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NASA Award for Marginal Ice Zone Observations and Process Experiment (MIZOPEX)
News Article, February 24, 2015 • Research team members prepare the Sierra Unmanned Aerial System for flight from Oliktok Point, Alaska. (Photo by Mark Ivey) Sandians Mark Ivey and Darin Desilets were included in a NASA Group Achievement Award “for outstanding achievement in executing the MIZOPEX using multiple classes of unmanned aircraft [UASs].” The MIZOPEX campaign...

Powering the moon: Sandia researchers design microgrid for future lunar base
News Article, May 17, 2022 • Reliable, resilient microgrid to sustain astronauts, mining and fuel processing Sandia National Laboratories is well-known for designing reliable and resilient microgrids for military bases and vital city services. Now, Sandia researchers are working with NASA to design one for the moon. This is not the first time Sandia has partnered...
An artistic rendering of what a resilient microgrid for a lunar base camp might look like. Sandia National Laboratories engineers are working with NASA to design the system controller for the microgrid. (Illustration by Eric Lundin)

Record of Decision for Mars 2020 Mission
News Article, July 1, 2015 • Mars 2020 Rover instrument selection. NASA issued a record of decision (ROD) to use a nuclear battery (a multi-mission radioisotope thermo­electric generator) on the next rover to go to Mars, in 2020. Sandia performed the Nuclear Risk Assessment that was the keystone analysis in the Environmental Impact Statement leading up...