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Announcement for Partnership Proposals: Atmospheric Exploration Observatory

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

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Place of performance: Washington, DC

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Posted: Sep 3, 2026
Responses due: Dec 2, 2026 (in 31 days)

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At a glance

This is a government contract opportunity posted by NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION in the research and development in the physical category. Work is performed in Washington, DC.

Classification and identifiers

Industry (NAICS): Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171)
Product or service (PSC): Space R&D Services; Space Flight, Research and Supporting Activities; Applied Research (AR12)
Solicitation number: NNH26ZDA015L
Contracting office: NASA HEADQUARTERS

Who can apply

Work performed in Washington, DC

About this opportunity

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD), Earth Science Division (ESD), is inviting innovative partnership proposals for the Atmospheric Exploration Observatory to explore collaborative opportunities for hardware utilization. NASA is exploring partnerships with external organizations to enable more impactful exploitation of NASA resources and to advance the commercial remote sensing industry. This Announcement for Partnership Proposals (AFPP) invites proposals for innovative partnerships for atmospheric exploration. This AFPP envisions one or more partnerships to complete the former GeoCarb instrument, integrate the instrument with a spacecraft, launch, operate, and share its unique data with clear benefits to the selected partner(s). On or after the publication date of this SAM.gov specia...