July 21, 2008

John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 John yembrick-1@nasa gov

RELEASE: 08-181

STATEMENT ON INACCURATE REPORTS ABOUT JAPANESE CARGO SERVICES

WASHINGTON -- Contrary to news reports, NASA has not officially or unofficially been discussing the purchase of H-II Transfer Vehicles (HTV) -- uninhabited resupply cargo ships for the space station -- from the Japanese Space Agency, or JAXA

NASA is committed to domestic commercial cargo resupply to the space station and does not plan to procure cargo delivery services from Japan As part of our original agreements as compensation for common system operating costs NASA has limited cargo capability on the Japanese and European cargo vehicles NASA has recently issued a request for proposal for the cargo needs of International Space Station beyond those supplied by our current international agreements NASA has chosen to depend on commercial resupply of cargo delivery to the station

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