NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) selected 12 U.S. institutions to receive up to $1 million each to support scientific and engineering research capabilities. This MUREP Space Technology Artemis Research (M-STAR) initiative aims to foster a skilled workforce for lunar, Martian, and deep space missions.
The funded projects span topics such as multi-robot collaboration, aerothermal simulation, radiation instrumentation, deployable exploration technologies, and regolith characterization under cryogenic conditions. The initiative enhances faculty and student engagement to close technology gaps for long-duration space operations.
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NASA Awards Enable Research, Technology to Build Future Workforce ↗Source published 2026-10-15. This report was prepared with AI assistance from the linked primary-source material. Claims and limitations should be checked against the original announcement or research.