Community Announcement: Release Status of an Earth Venture Orbital Solicitation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
This notice is not accepting responses (deadline was Apr 22, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT).
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- Response deadline
- Apr 22, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- Posted
- Mar 23, 2026
- Solicitation
- NNH26ZDA005L
- Set-aside
- None listed
- Place of performance
- —
- Contracting office
- NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
- Source
- SAM.gov · updated May 9, 2026
Description
NASA is releasing a Community Announcement (CA) as an advanced notice of NASA�s intention to solicit Earth Venture (EV) investigations. This will be the first solicitation in the Earth Venture Orbital (EVO) series and will be soliciting innovative, Principal Investigator (PI)-led, cost-capped investigations for operations in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). On or after the publication date of this www.SAM.gov special notice, the full text for this CA will be available for download from the EVO-1 Acquisition Homepage listed under the links. The full text of the CA is also provided as the attached PDF file entitled �CA_EVO-1_FullText�. The attached PDF file entitled �1st_CA_Email_EVO� is a copy of the text of an email the NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System (NSPIRES) sent to Science Mission Directorate (SMD) List Serv subscribers. Please send any questions or comments with a subject line �EVO-1 CA� to the listed point(s) of contact.
What similar awards have paid
Real federal awards already on the books in a similar lane — so you can size the opportunity, not guess. This is public history, not a bid price, cost estimate, or prediction that you will win.
Typical award size
$818,266
Middle of the pack for similar past awards
Most similar awards fall between $273,237 and $2.45M
Who has won work like this
Public awardees in this lane — useful for competitor scan or teaming ideas, not a ranked list of “best” firms.
- 1THE BOEING COMPANY2 awards$12.39B
- 2NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION1 award$4.41B
- 3THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC25 awards$1.53B
- 4ADNET SYSTEMS INC1 award$208.14M
- 5THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA1 award$176.74M
- 6PERATON INC.1 award$137.36M
- 7ANALYTICAL MECHANICS ASSOCIATES, INC.5 awards$113.92M
- 8REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE1 award$109.69M
Recent examples
A few of the newest similar awards in our index.
- THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLCSep 30, 2025National Aeronautics and Space Administration$50,000Source
- THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLCSep 30, 2025National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1.63BSource
- CREARE LLCSep 30, 2025National Aeronautics and Space Administration$747,182Source
- BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC.Sep 30, 2025National Aeronautics and Space Administration$8.64MSource
- NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONSep 30, 2025National Aeronautics and Space Administration$4.47BSource
- THE BOEING COMPANYSep 30, 2025National Aeronautics and Space Administration$10.59BSource
Drawn from official USAspending contract records in our index. Always confirm requirements on the SAM.gov notice before you bid.
Intelligence only — not legal advice or a guarantee of award. Always verify requirements on the official SAM.gov notice. Past award amounts are public history, not a suggested bid or prediction. Notice ID db8968b03d504db0a071e75e791867c5.