May 8, 2013

Mike Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 michael curie@nasa gov

Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1101 rachel h kraft@nasa gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C13-023

NASA AWARDS CONTRACT TO MODIFY MOBILE LAUNCHER

WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded a contract to J P Donovan Construction Inc of Rockledge, Fla , to modify the mobile launcher that will enable the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket to send humans to an asteroid, Mars and other new destinations in the solar system

The work under this firm fixed-price $20 7 million contract will begin in June and be completed in 18 months

The mobile launcher is located at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida Kennedy is expanding its capabilities to support the SLS rocket and ground support infrastructure The modifications will enable the mobile launcher to meet vehicle processing deadlines and the launch manifest for SLS

SLS' first launch is scheduled for 2017 It will be a flight test to send an uncrewed Orion spacecraft into lunar orbit NASA's asteroid initiative, proposed in the agency's budget request for fiscal year 2014, would use SLS and Orion to send astronauts to study a small asteroid that will have been redirected robotically to a stable orbit near the moon

Midwest Steel Inc of Detroit will be a major subcontractor to J P Donovan Construction

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