, 3) IMPROVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, AND 4) IDENTIFY AND ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF PARTICLE INJECTION AND ACCELERATION PROCESSES NEAR THE SUN, IN THE HELIOSPHERE AND HELIOSHEATH. IMAP IS BASED ON A COMPLETE AND SYNERGISTIC SET OF OBSERVATIONS. IN SITU AT 1AU, THIS REQUIRES DETAILED OBSERVATIONS OF THE SOLAR WIND ELECTRONS AND IONS SUPRATHERMAL, PICKUP, AND ENERGETIC ION POPULATIONS AND MAGNETIC FIELD. FOR THE OUTER HELIOSPHERE INTERACTION, IT REQUIRES ADVANCED GLOBAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE REMOTE PLASMA AND ENERGETIC IONS OVER A BROAD ENERGY RANGE VIA ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOM (ENA) IMAGING, AS WELL AS PRECISE OBSERVATION OF THE NEUTRAL INTERSTELLAR ATOMS PENETRATING THE HELIOSPHERE. COMPLEMENTARY OBSERVATIONS OF INTERSTELLAR DUST AND THE UV GLOW OF INTERSTELLAR NEUTRALS, WHILE NOT REQUIRED FOR THE THRESHOLD MISSION, ADD IMPORTANT CONTEXT AND INSIGHTS TO DEEPEN PHYSICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASELINE MISSION. THESE OBSERVATIONAL NEEDS WILL REQUIRE AN INTEGRATED AND COORDINATED SUITE OF 10 INSTRUMENTS THAT SPAN BOTH THE IN SITU AND REMOTE IMAGING ASPECTS OF THE INVESTIGATION. AS THE PI INSTITUTION PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OVERSEES THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMAP TO ENSURE COST, RISK, AND SCIENCE OBJECTIVES ARE MET IN THE CONTEXT OF AN OVERALL PLAN TO DEVELOP, INTEGRATE, TEST, LAUNCH, COMMISSION, AND OPERATE THE IMAP MISSION. PRINCETON WILL DEVELOP THE SOLAR WIND AND PICKUP ION (SWAPI) INSTRUMENT, MANAGE THE MISSION SCIENCE TEAM, DEVELOP THE INTERSTELLAR DUST EXPERIMENT (IDEX) INSTRUMENT DATA PIPELINE, INITIATE THE FUTURE LEADERS PROGRAM, AND OVERSEE THE MISSION STUDENT COLLABORATION. | THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NJ | Apr 21, 2026 | $90,273,208 |
| 80GSFC24F0033 NASA-WIDE SPECIALIZED ENGINEERING, EVALUATION AND TEST SERVICES (NSEETS). | THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | CA | Mar 18, 2026 | $72,000,000 |
| 80NM0021F0057 JPL PLANETARY DATA SYSTEMS (PDS) NODES AND SUB-NODES (93-109847) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | CA | Apr 17, 2026 | $71,602,025 |
| 80NM0025F7004 SURFACE BIOLOGY & GEOLOGY (SBG) - THERMAL INFRARED (TIR) - PHASE B (89-224991) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | CA | Oct 30, 2024 | $66,676,945 |
| 80NM0026F7025 JPL LUNAR DRONES (54-232663) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | CA | Apr 27, 2026 | $64,356,635 |
| 80MSFC20C0043 THE GOAL OF THE NEAR-EARTH OBJECT SURVEILLANCE MISSION (NEOSM) IS TO FIND, TRACK, AND CHARACTERIZE THE ASTEROIDS AND COMETS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY THREATEN THE EARTH. | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | CA | Mar 17, 2026 | $54,982,511 |
| 80NM0026F7029 SKYFALL (54-233220)THIS TASK PLAN DOCUMENTS AT HIGH-LEVEL THE EFFORT TO DEVELOP SKYFALL, A LOW-COST MARS TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION MISSION THAT WILL DELIVER THREE (3) HELICOPTERS TO THE ARCADIA PLANITIA REGION OF MARS. | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | CA | May 14, 2026 | $46,000,000 |
| 80NM0026F7037 TASK PLAN TO DEVELOP THE FLEET FOR THE ATMOSPHERE LINKING COMMERCIAL OBSERVATIONS WITH NASA (FALCON)-RADAR A CLOUD-MONITORING RADAR MISSION AND CONSTELLATION DESIGNED TO STUDY ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES, CLOUDS, AND PRECIPITATION. | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | CA | Jun 2, 2026 | $40,000,000 |
| 80NM0024F0010 THE HABITABLE WORLDS OBSERVATORY (HWO) (71-215312) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | CA | Mar 15, 2026 | $36,635,717 |
| FA945324CX006 SPACE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED RESEARCH - FAST-TRACKING INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE (STAR-FISH), ANNOUNCEMENT, PROCUREMENT FOR EXPERIMENTATION OF SPACE-FLIGHT AND SPACE-RELATED SIGNAL, ENERGY, AND TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES (ANGSTRM) CALL 005. | WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | Department of Defense | CA | Mar 26, 2026 | $35,041,091 |
| 80NM0024F0013 IND OMNIBUS SUPPORT AGREEMENT FOR NASA DIRECTED MISSIONS (91-210214) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | CA | Mar 4, 2026 | $32,403,850 |
| 80NM0026F7010 FY2026 - 1ST QUARTER FIXED FEE: THE FIXED FEE IS FOR THE CONTRACT/SPONSORING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE NASA AND THE CALTECH OPERATION OF THE FFRDC KNOWN AS THE JPL. | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | CA | May 20, 2026 | $31,000,000 |
| 80NM0025F7045 RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPACE AND EARTH SCIENCES (ROSES) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | CA | May 13, 2025 | $29,047,516 |
| 80NM0023F0003 AIRBORNE VISIBLE/INFRARED IMAGING SPECTROMETER (AVIRIS) FOR NASA SCIENCE RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS RESEARCH | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | CA | Apr 2, 2026 | $27,220,984 |
| 80NM0023F0045 JPL MULTIRESOLUTION GREENHOUSE GAS SYSTEM WITH EMIT GREENHOUSE GAS CONTRIBUTION TO THE GHG CENTER | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | CA | Jun 9, 2026 | $26,052,485 |
| 80NM0025F7053 INSTRUMENT INCUBATOR PROGRAM (IIP) 2023 AWARDED TASKS (87-228162) | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | CA | May 21, 2026 | $25,731,241 |
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Totals cover awards where the government recorded this PSC code. Codes are taken as reported; awards are never reclassified into a different code.
- 1Awards are grouped by the PSC code the government recorded on the award, taken from USAspending.gov and last refreshed Aug 10, 2026. Miscoded awards stay miscoded here; we do not reassign codes.