June 12, 2008

Grey Hautaluoma/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/0668 grey hautaluoma-1@nasa gov, stephanie schierholz@nasa gov

Lynnette Madison/Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 lynnette b madison@nasa gov, bill j byerly@nasa gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-037

NASA AWARDS CONSTELLATION PROGRAM TECHNICAL SUPPORT CONTRACT

WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded Booz Allen Hamilton Inc in Houston a contract for technical support services for the Constellation Program, which is developing new spacecraft to travel beyond low Earth orbit The Constellation fleet includes the Orion crew vehicle, the Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles, and the Altair human lunar lander The five-year contract has a base two-year value of $17 6 million, with a total potential value of $49 5 million if three one-year extension options are exercised

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc will provide the resources to conduct tasks in support of the Constellation Program systems engineering and integration, and test and evaluation Tasks include the definition, analysis, assessment, engineering study and documentation of operations concepts, technical and programmatic requirements and processes, and system implementations in support of NASA-led activities

The two-year base period of the indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract and firm-fixed price contract begins Aug 1 Phase-in of the contract begins July 1

Work for the contract will be performed at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston Subcontractors include Orbital Sciences Corp in Greenbelt, Md , and ARES Corporation in Houston

For more information about the contract, visit:

http://procurement jsc nasa gov/CTSC

For information about NASA's Constellation program, visit:

http://www nasa gov/constellation

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