Date: February 27th 2007

Feb 27, 2007

John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602

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

CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-08

NASA COMPLETES CONTRACT AWARD FOR SPACE PROGRAM OPERATIONS

WASHINGTON - NASA has completed a modification to convert the letter contract with United Space Alliance (USA), LLC, of Houston, to a fully defined contract covering space shuttle and International Space Station program operations for a base period from Oct 1, 2006, through Sept 30, 2010 The contract is valued at $6 34 billion

The contract includes five, one-year options, thereafter totaling a potential period of performance of nine years to 2015

Efforts under the Space Program Operations Contract include work and support for mission design and planning; software development and integration; astronaut and flight controller training; system integration; flight operations; vehicle processing, launch and recovery; vehicle sustaining engineering; and flight crew equipment processing It is a cost reimbursement contract, with provisions for award and performance fees

Work in support of this contract is performed at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, Kennedy Space Center, Fla , Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala , and other subcontractor locations USA deems appropriate to complete the work

For more information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov

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