Dec 23, 2008

John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 john yembrick-1@nasa gov

Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh byerly@nasa gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-069

NASA AWARDS SPACE STATION COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY SERVICES CONTRACTS

WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded two contracts -- one to Orbital Sciences Corp of Dulles, Va , and one to Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif -- for commercial cargo resupply services to the International Space Station At the time of award, NASA has ordered eight flights valued at about $1 9 billion from Orbital and 12 flights valued at about $1 6 billion from SpaceX

These fixed-price indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts will begin Jan 1, 2009, and are effective through Dec 31, 2016 The contracts each call for the delivery of a minimum of 20 metric tons of upmass cargo to the space station The contracts also call for delivery of non-standard services in support of the cargo resupply, including analysis and special tasks as the government determines are necessary

NASA has set production milestones and reviews on the contracts to monitor progress toward providing services The maximum potential value of each contract is about $3 1 billion Based on known requirements, the value of both contracts combined is projected at $3 5 billion

These agreements will fulfill NASA's need to procure cargo delivery services to the space station using a U S commercial carrier after the retirement of the space shuttle

For more information about the space station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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