by Douglas Messier
Managing Editor

NASA has selected three research and development projects focused on developing on-orbit servicing, assembly and manufacturing technologies for continued funding under the space agency’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.

NASA selected Motiv Space Systems of Pasadena, Calif., for two Phase II awards, and TRACLabs of San Antonio, Texas for one award. The awards are worth up to $750,000 apiece for projects lasting for 24 months. Both companies received smaller SBIR Phase I awards.

WASHINGTON (NASA PR) — NASA’s Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program has awarded $15 million to U.S. small businesses and research institutions to continue developing technologies in areas ranging from aeronautics to science and space exploration.

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly performing checkouts for NASA’s Project Sidekick, which makes use of Microsoft’s HoloLens device. (Credit: NASA)

NASA has selected three augmented reality projects for funding its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program. The projects include:

• The Station Manipulator Arm Augmented Reality Trainer — Systems Technology, Inc.
• Context-Sensitive Augmented Reality for Mission Operations — TRACLabs, Inc.
• MonitAR — Adventium Enterprises, LLC
  

Descriptions of the three selected projects follow.

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