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1. NASA Exercises Contract Option on Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, Space Vehicle Mockup Facility Operations Contract

Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 15:01:12 -0500 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA Exercises Contract Option on Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, Space Vehicle Mockup Facility Operations Contract

June 4, 2014

Dan Huot Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #CONTRACT RELEASE: C14-012

NASA Exercises Contract Option on Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, Space Vehicle Mockup Facility Operations Contract

NASA has exercised the second option of its Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL)/Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (SVMF) Operations Contract (NSOC) with Raytheon Technical Services Company of Houston The contract is to provide continued support of operations, training and mission planning and maintenance at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston

The current potential value of the contract, including the approximately $27 million one-year option that starts Oct 1, is $128 9 million This is a cost-plus-award-fee and incentive fee, plus indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract

The NSOC fulfills requirements to operate, maintain, and provide sustaining engineering for two human space flight training facilities located at Johnson The NBL supports spacewalk training for astronauts by providing an underwater environment to simulate microgravity The SVMF provides full-scale training mockups for flight crews and support personnel along with high-fidelity hardware for real-time mission support for the International Space Station and Orion Programs

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