Sep 14, 2010

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

Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly o humphries@nasa gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-051

NASA EXTENDS INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CONTRACT

WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded a five-year, $1 24 billion contract extension to The Boeing Co to continue engineering support of the International Space Station through Sept 30, 2015

Work under the contract extension is intended to maintain the station at peak performance levels so the full value of the unique research laboratory is available to NASA, its international partners, other U S government agencies and private companies NASA officially accepted the space station from Boeing at the conclusion of a March 2010 Acceptance Review Board that verified the delivery, assembly, integration and activation of all hardware and software required by the contract The acceptance signified the transition from assembly of the station to utilization

This action extends the space station's Vehicle Sustaining Engineering Contract, which was originally awarded in January 1995 and most recently extended in 2008 The extension brings the total contract value through the end of fiscal year 2015 to $16 2 billion

Work under the contract extension will include sustaining engineering of station hardware and software, and support of U S hardware and software provided to international partners and participants in the station program The extension also includes end-to-end subsystem management for the majority of station systems, including materials and processes, electrical, electronic, and electromechanical parts, environments and electromagnetic effects

NASA and its international partner agencies are in the final stages of analyzing the ability to sustain station operations through 2020 and awaiting formal confirmation of this goal by the governments of participating countries This contract extension also includes assessment of the feasibility of extending the life of the primary structural hardware that was installed in orbit through the end of 2028

The work will be performed at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala , and at other domestic and international locations

For more information about the space station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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