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1. NASA ASTRONAUT TO ATTEND SUMMER SKIES AT MACOMB
2. NASA AWARDS JOHNSON SAFETY AND MISSION ASSURANCE CONTRACT

Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:36:35 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA ASTRONAUT TO ATTEND SUMMER SKIES AT MACOMB

June 10, 2013

Dana Davis Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-244-0933

Report #JA13-003

NASA ASTRONAUT TO ATTEND SUMMER SKIES AT MACOMB

HOUSTON � NASA astronaut and Michigan native Andrew �Drew� Feustel will attend the Summer Skies at Macomb star party at 7:30 p m EDT Friday, June 14, at Macomb Community College�s South Campus in Warren, Mich

Feustel�s keynote presentation will be from 8:30 to 9:15 p m at 14500 East Twelve Mile Road, in the John Lewis Student and Community Center (K Building) on Hayes Road between Twelve Mile and Martin Roads in Warren While the presentation is free, registration is required for attendance and may be made by calling 586-455-7204 or emailing communityrelations@macomb edu

Raised in Lake Orion, Michigan, Feustel graduated from Lake Orion High School He went on to earn his associate�s degree at Oakland Community College, Mich , and his bachelor�s and master�s degrees at Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind He also holds a doctorate in geological sciences from Queen�s University, Ontario, Canada

Feustel was selected by NASA in July 2000 In 2009, he served on the crew of STS-125, the final servicing mission for the Hubble Space Telescope In 2011, he launched aboard space shuttle Endeavour�s final mission, STS-134, to the International Space Station He has logged more than 28 days in space including 42 hours and 18 minutes during six spacewalks

Stargazing, comet making crafts and a planetarium show are among the other family friendly activities planned for Summer Skies at Macomb The activities are free and open to the public

For information about this appearance, contact Dana Davis, publicist, Astronaut Appearances Office, 281-244-0933, or Tish Wirth, public relations coordinator, Macomb Community College, 586-445-7560

For more information about Feustel, visit:

http://www jsc nasa gov/Bios/htmlbios/feustel-aj html

For more about Summer Skies at Macomb, visit:

http://www macomb edu/Calendar/2013-06-14-Summer+Skies+at+Macomb htm

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Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:10:48 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA AWARDS JOHNSON SAFETY AND MISSION ASSURANCE CONTRACT

June 10, 2013

Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087

Report #C13-028

NASA AWARDS JOHNSON SAFETY AND MISSION ASSURANCE CONTRACT

WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected Science Applications International Corp (SAIC) of McLean, Va , to provide safety and mission assurance engineering support services for the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston

The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract has a three-year base period beginning Oct 1, and a pair of one-year options that would extend the contract through September 2018 Cost-plus-award fee and firm-fixed-price task orders could bring the total contract value to $202 5 million

SAIC will support the Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate in providing programmatic support to the International Space Station, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Extravehicular Activity Office, Advanced Exploration Systems Office, and any future programs and projects performed by Johnson

Support under the contract requires skills associated with safety, reliability, maintainability, quality and risk management at Johnson and the White Sands Test Facility near Las Cruces, N M

Additionally, work will be performed at vendor manufacturing and engineering facilities, including ARES Corp in Burlingame, Calif ; GHG Corp in Webster, Texas; JES Tech in Houston; and Millennium Engineering and Integration Co in Arlington, Va

For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov/

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