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1. Reporters Invited to See Orion, Speak with NASA Managers at Navy Days-Los Angeles
2. NASA Awards Mission Operations Support Contract Extension

Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 10:27:29 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: Reporters Invited to See Orion, Speak with NASA Managers at Navy Days-Los Angeles

August 1, 2014

Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #J14-006

Reporters Invited to See Orion, Speak with NASA Managers at Navy Days-Los Angeles

A test version of NASA's new Orion spacecraft will be at the Port of Los Angeles on Wednesday, Aug 6, following testing with the U S Navy Media are invited from 6 to 9 a m PDT to see the craft and learn about NASA's deep space exploration plans, which include sending astronauts to an asteroid and Mars

At the U S Naval Base San Diego in California, the Orion boilerplate test vehicle and support hardware are loaded into the well deck of the USS Anchorage for Underway Recovery Test 2 on July 29, 2014 NASA, Lockheed Martin and the U S Navy will conduct tests in the Pacific Ocean to prepare for recovery of the Orion from a deep space mission This recovery test will allow the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes in open waters The first flight test in space for Orion is scheduled for December 2014 Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett A combined NASA and Navy team is practicing recovering Orion from the ocean, as they will do in December following the spacecraft's first trip to space during Exploration Flight Test-1 After traveling 3,600 miles above Earth -- farther than any spacecraft built for humans has been in more than 40 years -- Orion will return at speeds near 20,000 mph for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean where a Navy ship will pick it up and return it to shore Following the recovery tests, which take place Aug 1-4 off the coast of San Diego, the test version of Orion will be transported to Navy Days�Los Angeles Media will have the opportunity to view Orion, talk with NASA representatives, and tour the USS Anchorage Representatives available for interviews include: � NASA Orion Program Manager Mark Geyer � NASA Ground Systems Development and Operations Program Manager Mike Bolger � NASA Space Launch System Program Manager Todd May � Lockheed Martin Orion Deputy Program Manager Larry Price � NASA Astronaut Nicole Stott -more- -2- To attend this event and receive detailed directions, reporters must contact Brandi Dean at brandi k dean@nasa gov by 5 p m on Monday, Aug 4 To learn more about Orion and Exploration Flight Test-1, visit: http://www nasa gov/orion -end-

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Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 10:36:52 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA Awards Mission Operations Support Contract Extension

August 1, 2014

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

Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #J14-007

NASA Awards Mission Operations Support Contract Extension

NASA has awarded a contract extension to Lockheed Martin Corporation of Gaithersburg, Maryland, for the Facilities Development and Operations Contract (FDOC) at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston This $340 6 million three-year extension includes a two-year base period and a one-year option The extension base period runs from Oct 1 through Sept 30, 2016 If exercised, the additional one-year option carries the contract through Sept 30, 2017 If all options are exercised, the estimated total contract value will be $1 3 billion The cost-plus-award fee with baseline, level of effort, and indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract provides continued support development, operations, maintenance, and sustaining engineering to Johnson's Mission Operations Directorate This includes mission control, mission planning, reconfiguration, and training systems The work will take place at or near the Johnson Space Center FDOC supports all human spaceflight programs for NASA, including the International Space Station, Orion multi-purpose crew vehicle, and other programs that may be defined in the future For more information about NASA and its programs, visit: http://www nasa gov -end-

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