Sept 25, 2007

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine trinidad@nasa gov

Lynnette Madison Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 lynnette b madison@nasa gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-048

NASA EXTENDS SPACE STATION ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT

HOUSTON - NASA has awarded a contract modification to the European Space Agency's Space Technology Center for additional engineering services for the International Space Station Node 2 and 3 modules The modification is valued at $27 5 million

The contract modification extends the current contract to reflect adjustments made to the station's assembly manifest and to meet increased contract requirements through June 30, 2011 The two-year extension increases the value of the $22 million fixed price contract to $49 5 million

Node 2, also known as the Harmony module, is scheduled for delivery to the space station on the STS-120 mission, currently slated for Oct 23 Node 3 is still in development The modules are being built by Alcatel Alenia Space Italia in Torino, Italy, as part of an agreement between NASA and the European Space Agency

Node 2 is a utility hub and will serve as a passageway between three station science experiment facilities: the U S Destiny Laboratory, the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module and the European Columbus Laboratory

For more information about the space station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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