SBIR/STTR Research Award
Single-Piece Leak Mitigating Water Loop Connector
Award amount
$124,928Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- MAINSTREAM ENGINEERING CORP
- Proposal award date
- 2020-08-11
- Contract end date
- 2021-03-01
- UEI
- YR8FJBGXWRR1
- Solicitation number
- SBIR_20_P1
- Topic code
- H4
Research abstract
NASA is currently seeking upgrades for the current extra-vehicular mobility unit (EMU). The water connector for the liquid cooling and ventilation garment (LCVG) has been shown to be a point of potential failures for the exploration space suit. Mainstream proposes to develop an upgraded water connector that eliminates leakage, performs over long-term cycling, and maintains strict water quality levels. In Phase I, Mainstream will design, prototype, and test an upgraded LCVG water connector, and will perform water contaminant studies. In Phase II, Mainstream will finalize the manufacturing technique and perform all reliability, life, and space-readiness tests.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Magnetic Bearings for Cryogenic Fluid Management
- Rapid ASCENT Propellant Loading Operations
- On-Demand Repair Part Manufacturing with MRAM
- Extremely Uniform, High Quality, and Isotopically Pure SiC Epiwafers for Quantum
- Compact, Deployable Water Purification System
Research funding history
518 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1987–2025). Reported award amounts total $184,860,329. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Transportation, Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Protection Agency