80MSFC21F0242↗

Name: 80MSFC21F0242: The Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon (Prism) Task Order Under Aerospace Research, Development and Engineering Support (Ardes) II 80Msfc20D0004.
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The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC received this contract from Nasa Marshall Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration: $19.13M obligated so far for space r&d services; space flight, research and supporting activities; basic research. It runs to 2027-06-30.

Key facts · data as of Oct 23, 2026

Recipient: The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Contracting office: Nasa Marshall Space Flight Center (80MSFC)
Obligated to date: $19.13M
Potential value: $37.77M
Ends: 2027-06-30

Source: USAspending.gov prime award records (obligations: money committed, not outlays), data as of Oct 23, 2026.

Cite this page: SpendQuery, Award 80MSFC21F0242, data as of Oct 23, 2026, https://spendquery.com/award?id=CONT_AWD_80MSFC21F0242_8000_80MSFC20D0004_8000

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THE PAYLOADS AND RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON (PRISM) TASK ORDER UNDER AEROSPACE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ARDES) II 80MSFC20D0004.

Delivery Order · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (UEI C1HBCJ9RMBV3) · data as of 2026-10-23

Obligated to date$19.13M17 actions

Current value$37.77Mwith options exercised

Period2021-06-25 → 2027-06-30current end date

Passed on$8.63Mto 9 subcontractors

Up for re-bid: ends 2027-06-30. Recompete brief → · NextSTEP-3 Appendix B: Moon Base Demonstrations ↗

What it is

Product or service: Space R&D Services; Space Flight, Research and Supporting Activities; Basic Research (PSC AR11)
Industry: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) (NAICS 541715)
Contracting office: Nasa Marshall Space Flight Center (80MSFC)
Competition: Not competed
Pricing: Cost plus fixed fee
How it was bought: Single-award IDIQ · under 80MSFC20D0004
Where the work is: Howard, MD · district MD-03

Obligations by fiscal year

FY2023$11.82M

FY2024$2.87M

FY2025$1.24M

FY2026$3.20M

SpendQuery holds FY2023 on; earlier years are on USAspending.gov.

Subcontractors: where the money went next

20 subawards totaling $8.63M (45.1% of what was obligated), as The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC reported them. Primes report subawards of $30,000 or more; smaller ones and unreported ones aren't here.

Subcontractor	Amount	Subawards	Where	First	Last
Southwest Research Institute	$3.39M	4	TX	2022-12-23	2024-10-23
Malin Space Science Systems, Inc	$2.82M	1	CA	2022-12-19	2022-12-19
Lunar Outpost Inc	$1.56M	6	CO	2023-01-26	2026-07-27
Arrow Electronics, Inc.	$499.6K	2	NY	2022-12-06	2022-12-20
Gse Software, Inc.	$143.2K	3	CA	2022-12-12	2022-12-12
Tti Inc.	$93.5K	1	TX	2022-12-09	2022-12-09
Radiation Test Solutions Inc	$81.7K	1	CO	2022-12-09	2022-12-09
Calramic Technologies LLC	$39.0K	1	NV	2022-12-20	2022-12-20
University of Arizona	$4.0K	1	AZ	2023-02-21	2023-02-21

The largest single subawards

Date	To	Amount	For
2022-12-19	Malin Space Science Systems, Inc	$2.82M	HARDWARE

Every action

17 actions since 2022-10-20. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.

Date	Modification	Kind	Amount	What the agency wrote
2026-08-31	P00019	Funding only	$1.80M	THE PAYLOADS AND RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON (PRISM) TASK ORDER UNDER AEROSPACE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ARDES) II 80MSFC20D0004.
2026-06-24	P00018	Administrative change	$0	THE PAYLOADS AND RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON (PRISM) TASK ORDER UNDER AEROSPACE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ARDES) II 80MSFC20D0004.
2026-06-15	P00017	Supplemental agreement (work within scope)	$1.41M	THE PAYLOADS AND RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON (PRISM) TASK ORDER UNDER AEROSPACE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ARDES) II 80MSFC20D0004.
2025-09-16	P00016	Funding only	$545.2K	THE PAYLOADS AND RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON (PRISM) TASK ORDER UNDER AEROSPACE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ARDES) II 80MSFC20D0004.
2025-04-09	P00015	Supplemental agreement (work within scope)	$242.1K	THE PAYLOADS AND RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON (PRISM) TASK ORDER UNDER AEROSPACE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ARDES) II 80MSFC20D0004.
2025-01-31	P00014	Supplemental agreement (work within scope)	$0	THE PAYLOADS AND RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON (PRISM) TASK ORDER UNDER AEROSPACE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ARDES) II 80MSFC20D0004.
2024-12-06	P00013	Supplemental agreement (work within scope)	$0	THE PAYLOADS AND RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON (PRISM) TASK ORDER UNDER AEROSPACE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT (ARDES) II 80MSFC20D0004.
2024-11-18	P00012	Supplemental agreement (work within scope)	$455.5K

Source: USAspending.gov prime award transactions and FSRS subaward reports, as loaded by SpendQuery (data as of 2026-10-23). Amounts are obligations (money committed), not outlays. The official record on USAspending.gov ↗

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