Project Sponsor : DARPA Start Date : 07/23/2019 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Koki Ho Project Status : Research Ongoing Develop a set of time-expanded network methods and algorithms to model and optimize the on-orbit servicing, assembly, and manufacturing mission sequences, enabling efficient space traffic management.
Project Sponsor : NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Start Date : 08/01/2023 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Glenn Lightsey Project Status : Design phase Green Propellant Dual Mode (GPDM) is an upcoming technology demonstration mission led by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center which aims to fly for the first time a satellite using a single liquid […]
Project Sponsor : Supported by MIT Space Exploration Initiative via NASA Award 80NSSC21M0012 to Maria T. Zuber and faculty startup funds from the Georgia Institute of Technology to C.E.C. Start Date : 01/01/2021 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Christopher E. Carr Project Status : Functional and EMI testing, science validation testing & pre-launch preparations. BioX2 (Biological […]
Project Sponsor : NASA PICASSO program and MIT Space Exploration Initiative Start Date : 01/01/2022 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Christopher E. Carr Project Status : Low-technology readiness instrument under development We are working to develop the ELIE instrument, capable of detecting prebiotic, ancient, or extant life, and distinguishing forward contamination, through detection of two universal […]
Project Sponsor : Supported by NASA PICASSO award 80NSSC20K1092 to L.B. Start Date : 01/01/2021 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Christopher E. Carr Project Status : Early stage instrument development Background: Estimated energetic limits for life in Ocean Worlds such as Enceladus and Europa suggest that many current life detection technologies will require pre-concentration of ice […]
Project Sponsor : Breakthrough Initiatives (P.I. Sara Seager), NASA NIAC Phase I award 80NSSC22K0759 (P.I. Sara Seager) and faculty startup funds (C.E.C.) Start Date : 01/01/2021 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Christopher E. Carr Project Status : Instrument in validation; Venus Photon under development. The discovery of organic chemistry or life in the clouds of Venus, […]
Project Sponsor : NASA Space Biology Award # 80NSSC21K0234 to C.E.C Start Date : 11/01/2020 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Christopher E. Carr Project Status : Preparing for flight readiness review(s) Enterococci are gram-positive bacteria that originated when our ancient animal ancestors emerged from the oceans to live on land, and brought their gut flora with […]