80NM0023F0035↗

Name: 80NM0023F0035: Cristal Project - Formulation Phase A/B (89-210198)
Creator: SpendQuery
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California Institute of Technology received this contract from Nasa Management Office -- JPL, National Aeronautics and Space Administration: $114.66M obligated so far for space r&d services; space flight, research and supporting activities; applied research. It runs to 2028-09-30.

Key facts · data as of Oct 25, 2026

Recipient: California Institute of Technology
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Contracting office: Nasa Management Office -- JPL (80NM00)
Obligated to date: $114.66M
Potential value: $118.43M
Ends: 2028-09-30

Source: USAspending.gov prime award records (obligations: money committed, not outlays), data as of Oct 25, 2026.

Cite this page: SpendQuery, Award 80NM0023F0035, data as of Oct 25, 2026, https://spendquery.com/award?id=CONT_AWD_80NM0023F0035_8000_80NM0018D0004_8000

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CRISTAL PROJECT - FORMULATION PHASE A/B (89-210198)

Delivery Order · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · to California Institute of Technology (UEI YC1YP79BFD19) · data as of 2026-10-25

Obligated to date$114.66M19 actions

Current value$118.43Mwith options exercised

Period2023-05-31 → 2028-09-30current end date

Up for re-bid: ends 2028-09-30. Recompete brief →

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 Management Office -- JPL (80NM00)
Competition: Not competed
Pricing: Cost plus fixed fee
How it was bought: Single-award IDIQ · under 80NM0018D0004
Where the work is: Los Angeles, CA · district CA-28

Obligations by fiscal year

FY2023$24.56M

FY2024$40.36M

FY2025$27.28M

FY2026$22.47M

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

Subcontractors: where the money went next

No subawards reported for this award. Primes report subawards of $30,000 or more; many awards have none.

Every action

19 actions since 2023-05-31. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.

Date	Modification	Kind	Amount	What the agency wrote
2026-09-17	P00018	Funding only	$3.92M	CRISTAL MISSION (89-210198) MICROWAVE RADIOMETER TO MEASURE SURFACE TYPE CLASSIFICATION AND SNOW LAYER PROPERTIES. THIS INSTRUMENT WORKS IN TANDEM WITH THE SATELLITE'S PRIMARY PAYLOAD THE INTERFEROMETRIC RADAR ALTIMETER FOR ICE AND SNOW
2026-09-07	P00017	Funding only	$9.38M	CRISTAL MISSION (89-210198) MICROWAVE RADIOMETER TO MEASURE SURFACE TYPE CLASSIFICATION AND SNOW LAYER PROPERTIES. THIS INSTRUMENT WORKS IN TANDEM WITH THE SATELLITE'S PRIMARY PAYLOAD THE INTERFEROMETRIC RADAR ALTIMETER FOR ICE AND SNOW
2026-07-11	P00016	Funding only	$5.65M	CRISTAL MISSION (89-210198) MICROWAVE RADIOMETER TO MEASURE SURFACE TYPE CLASSIFICATION AND SNOW LAYER PROPERTIES. THIS INSTRUMENT WORKS IN TANDEM WITH THE SATELLITE'S PRIMARY PAYLOAD THE INTERFEROMETRIC RADAR ALTIMETER FOR ICE AND SNOW
2026-02-13	P00015	Funding only	$3.52M	CRISTAL MISSION (89-210198)
2025-09-27	P00014	Funding only	$2.24M	CRISTAL MISSION (89-210198)
2025-09-03	P00013	Funding only	$2.50M	CRISTAL PROJECT - FORMULATION PHASE A/B (89-210198)
2025-08-14	P00012	Funding only	$401.0K	CRISTAL PROJECT - FORMULATION PHASE A/B (89-210198)
2025-06-17	P00011	Funding only	$2.56M	CRISTAL PROJECT - FORMULATION PHASE A/B (89-210198)
2025-05-23	P00010	Supplemental agreement (work within scope)	$2.25M	CRISTAL PROJECT - FORMULATION PHASE A/B (89-210198)
2025-01-15	P00009	Funding only	$6.12M	CRISTAL PROJECT - FORMULATION PHASE A/B (89-210198)
2024-10-09	P00008	Funding only	$11.21M	CRISTAL PROJECT - FORMULATION PHASE A/B (89-210198)
2024-06-12	P00007	Funding only	$4.03M	CRISTAL PROJECT - FORMULATION PHASE A/B (89-210198)
2024-04-17	P00006	Funding only	$15.99M	CRISTAL PROJECT - FORMULATION PHASE A/B (89-210198)
2024-02-22	P00005	Supplemental agreement (work within scope)	$15.00M	CRISTAL PROJECT - FORMULATION PHASE A/B (89-210198)
2023-12-11	P00004	Funding only	$5.33M	CRISTAL PROJECT - FORMULATION PHASE A/B (89-210198)
2023-11-07	P00003	Supplemental agreement (work within scope)	$0	CRISTAL PROJECT - FORMULATION PHASE A/B (89-210198)
2023-08-09	P00002	Funding only	$4.93M	CRISTAL PROJECT - FORMULATION PHASE A/B (89-210198)
2023-07-19	P00001	Administrative change	$0	CRISTAL PROJECT - FORMULATION PHASE A/B (89-210198)
2023-05-31	0		$19.63M	CRISTAL PROJECT - FORMULATION PHASE A/B (89-210198)

Source: USAspending.gov prime award transactions and FSRS subaward reports, as loaded by SpendQuery (data as of 2026-10-25). Amounts are obligations (money committed), not outlays. The official record on USAspending.gov ↗