Project Sponsor : Supported by awards 80NSSC18K1301 and 80NSSC22K1409 (PI: Britney Schmidt). Start Date : 09/2018 Faculty Investigator : Prof. Britney Schmidt (Cornell); Prof. Christopher E. Carr (Co-I) Project Status : Active Collaborators: OAST has an extended multi-institute team. Oceans Across Space and Time (OAST) project is part of the Network for Life Detection (NfoLD), […]
Project Sponsor : Supported by H.H.M.I. awards to Szostak. Start Date : Mid 2018 Faculty Investigator : Prof. Jack Szostak/Dr. Daniel Duzdevich (U. Chicago); Christopher E. Carr (Georgia Tech, Collaborator) Project Status : Active Collaborators: This is a collaborative project led by the Szostak lab at University of Chicago All known life is related to […]
Project Sponsor : NASA Start Date : 08/01/2023 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Álvaro Romero-Calvo Project Status : Active Human space exploration is presented with multiple challenges, such as the near absence of buoyancy in orbit or the reliable, efficient, and sustainable operation of life support systems. The production and management of oxygen and hydrogen are […]
Project Sponsor : NASA Start Date : 08/01/2023 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Álvaro Romero-Calvo Project Status : Active Lunar dust poses a major operational hazard to human operations on the surface of the Moon, and to the support systems, equipment, and instrumentation needed to sustain long-term lunar missions. Natural dust lofting and anthropogenic activities can […]
Project Sponsor : ESA Start Date : 01/01/2023 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Álvaro Romero-Calvo Project Status : Active Photoelectrochemical devices integrate the processes of light absorption, charge separation, andcatalysis for chemical synthesis. The monolithic design and sustainable operation are interesting for space applications, where weight and volume constraints predominate. However, hindered gas bubble desorption in […]
Project Sponsor : Supported by NSF Collaborative award 2139293 to Chellman (DRI, lead institution) and Carr (Georgia Tech). Start Date : 03/2022 Faculty Investigator : Nathan J. Chellman (DRI, PI); Prof. Christopher E. Carr (Co-PI, Georgia Tech) Project Status : Planning for fieldwork Collaborators: Joe McConnell (DRI), Edward J. Brook (Oregon State), Rachel A. Moore […]
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 NASA Exobiology awards 80NSSC18K1088 and 80NSSC20K0849 (Pontefract). Start Date : 01/2021 Faculty Investigator : Alexandra Pontefract (Georgetown/APL); Prof. Christopher E. Carr (Co-I) Project Status : Awaiting transfer of award Team: Alexandra Pontefract (PI), Magdalena Osburn (Co-I), Chris Carr (Co-I), Mitchell Barklage (Collaborator), Jacob Buffo (Collaborator), Shuhei Ono (Collaborator), Virginia Walker […]
Project Sponsor : NASA Exobiology award # 80NSSC22K0974 to C.E.C. (PI) and R.A.M. (Science PI). Start Date : 07/2022 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Christopher E. Carr (PI), Dr. Rachel A. Moore (Science PI) Project Status : Active Collaborators: Douglas Bartlett (Co-I, UCSD), Miguel Desmarais (Graduate Student, UCSD), and Jeff Bowman (Collaborator, UCSD) Background: Subsurface environments […]
Project Sponsor : Supported by NASA Exobiology awards 80NSSC19K0469 (MIT) and 80NSSC22K0189 (Georgia Tech) to C.E.C. Start Date : 01/2022 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Christopher E. Carr Collaborators: Co-Is: Dr. Rachel A. Moore (Georgia Tech), Alexandra Pontefract (APL), Ralf Moeller (DLR), Jens Boy (Hannover University), Armando Azua-Bustos (Center of Astrobiology, CSIC). Collaborators: Diana Boy (Hannover […]