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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration
aerospaceactive
ACTION DATE2026-03-30·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80MSFC21F0224_8000_80MSFC20D0004_8000
Award description

INTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND ACCELERATION PROBE (IMAP) PHASE CD

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In plain English

Funds Phase CD development of IMAP, a NASA mission to map interstellar space and study solar wind acceleration.

Sub-sectors
space-explorationscientific-instrumentationheliophysics
Why this matters

IMAP advances U.S. heliophysics capabilities and space science leadership through advanced particle detection and space environment mapping.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for specialized aerospace contractors, particle detectors, and space-qualified electronics from Johns Hopkins APL supply chain.

U.S.–China competition angle

Strengthens U.S. space science capabilities and demonstrates sustained investment in fundamental space exploration versus competing space programs.

Generated by award_classification v1.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-14. Cost: $0.001385.

Period of performance
Start
2021-07-21
End
2028-01-31
Status
activein 626 days
Sources
  • Award record ingested from usaspending. Source identifier CONT_AWD_80MSFC21F0224_8000_80MSFC20D0004_8000.

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