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$67,019,166

National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK

aerospaceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2024 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2024-10-01·LATEST ACTION2026-05-05·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_80GSFC24M0006_080
Award description

THE GODDARD CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION IN SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (CRESSTII) WILL CARRY OUT OBSERVATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL RESEARCH IN SUPPORT OF NASA.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Funds observational, experimental, and theoretical research at the Goddard Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology.

Sub-sectors
nasa-researchspace-sciencecooperative-agreement
Why this matters

Supports NASA's core space-science mission through university partnership; ongoing since 2024 with latest obligation increment in May 2026.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. investment in space-science research infrastructure and talent development at major research university.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-04. Cost: $0.002834.

Period of performance
Start
2024-10-01
End
2027-03-31
Status
activein 274 days
Sources

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