NASA has selected 12 U.S. institutions to receive a total of $12 million for academic research and technology development supporting the agency’s priorities for exploring the Moon, Mars, and deep space.
The awards are part of M-STAR, the Space Technology Artemis Research initiative within NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project. Each institution will receive up to $1 million to strengthen its scientific and engineering capabilities, involve faculty and students in aerospace research, and compete for future federal and commercial research awards.
The selected projects include multi-robot collaboration in planetary environments, aerothermal simulation for Artemis, radiation detection instrumentation, and batteries and fuel cells for sustained operations on the Moon and Mars.
