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1. NASA EXTENDS CONTRACT FOR MISSION, CREW OPERATIONS SUPPORT
2. NASA INVITES PUBLIC TO SEND HOLIDAY GREETINGS TO STATION AND WATCH MESSAGE FROM SPACE

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:15:49 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA EXTENDS CONTRACT FOR MISSION, CREW OPERATIONS SUPPORT

November 23, 2010

Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111

Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #C10-071

NASA EXTENDS CONTRACT FOR MISSION, CREW OPERATIONS SUPPORT

WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded a $165 million contract extension to United Space Alliance of Houston to provide mission and flight crew operations support for the International Space Station and human space exploration activities after the space shuttle is retired

The one-year extension exercises an option on the Integrated Mission Operations Contract, which covers ground-based human spaceflight operations capability development and execution

This includes support to mission planning and preparation, crew and flight controller training and real-time mission execution The initial period of the contract is from Nov 1, 2008, through Sept 30, 2011 The extension will be effective from Oct 1, 2011, through Sept 30, 2012

The cost-plus-award-fee contract's initial value was $207 million The extension will increase its total value to $373 million

For more information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov

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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:20:34 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA INVITES PUBLIC TO SEND HOLIDAY GREETINGS TO STATION AND WATCH MESSAGE FROM SPACE

November 23, 2010

James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #H10-309

NASA INVITES PUBLIC TO SEND HOLIDAY GREETINGS TO STATION AND WATCH MESSAGE FROM SPACE

HOUSTON -- For many Americans, the Thanksgiving holiday is about journeys that bring families and friends together This Thanksgiving, half of the International Space Station crew will return home to Earth The crew has recorded a holiday greeting that is airing on NASA Television and available on the NASA website

The public also is invited to send holiday greetings to the astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station via the NASA website To send a personalized message to the crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/externalflash/postcard

Expedition 25 Commander Doug Wheelock and Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Fyodor Yurchikhin are scheduled to leave the station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft Thursday, Nov 25, at about 8:22 p m EST and land in Kazakhstan at 11:46 p m Remaining aboard are Expedition 26 crew members Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineers Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka

For more information about the Expedition 25 and 26 mission and crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

For NASA TV streaming video, schedules and downlink information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

Wheelock and Kelly both post updates about their missions to their Twitter pages at:

http://www twitter com/Astro_Wheels http://www twitter com/StationCDRKelly

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End of HSFNEWS Digest - 19 Nov 2010 to 24 Nov 2010 (#2010-124)

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