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1. ASTRONAUT SPONSORS CONTEST FOR GREATER HOUSTON AREA STUDENTS
2. NASA AWARDS CONTRACT TO JACOBS TECHNOLOGY INC
3. NASA AWARDS CONTRACT TO ENTERPRISE ADVISORY SERVICES

Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 11:15:23 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: ASTRONAUT SPONSORS CONTEST FOR GREATER HOUSTON AREA STUDENTS

April 1, 2010

Jenna C Maddix Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Report #J10-008

ASTRONAUT SPONSORS CONTEST FOR GREATER HOUSTON AREA STUDENTS

HOUSTON � NASA astronaut Shannon Walker is hosting a video competition for students in the greater Houston area The competition will be featured on ReelNASA�s channel of YouTube and will begin Thursday, April 1, and continue through Friday, May 14, 2010

�I�m excited to offer this competition to students in Houston and the surrounding area,� said Walker �Houston is where I grew up and luckily I didn�t have to go far to pursue my dream of becoming an astronaut I wanted to share my passion and excitement of being an astronaut to the younger generation and find out why they think the United States should continue to explore space I�m anxious to see what video responses we receive from students in the next month and a half �

Students participating in this unique competition must answer Walker�s question, �Why should the United States explore space?� The answer must be recorded on video and posted to YouTube at the following link, www youtube com/reelnasa Walker is asking students to be as creative as possible when answering the question

Two winners will be selected One will be up to middle school age and the other from a local high school The winning selections will be announced the week of May 24, the last week of the school year

Winners will get to see Walker�s launch live from Johnson Space Center, get a behind-the-scenes tour and receive a flown patch after she returns from the International Space Station

Walker is assigned to Expedition 24/25 for a six-month stay aboard the space station She will launch to the station aboard a Russian Soyuz

A native of Houston, Walker graduated from Westbury Senior High She�s been employed at Johnson Space Center since 1987 She was selected as an astronaut in May 2004

NASA continues the agency�s investment in the nation�s education programs It supports the agency's major education goal of attracting and retaining students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines that are critical to future space exploration

For more information about NASA and its educational programs, visit:

www nasa gov

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Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 15:17:15 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA AWARDS CONTRACT TO JACOBS TECHNOLOGY INC

April 1, 2010

Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

David E Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730

Report #C10-020

NASA AWARDS CONTRACT TO JACOBS TECHNOLOGY INC

WASHINGTON -- NASA will exercise the second of two one-year options on a five-year contract to Jacobs Technology Inc , of Tullahoma, Tenn , for test and evaluation support at NASA's White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, N M NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston manages the facility

This option is worth $54 million and brings the total contract amount to date to $270 5 million The initial value of the contract was $162 5 million The hybrid, cost-plus award fee, and indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract began May 1, 2006 This action extends the contract through April 30, 2011

Jacobs will provide services for performance of White Sands' primary mission, which includes materials and component testing, propulsion testing and depot activities

For information about NASA's White Sands Test Facility, visit:

http://www nasa gov/centers/wstf/home

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Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 15:27:33 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA AWARDS CONTRACT TO ENTERPRISE ADVISORY SERVICES

April 1, 2010

Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

David E Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730

Report #C10-021

NASA AWARDS CONTRACT TO ENTERPRISE ADVISORY SERVICES

WASHINGTON -- NASA will exercise the second of two one-year options on a three-year, $182 6 million contract to Enterprise Advisory Services Inc , of Houston for facility operations and support at NASA's White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, N M NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston manages the facility

This option is worth $61 4 million and brings the total contract amount to date to $305 2 million The hybrid, cost-plus award fee, fixed-price, and indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract began May 1, 2006 This action will extend it through April 30, 2011

Enterprise Advisory Services will provide non-mission services, including facility construction, environmental services and operations of the White Sands Space Harbor The company also will support testing at White Sands to verify and improve spaceflight systems, capabilities and materials, and to ensure the safety of human spaceflight

For information about NASA's White Sands Test Facility, visit:

http://www nasa gov/centers/wstf/home

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