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Outward Technologies Awarded National Science Foundation Grant to Develop 3D Printer for the Moon
BROOMFIELD, COLORADO, September 11, 2020 - Outward Technologies has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for $950,618 to conduct research and development on a solar concentrator system for 3D printing parts on the Moon using lunar soil.
Outward Technologies Selected for NASA Award to Develop Reactor for Extracting Oxygen on the Moon
BROOMFIELD, COLORADO, September 1, 2020 - Blueshift, LLC d/b/a Outward Technologies has been selected for a NASA Phase I award in the amount of $124,907 for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) to develop its Solar Concentrator Oxygen Reactor with Continuous Heating and Extrusion of Regolith (SCORCHER) to extract oxygen from lunar soil in support of future missions to the Moon.
Outward Technologies Selected for NASA Award to Model Ice at Lunar Poles
BROOMFIELD, COLORADO, September 1, 2020 - Blueshift, LLC d/b/a Outward Technologies has been selected for a NASA Phase I award in the amount of $124,924 for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) to develop physics-based modeling software of exploration and sampling equipment interacting with icy soil on the Moon. The Phase I award enables the development of high-fidelity models to aid NASA and its partners in designing and testing hardware to be sent into craters at the lunar poles.
Outward Technologies Selected for NASA Award to Simulate Rovers at the Lunar Poles
BROOMFIELD, COLORADO, May 5, 2020 - Blueshift, LLC d/b/a Outward Technologies has been selected for negotiation of a NASA Phase II award in the amount of $749,941 for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) to develop physics-based modeling software of rover wheels interacting with lunar soil. The Phase II award follows a successful Phase I project showing feasibility of high-fidelity models of lunar soil conditions which may be found at the lunar poles.
Blueshift, LLC Awarded NASA Contract for Lunar Rover Studies
BROOMFIELD, COLORADO, June 18, 2019 - Blueshift, LLC has been selected for negotiation and award of a Phase I contract with the NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program for $124,893 to conduct software development related to soil-wheel interactions at the lunar poles. The Phase I project has a potential to lead to Phase II funding for continued development of these innovative modeling methods.
Blueshift, LLC Awarded National Science Foundation Grant to Develop Solar 3D Printer
BROOMFIELD, COLORADO, February 7, 2019 – Blueshift, LLC has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for $224,877 to conduct research and development (R&D) work on a solar concentrator for powering high-temperature processes such as welding, glass working, and 3D printing.