TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A team of researchers from Oklahoma State University campuses in Tulsa and Stillwater have been awarded a $750,000 grant from NASA.
The grant announced by OSU on Thursday is for a project to develop a material that will protect astronauts from radiation during space missions.
The project is one of 15 selected for funding through the NASA Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.
Researchers are working to develop a material that will shield astronauts from ionizing radiation during missions to asteroids near Earth, the moon and Mars.