AND BLUE ORIGIN FLORIDA, LLC (BLUE ORIGIN OR PARTNER) UNDER SPACE ACT UMBRELLA AGREEMENTAnnex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • February 10th, 2020
This Annex shall be for the purpose of NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) providing Blue Origin with NASA Engineering Directorate (NE) engineering laboratory services to perform corrosion testing. This annex is for the period of performance to December 3, 2023.
AND ASTROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY, INC. UNDER SPACE ACT UMBRELLA AGREEMENTAnnex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • April 12th, 2022
This Annex (the “Annex” or “Annex No. 07”) shall be for the purpose of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ("NASA") Glenn Research Center ("GRC") providing test space and assistance to Astrobotic Technology, Inc. (“Partner” or “Astrobotic”) for the Astrobotic Griffin Model (the “Griffin Model”) deployment system for the Egress Test for the VIPER Engineering Model from NASA Ames Research Center (“ARC”). NASA GRC’s B50 manufacturing area will be used for test operations of the Griffin Model utilizing B50’s facility crane for critical lifts and the NASA GRC manufacturing staff for uncrating and placement of this test hardware. The NASA GRC manufacturing staff may also assist with test hardware issues. NASA and Partner may be individually referred to as a "Party" and collectively referred to as the "Parties."
SPACE ACT UMBRELLA AGREEMENT NO. SAA1-32707 BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTERAnnex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • December 6th, 2023
This Annex shall be for the purpose of providing resources to include instrumentation support, model mounting and 8-Foot High Temperature (8'HTT) calibration to demonstrate the technological innovations used as a means of cooling a leading edge of a hypersonic vehicle. 107 hours of 8-Foot High Temperature Tunnel (8'HTT) occupancy will be used to assess the durability of the test hardware, and NASA LaRC will return the tested hardware and data associated to Lockheed Martin Corporation.
THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION GEORGE C. MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER AND BLUE ORIGIN, LLC UNDER SPACE ACT UMBRELLA AGREEMENT NO. SAA- EA-20-29343, DATED 2/8/2020 (ANNEX NUMBER 13).Annex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • June 13th, 2022
This annex shall be for the purpose of NASA MSFC collaborating with Blue Origin in the areas of materials processing development, materials testing and analysis, and materials manufacturing implementation related to rocket engine and propulsion systems for commercial space transportation.
AND BLUE ORIGIN FLORIDA, LLC (BLUE ORIGIN OR PARTNER) UNDER SPACE ACT UMBRELLA AGREEMENTAnnex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • January 22nd, 2020
This Annex shall be for the purpose of NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) providing Blue Origin with NASA Engineering Directorate (NE) engineering laboratory services to perform vibration testing. This annex is for the period of performance to December 31, 2020.
THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AND ASTROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY, INC UNDER SPACE ACT UMBRELLA AGREEMENT NO. SAA8-1930516, DATED 1/27/2020 (ANNEX NUMBER 7).Annex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • December 5th, 2022
This Annex shall be for the purpose of providing NASA engineering technical analysis, planning, mission services and testing in support of the partner's private-sector lunar landing system and payload service, developed for the NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract.
UNDER SPACE ACT UMBRELLA AGREEMENT NO. 40538, DATED (ANNEX NUMBER 1).Annex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • August 23rd, 2024
This Annex shall be for the purpose of collaborating with Vast Space, LLC ("Vast") and providing operations and development consultation services related to Vast commercial space operations and development projects. Areas of consideration include, but are not limited to, Mission Operations and Integration, Ground Controller Training, Crew Training, and MCC Interfaces and Development.
THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION GEORGE C. MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER AND BLUE ORIGIN, LLC UNDER SPACE ACT UMBRELLA AGREEMENT NO. SAA- EA-20-29343, DATED 2/8/2020 (ANNEX NUMBER 37).Annex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • April 17th, 2023
The purpose of this annex is for NASA MSFC to provide technical expertise on hot hydrogen exposure of selected test materials, perform Compact Fuel Element Environmental Test (CFEET) testing on Blue Origin supplied test samples and perform pre- and post-test characterization of selected test samples.
SPACE ACT UMBRELLA AGREEMENT NO. SAA8-2033020, DATED 10/14/2020 (ANNEX NUMBER 3).Annex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • May 18th, 2023
This Annex shall be for the purpose of development, testing and collaboration of welding technologies critical to the Relativity rocket. NASA will support design and testing of components developed by Relativity Space for this effort.
ANNEX BETWEENAnnex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • July 24th, 2023
This annex shall be for the purpose of NASA providing information and experience in welding, analyzing weld data, weld fracture analysis, and pre weld fit up/weld tacking to the Blue Origin weld production team. This annex will allow NASA to maintain experience and skills related to production space flight hardware welding through the real world application of our processes and procedures on modern era rocket hardware.
UNDER SPACE ACT UMBRELLA AGREEMENT NO. 40244Annex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • March 12th, 2024
This Annex shall be for the purpose of providing NASA Space Communication and Navigation (SCaN) services to Blue Origin’s New Glenn Spacecraft for the EscaPADE mission.
UNDER SPACE ACT UMBRELLA AGREEMENTAnnex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • September 26th, 2022
This Annex shall be for the purpose of conducting and developing lunar regolith dust testing on a representative lunar rover drive motor / gear drive / wheel assembly in a representative lunar thermal-vacuum environment. The testing is intended to assess the durability and performance of the assembly in a lunar regolith environment. The targeted chamber temperature shall be 94° K to 280° K. Performance assessed shall include rolling resistance and seal contamination/wear. The wheel assembly is roughly 0.8 m in diameter.
UNDER SPACE ACT UMBRELLA AGREEMENT NO. SAA-EA-20-29343, DATED 2/8/2020Annex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • December 3rd, 2021
The purpose of this Annex is to advance the technology readiness of lunar lander system technologies in preparation for potential flight demonstration missions and Blue Origin's internal flight test campaign for optical navigation (OpNav) systems. The goal is to evolve OpNav technology for a variety of cislunar operations of interest to Blue Origin and further enhance mission design and guidance, navigation and control (GN&C) technologies that leverage NASA's unique capabilities and experience. In particular, the agreement will focus on the following technologies or capabilities:
THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION JOHN F. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AND BLUE ORIGIN FLORIDA, LLC (BLUE ORIGIN OR PARTNER) UNDER SPACE ACT UMBRELLA AGREEMENT NO. KCA-4555 (ANNEX NUMBER 18)Annex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • May 3rd, 2022
This Annex shall be for the purpose of NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) providing Blue Origin with support required to perform umbilical testing.
AND THE BOEING COMPANY (BOEING) UNDER SPACE ACT UMBRELLA AGREEMENT NO. KCA-4515, (ANNEX NUMBER 9)Annex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • October 19th, 2020
This Annex shall be for the purpose of NASA KSC to provide corrosion testing of provided samples over an extended period of exposure.
THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AND AXIOM SPACE, INC UNDER SPACE ACT UMBRELLA AGREEMENT NO. SAA-RA-22-36162, DATED (ANNEX NUMBER 1).Annex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • February 24th, 2022
This Annex shall be for the purpose of providing Axiom Space (Partner) training support as requested in the following areas: NASA/WSTF Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels (COPV) Damage Detection Course (DDC), Blast and Fragmentation (B&F) Course, NASA Safety Training Center Course 0055, "Hypergol Systems: Design, Build, Operation" and the training course entitled, "Fire Hazards in Oxygen Systems". The COPV DDC and B&F courses will advance Axiom's understanding of COPVs and Blast and Fragmentation analysis for future safety and mission assurance of their launch vehicle and support infrastructure.
THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION GEORGE C. MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER AND BLUE ORIGIN, LLC UNDER SPACE ACT UMBRELLA AGREEMENT NO. SAA8-1725986, DATED 8/30/2017 (ANNEX NUMBER 34).Annex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • November 30th, 2021
This Annex shall be for the purpose of providing Blue Origin access to NASA technical experts in fracture control and damage tolerance in order to aid the Blue Origin engine development effort. The work effort will consist of Blue Origin document reviews and remote meetings. No NASA facilities or equipment are required for this Annex beyond computer and telecommunication equipment.
THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION GEORGE C. MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER AND BLUE ORIGIN, LLC UNDER SPACE ACT UMBRELLA AGREEMENT NO. SAA- EA-20-29343, DATED 2/8/2020 SAA8.2238609.38.Annex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • October 30th, 2023
This Annex shall be for the purpose of integrating Special Test Equipment (STE) with the Blue Ring test article and performing a Structural Strength Qualification Test for the Blue Origin Blue Ring Vehicle.
THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AND WHA INTERNATIONAL, INC UNDER SPACE ACT UMBRELLA AGREEMENT NO. SAA-RA-22-36170, DATED (ANNEX NUMBER 1).Annex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • February 28th, 2022
This Annex shall be for the purpose of allowing partner to access NASA White Sands Test Facility's (WSTF) expertise and capabilities for materials, fluids and component testing, goods, services, and analysis in NASA-STD-2007-213740 Guide for Oxygen Compatibility Assessments on Oxygen Components and Systems / NASA-STD-6001 Flammability, Offgassing, and Compatibility Requirements and Test Procedures and related consensus methodology standard testing (such as NASA-STD-6016 or TP-WSTF- 629 Navy Submarine Atmosphere Material Control Protocol). WSTF's Oxygen and Standard Testing core capability has evaluated materials for spacecraft safety for more than 30 years maintaining vast hazard evaluation experience. NASA WSTF possesses unique testing facilities, unique custom analysis and interpretation capabilities, as well as unique NASA Materials and Processing (M&P) certification. WSTF is the only oxygen, propellant, and NASA-STD-6001 materials and component test facility within NASA and is not
ANNEX BETWEENAnnex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • June 28th, 2022
This Annex shall be for the purpose of providing Blue Origin access to NASA's process and product expertise related variable polarity plasma arc (VPPA) welding, friction stir welding (FSW), and non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques. Note: this is a continuation of SAA8-2032094.1 which was allowed to expire prior to completion of the effort.
THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION GEORGE C. MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER AND ROCKET LAB USA, INC. UNDER SPACE ACT UMBRELLA AGREEMENT NO. SAA8-2135703, DATED 3/16/2022 (ANNEX NUMBER 6).Annex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • July 22nd, 2024
This Annex shall be for the purpose of advancing Rocket Lab's solar array technologies. The testing to be conducted will demonstrate solar array performance in extreme thermal and electrical conditions. To create the extreme space environment conditions requires the use of highly specialized and unique facilities at the Marshall Space Flight Center.
THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AND INTUITIVE MACHINES, LLC UNDER SPACE ACT UMBRELLA AGREEMENT NO. SAA-RA-20-31187, DATED (ANNEX NUMBER 1).Annex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • November 19th, 2020
This Annex shall be for the purpose of performing standard testing and evaluations as required under NASA-STD-2007-213740 Guide for Oxygen Compatibility Assessments on Oxygen Components and Systems / NASA-STD-6001 Flammability, Offgassing, and Compatibility Requirements and Test Procedures and related consensus methodology standard testing (such as TP-WSTF-629 Navy Submarine Atmosphere Material Control Protocol). WSTF's Oxygen and Standard Testing core capability has evaluated materials for spacecraft safety for more than 30 years maintaining vast hazard evaluation experience. NASA WSTF possesses unique testing facilities, unique custom analysis and interpretation capabilities, as well as unique NASA M&P qualifications. WSTF is the only oxygen, propellant, and NASA-STD-6001 materials and component test facility within NASA and is not available in the commercial marketplace.
THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION GEORGE C. MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER AND BLUE ORIGIN, LLC UNDER SPACE ACT UMBRELLA AGREEMENT NO. SAA8-1725986, DATED 8/30/2017 (ANNEX NUMBER 27).Annex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • October 2nd, 2020
This Annex shall be for the purpose of evaluating the susceptibility for embrittlement of selected alloys exposed to varying gaseous hydrogen environments. This testing will be performed at Marshall Space Flight Center's Hydrogen Test Facility. Mechanical properties of the materials will be measured from specimens tested at temperatures ranging from room temperature up to 400 °F, and at pressures up to 5000 psi. This body of work will target 100 tension test specimens and 60 fracture toughness specimens. No more than 25% of the specimens in each category will be tested at elevated temperature.
THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION GEORGE C. MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER AND MAXAR SPACE LLC UNDER SPACE ACT UMBRELLA AGREEMENT NO. SAA8-2339656, DATED (ANNEX NUMBER 1).Annex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • September 28th, 2023
The purpose of the annex is to provide demand services for space environmental effects testing at MSFC. The partner is exploring new designs for spacecraft systems, with a emphasis on solar array power systems. The partner needs to verify the functionality of their spacecraft materials and systems using highly unique combined space environment effects facilities at MSFC. Work will include exploring effects of solar illumination combined with thermal extremes all in a charging (plasma) environment. The Space Environmental Effects Team's facilities at MSFC will be called upon to provide the required environments.
ANNEX BETWEENAnnex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • March 16th, 2021
This Annex shall be for the purpose of NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) providing Blue Origin with NASA Propellants and Life Support services to prepare the NASA GHe pipeline on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) for extension to Blue Origin operated facilities on CCSFS. This work includes but is not specifically limited to providing and installing the electronics and other associated hardware to control pressure, measure flow rate, and remotely monitor the system.
THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION GEORGE C. MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER AND SIERRA SPACE CORP. UNDER SPACE ACT UMBRELLA AGREEMENTAnnex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • January 31st, 2023
This Annex shall be for the purpose of providing unique NASA facility access and subject matter expertise to Sierra Space Corporation in the conduct of design, development, and testing of Habitat systems. This collaboration supports Sierra Space's efforts to design, develop, test, and certify habitats for Low Earth Orbit, Surface and Transit applications.
UNDER SPACE ACT UMBRELLA AGREEMENT NO. 36162, DATED 4/6/2022 (ANNEX NUMBER 9).Annex Under Space Act Umbrella Agreement • September 27th, 2023
This Annex will facilitate materials, fluids, and component testing and analysis, and sharing of technical expertise in the areas of engineering analysis and testing through the Energy Systems Test Area (ESTA) at NASA JSC. These tests will assist partner in validating and furthering designs of spaceflight and human habitation components.
