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Saptarshi<\/strong> Bandyopadhyay<\/strong>
Dimming the Sun (DimSun) Using Controllable Dust Cloud to Reduce Solar Insolation<\/a>
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA 91109-8001
2026 Phase I<\/p>\n

David Bugby<\/strong>
Combinatory Architecture offering Neomobility, on-Venus Adaptability, and Survivability (CANVAS)<\/a>
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA 91109-8001
2026 Phase I<\/p>\n

Anish<\/strong> Damodaran<\/strong>
PS21: Transforming Submillimeter Space Interferometry with Photonic Technologies<\/a>
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL \u00a032826-2933
2026 Phase I<\/p>\n

Artur<\/strong><\/strong> Davoyan<\/strong>
Coilable Stacked Solar Sails for Very High delta-V Missions<\/a>
University of California
Los Angeles, CA 90024-0001
2026 Phase I<\/p>\n

A.C. Charania<\/strong>
EARENDIL: Extended Astronaut Radioisotope-EVA in Nighttime and Deep-space Icy Landscapes<\/a>
Zeno Power Systems, Inc.
Washington, DC 20001-3701
2026 Phase I<\/p>\n

Daniel<\/strong> Drew<\/strong>
Solid-state Propulsion for Autonomous Reconnaissance of Karst (SPARK)<\/a>
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI 96822-2303
2026 Phase I<\/p>\n

Gilly Elor<\/strong>
Power-over-Fiber to Enable a Lunar Underground eXplorer (LUX)<\/a>
Stone Aerospace, Inc.
Del Valle, TX 78617-3017
2026 Phase I<\/p>\n

Zhaoyan<\/strong> Liu<\/strong>
Quantum Wind Lidar Applications for Planetary and Earth Science Missions<\/a>
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA 94034-0001
2026 Phase I<\/p>\n

Jeff<\/strong> Nosanov<\/strong>
OBLIVIAN: Observing Black hole LIght Via Intensity cOrrelatioN<\/a>
Orbital Velocity, LLC
Decatur, GA 30033-4151
2026 Phase I<\/p>\n

Keunhan<\/strong> Park<\/strong>
Plasmon-Enhanced Radioisotope Thermophotovoltaic (PRTPV) Power Generation for Interstellar Missions<\/a>
University of Utah
Salt Lake City 84112-1109
2026 Phase I<\/p>\n

Austin<\/strong> Phoenix<\/strong>
ECLIPSE \u2013 Efficient variable Conductivity Lunar Insulator for Passive Surveyor Environmental Control<\/a>
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State
University, Blacksburg, VA 24060-5605
2026 Phase I<\/p>\n

Marco<\/strong> Quadrelli<\/strong>
PRAXIS: Planetary Rings Autonomous EXploration with In-situ Sampling<\/a>
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA 91109-8001
2026 Phase I<\/p>\n

Michael<\/strong> Rubenstein<\/strong>
Actively Steerable Femtosat Constellations for In-situ Exploration of Saturn\u2019s Rings, Atmosphere, and Magnetosphere<\/a>
Northwestern University
Chicago Evanston, IL 60208-0001
2026 Phase I<\/p>\n

Benjamin<\/strong> Schafer<\/strong>
Photophoretic Tracers for Near-Space Remote Sensing at 30-100 km Altitudes<\/a>
University of California
Los Angeles, CA 90024-0001
2026 Phase I<\/p>\n

David<\/strong>\u00a0Smith<\/strong>
Robotically Assembled Electromagnetic Metamaterials for Long-Range Space Situational Awareness<\/a>
Duke University\u00a0
Durham, NC 27708-9976
2026 Phase I<\/p>\n

Pablo Sobron Sanchez<\/strong>
Interworld Slingshot Resource Surveys<\/a>
SETI Institute
Mountain View, CA 94043-5203
2026 Phase I<\/p>\n

Paul<\/strong> Stankus<\/strong>
Mapping Alien Continents: Achieving Optical VLBI for Exoplanet Imaging<\/a>
Brookhaven Science Associates
Upton NY 11973-0001
2026 Phase I<\/p>\n

Paul<\/strong> Stankus<\/strong>
Precision Astrometry Using Optically Independent Spacecraft for Gravitational Wave Detection<\/a>
Brookhaven Science Associates
Upton, NY 11973-0001
2026 Phase I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saptarshi BandyopadhyayDimming the Sun (DimSun) Using Controllable Dust Cloud to Reduce Solar InsolationNASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryPasadena, CA 91109-80012026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[270],"tags":[18,19,17,207491,252744,252328,133,451],"class_list":["post-597439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-eire","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-nasa-innovative-advanced-concepts-niac-program","tag-niac-studies","tag-research-and-technology-mission-directorate","tag-science","tag-space"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116960070543942269","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}