Huge news for Alabama’s space scene—NASA has tapped UAB for a $37 million engineering contract to create an advanced Lunar Freeze System, a key piece of hardware that will support future missions to the moon.

Read on for everything we know.

Creating a cutting-edge freezer system

The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s School of Engineering has been awarded a multimillion-dollar NASA contract to build a cutting-edge freezer system, according to a recent report by the BBJ.

The Lunar Freezer System will help bring temperature-sensitive samples back to Earth from the moon and the Gateway Space Station.

Valued at $37 million, the project taps UAB’s Engineering and Innovative Technology Development (EITD) team to design, manufacture, assemble and test the new Lunar Freeze System, with con

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