$306,773,532

National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

ACTION DATE2026-03-25·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80NM0018F0607_8000_80NM0018D0004_8000

Award description

MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY 67-8636

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high

In plain English

Funds Mars Science Laboratory mission operations and research at Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Sub-sectors

space-explorationplanetary-sciencemars-missions

Why this matters

Sustains U.S. leadership in Mars exploration and planetary science capabilities critical to long-term space dominance.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for advanced instrumentation, robotics, telecommunications, and aerospace component suppliers supporting deep-space missions.

U.S.–China competition angle

Demonstrates U.S. commitment to Mars exploration as China accelerates its own lunar and Mars programs.

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Period of performance

Start

2018-10-01

End

2028-09-30

Status

activein 869 days

Sources

Award record ingested from usaspending. Source identifier CONT_AWD_80NM0018F0607_8000_80NM0018D0004_8000.

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