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Astrobotic, a small business based in Pittsburgh, PA, received more than $80 million in contracts from NASA to support various aspects of the agency’s return to the Moon. The company’s compact lunar rover and precision lunar lander technology, which will deliver payloads to the lunar surface, were developed with funds from the NASA SBIR/STTR Program.
TRACLabs’ PRIDE software was the first collaborative and highly-customizable tool designed to allow astronauts to document and mark progress on procedures in real-time, display system data, and issue commands—all from a single application. The versatility of the software caught the eye of a major oil field service company, who bought licenses and support from TRACLabs for $3.3M
Parabilis Space Technologies developed a hybrid upper stage that combines the benefits of traditional liquid and solid propulsion systems while reducing risk and cost. Hybrid technology is safe, green, and cost-efficient, making it versatile, especially for CubeSat launches, and Parabilis’ ACE configuration makes the system more compact. Parabilis received additional funding from NASA and the U.S. Air Force to develop this technology beyond the Phase I and II STTR accomplishments
Research in Flight partnered with the NASA SBIR/STTR Program to enhance its FlightStream® software, which engineers use to calculate the aerodynamic performance and feasibility of aircraft concepts, particularly those with no historical performance data. The company has since gained industry recognition, with new customers and continued development with NASA.