SPACEFACTORY INC — National Aeronautics and Space Administration STTR Phase II: PHASE II STTR - MATRI(X): MULTI-APPLICATION TECHNOLOGY FOR REGOLITH INFRASTRUCTURE
SPACEFACTORY INC — STTR Phase II award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Phase II STTR prototype / development signal
- Phase II is where National Aeronautics and Space Administration funds deeper R&D after feasibility. Incumbents with Phase II history are serious competitors on adjacent topics.
- Use this award as past-performance context and to map customer organizations for STRATFI/TACFI-style transition planning.
- Obligated amount $895,751 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Tagged technology areas: Space & Satellite, Materials & Manufacturing. Follow those hubs for open topics and peer winners in the same cluster.
Summary
SpaceFactory Inc won a NASA STTR Phase II award of about $896k to develop MATRI(X), a technology that uses local moon or Mars soil (regolith) to build infrastructure like habitats or roads. The project aims to create multi-purpose systems for future space construction without shipping materials from Earth.
- Amount
- $895,751
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Program / Phase
- STTR · Phase II
- NAICS
- 541715 · RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)
- Place of performance
- AL
- Period
- 2025-02-25 → 2027-02-24
Technology domains
Description
PHASE II STTR - MATRI(X): MULTI-APPLICATION TECHNOLOGY FOR REGOLITH INFRASTRUCTURE