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1. NASA Cargo Launches to Space Station aboard Orbital Sciences Resupply Mission
2. NASA Awards Mission Operations Support Contract

Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 08:07:14 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA Cargo Launches to Space Station aboard Orbital Sciences Resupply Mission

July 13, 2014

Dan Huot Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Keith Koehler Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia 757-824-1579

Report #RELEASE 14-209

NASA Cargo Launches to Space Station aboard Orbital Sciences Resupply Mission

The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket launches from Pad-0A with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, Sunday, July 13, 2014, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia The Cygnus spacecraft is filled with over 3,000 pounds of supplies for the International Space Station, including science experiments, experiment hardware, spare parts, and crew provisions The Orbital-2 mission is Orbital Sciences' second contracted cargo delivery flight to the space station for NASA

Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

A multitude of NASA research investigations, crew provisions, hardware and science experiments from across the country is headed to the International Space Station aboard Orbital Sciences Corp 's Cygnus spacecraft The cargo craft launched aboard Orbital's Antares rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia at 12:52 p m EDT Sunday

The mission is the company's second cargo delivery flight to the station through a $1 9 billion NASA Commercial Resupply Services contract Orbital will fly at least eight cargo missions to the space station through 2016

The Orbital-2 mission is carrying almost 3,300 pounds of supplies to the station, which will expand the research capability of the Expedition 40 crew members Among the research investigations headed to the orbital laboratory are a flock of nanosatellites designed to take images of Earth, developed by Planet Labs of San Francisco; and a satellite-based investigation called TechEdSat-4 built by NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, which aims to develop technology that will eventually enable small samples to be returned to Earth from the space station

An experiment managed by Ames called Smart Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) features a sensor and multiple cameras to enable 3-D mapping and robotic navigation inside the space station In addition, a host of student experiments are on board as part of the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program, an initiative of the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education and NanoRacks

Expedition 40 Commander Steve Swanson of NASA, with help from Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, will use the station's robotic arm to take hold of Cygnus at 6:39 a m Wednesday, July 16 In August, the capsule, which will be filled with trash, will depart the station and burn up during reentry in Earth�s atmosphere

The International Space Station is a convergence of science, technology and human innovation that demonstrates new technologies and makes research breakthroughs not possible on Earth The space station has been continuously occupied since November 2000 In that time, it has been visited by more than 200 people and a variety of international and commercial spacecraft The space station remains the springboard to NASA's next great leap in exploration, including future missions to an asteroid and Mars

For more information about the Orbital-2 mission and the International Space Station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 15:02:47 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA Awards Mission Operations Support Contract

July 14, 2014

Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #CONTRACT RELEASE: C14-015

NASA Awards Mission Operations Support Contract

NASA has awarded a nine-year contract to Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies (SGT), Inc , Greenbelt, Maryland, to provide mission and flight crew operations support for the International Space Station and future human space exploration

The maximum value of this single award, cost-plus-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract is $1 3 billion The contract award begins Oct 1 There are two, two-year options that could extend the contract through Sept 30, 2023 This contract includes a firm-fixed price 61-day phase-in period beginning Aug 1

The Integrated Mission Operations Contract II (IMOC II) provides support and products for spaceflight operations capability development and execution for the Mission Operations Directorate, the International Space Station Program � including the Avionics and Software Office, and the Flight Crew Operations Directorate at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston

This includes support to mission preparation, crew, flight controller, instructor, and analyst training, as well as real-time mission execution activities related to exploration operations and space station operations

Operations capability development support is required as NASA defines requirements associated with the emerging options for the exploration initiatives and potential new programs, including � but not limited to � the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Program, the Space Launch Systems Program, the Lunar Precursor Robotics Program, the Human Research Program, the Exploration Technology Program, the Commercial Crew Program, commercial cargo, and advanced technology and research

Significant subcontractors to SGT, Inc , are Lockheed Martin Corporation�s LMSI Segment � Information Systems & Global Solutions, Gaithersburg, Maryland; GHG Corporation, Webster, Texas; GeoControl Systems, Inc , Houston; and Cimarron Software Services, Inc , Houston

For more information about NASA and its programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov

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