Dec 15, 2009

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100 katherine trinidad@nasa gov

Steve Roy Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala 256-544-0034 steven e roy@nasa gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-057

NASA BUYS ADDITIONAL SPACE SHUTTLE REUSABLE SOLID ROCKET MOTORS

WASHINGTON -- NASA has purchased two reusable solid rocket motors from ATK Launch Systems Inc of Brigham City, Utah, to provide a "launch on need" rescue capability for the final planned space shuttle mission, targeted for September 2010

The reusable solid rocket motors are the propellant-loaded sections of the solid rocket boosters that provide thrust for the first two minutes of a shuttle flight The $64 6 million modification brings the total value of the contract, which was awarded in October 1998, to $4 1 billion and covers work started in February to produce and transport the two motors

Work will be performed at the contractor's plants in Brigham City and Clearfield, Utah, and facilities at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala , and Kennedy Space Center in Florida

For more information about the Space Shuttle Program, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

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