Aug 31, 2010

Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100 michael curie@nasa gov

James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james a hartsfield@nasa gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-050

NASA EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH UNITED SPACE ALLIANCE

WASHINGTON -- NASA has extended the Space Program Operations Contract with United Space Alliance, LLC, of Houston to March 31, 2011 The $909,593,590 contract extension supports flight operations for the Space Shuttle and International Space Station programs The contract provides mission design and planning, astronaut and flight controller training, system integration, flight operations, vehicle processing, launch and recovery, vehicle sustaining engineering, and flight crew equipment processing This is a cost reimbursement contract with award and performance fees

Work will be performed at United Space Alliance facilities in Houston, Huntsville, Ala , and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as well as major subcontractor facilities in Huntington Beach, Calif , Houston, and Cape Canaveral, Fla Significant subcontractors include Barrios Technology, LTD of Houston, Bastion Technologies, Inc of Houston, Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems of Newtown, Pa , Pratt Whitney Rocketdyne of Canoga Park, Calif , and The Boeing Company of Houston

For more information about the space shuttle, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

For more information about the space station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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