80MSFC26C0002↗

Name: 80MSFC26C0002: This Contract Is Awarded for the Artemis Infrared Reflectance and Emission Spectrometer (Aires) Payload, Supporting the Nasa Lunar Terrain Vehicle Instruments (Ltvi) Program.
Creator: SpendQuery
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

Arizona State University received this contract from Nasa Marshall Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration: $12.20M obligated so far for space r&d services; space flight, research and supporting activities; applied research. It runs to 2028-10-31.

Key facts · data as of Oct 21, 2026

Recipient: Arizona State University
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Contracting office: Nasa Marshall Space Flight Center (80MSFC)
Obligated to date: $12.20M
Potential value: $20.00M
Ends: 2028-10-31

Source: USAspending.gov prime award records (obligations: money committed, not outlays), data as of Oct 21, 2026.

Cite this page: SpendQuery, Award 80MSFC26C0002, data as of Oct 21, 2026, https://spendquery.com/award?id=CONT_AWD_80MSFC26C0002_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-

Arizona State University: all federal awards · National Aeronautics and Space Administration: spending · Nasa Marshall Space Flight Center: what it buys

THIS CONTRACT IS AWARDED FOR THE ARTEMIS INFRARED REFLECTANCE AND EMISSION SPECTROMETER (AIRES) PAYLOAD, SUPPORTING THE NASA LUNAR TERRAIN VEHICLE INSTRUMENTS (LTVI) PROGRAM.

Definitive Contract · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · to Arizona State University (UEI NTLHJXM55KZ6) · data as of 2026-10-21

Obligated to date$12.20M3 actions

Current value$20.00Mwith options exercised

Period2026-04-28 → 2028-10-31current end date

Passed on$1.02Mto 2 subcontractors

What it is

Product or service: Space R&D Services; Space Flight, Research and Supporting Activities; Applied Research (PSC AR12)
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: Full and open competition · 20 offers received
Pricing: Cost no fee
How it was bought: Standalone contract
Where the work is: Maricopa, AZ · district AZ-01

Obligations by fiscal year

FY2026$12.20M

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

Subcontractors: where the money went next

2 subawards totaling $1.02M (8.4% of what was obligated), as Arizona State University reported them. Primes report subawards of $30,000 or more; smaller ones and unreported ones aren't here.

Subcontractor	Amount	Subawards	Where	First	Last
Honeybee Robotics LLC	$800.0K	1	CO	2026-06-08	2026-06-08
Arizona Board of Regents	$219.5K	1	AZ	2026-06-16	2026-06-16

The largest single subawards

Date	To	Amount	For
2026-06-08	Honeybee Robotics LLC	$800.0K	ARTEMIS INFRARED REFLECTANCE AND EMISSION SPECTROMETER (AIRES)
2026-06-16	Northern Arizona University	$219.5K	ARTEMIS INFRARED REFLECTANCE AND EMISSION SPECTROMETER (AIRES)

Every action

3 actions since 2026-04-28. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.

Date	Modification	Kind	Amount	What the agency wrote
2026-09-03	P00002	Funding only	$9.00M	THIS CONTRACT IS AWARDED FOR THE ARTEMIS INFRARED REFLECTANCE AND EMISSION SPECTROMETER (AIRES) PAYLOAD, SUPPORTING THE NASA LUNAR TERRAIN VEHICLE INSTRUMENTS (LTVI) PROGRAM..
2026-06-22	P00001	Change order	$0	THIS CONTRACT IS AWARDED FOR THE ARTEMIS INFRARED REFLECTANCE AND EMISSION SPECTROMETER (AIRES) PAYLOAD, SUPPORTING THE NASA LUNAR TERRAIN VEHICLE INSTRUMENTS (LTVI) PROGRAM.
2026-04-28	0		$3.20M	THIS CONTRACT IS AWARDED FOR THE ARTEMIS INFRARED REFLECTANCE AND EMISSION SPECTROMETER (AIRES) PAYLOAD, SUPPORTING THE NASA LUNAR TERRAIN VEHICLE INSTRUMENTS (LTVI) PROGRAM.

Source: USAspending.gov prime award transactions and FSRS subaward reports, as loaded by SpendQuery (data as of 2026-10-21). Amounts are obligations (money committed), not outlays. The official record on USAspending.gov ↗

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