September 29, 2017 CONTRACT RELEASE C17-035*NASA Awards Contract for Integration, Launch Services of U-Class Payloads* NASA Kennedy Space Center has selected Spaceflight Inc. to provide integration and launch services for U-Class payloads. This is a firm-fixed-price contract for base launch services in 2018 of 24 payloads, with options to provide launch services for up to 24 additional payloads in 2019 and 2020. The potential total contract value is $5,484,000. U-Class payloads are miniatu ...Continue Reading

  August 18, 2017 RELEASE 17-073*NASA Successfully Launches Latest Communications Satellite* NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M (TDRS-M), which is the third and final in a series of next generation communications satellites, has successfully been placed into orbit following separation from an United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. */Credits: NASA/* NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M (TDRS-M), which is the third and final in a series of next generation ...Continue Reading

  August 17, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-17*NASA Invites Media to Sonic Booms in Atmospheric Turbulence Demonstration* NASA will fly an F-18 research aircraft, pictured here taxiing to the runway from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., to produce sonic booms over Kennedy Space Center. The sonic booms will be recorded by equipment both in the air and on the ground, providing NASA researchers with data to help them better understand the impact of atmospheric turbule ...Continue Reading

  August 15, 2017 CONTRACT RELEASE C17-025*NASA Awards Contract for Infrastructure, Applications, Communications * NASA has awarded the Kennedy Infrastructure, Applications and Communication (KIAC) contract to ASRC Federal Data Solutions, LLC of Beltsville, Maryland. KIAC is a firm-fixed-price (FFP) contract with FFP and labor hour indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity components. The contract has a two-year base period followed by one two-year option and one one-year option. If all option ...Continue Reading

  August 15, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M14-17*NASA Television to Air Launch of Next Communications Satellite* Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M is the latest spacecraft destined for the agency's constellation of communications satellites that allows nearly continuous contact with orbiting spacecraft ranging from the International Space Station and Hubble Space Telescope to the array of scientific observatories. */Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett /* NASA is targeting 8:03 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 18, ...Continue Reading

  August 14, 2017 RELEASE 17-072*NASA Cargo Launches to Space Station Aboard SpaceX Resupply Mission* SpaceX launched its 12th resupply mission to the International Space Station from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:31 p.m. EDT on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. */Credits: NASA Television/* Experiments seeking a better understanding of Parkinson’s disease and the origin of cosmic rays are on their way to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft followi ...Continue Reading

  August 11, 2017 CONTRACT RELEASE C17-028*NASA Awards Contract for Modification of Mobile Launcher* NASA has awarded a contract to RS&H Inc. of Merritt Island, Florida, for architectural engineering and design services for the modification of the mobile launcher at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The value of this fixed price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract is not to exceed $30 million. The performance period is five years. RS&H will provide architectural ...Continue Reading

  August 09, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M13-17*NASA Television to Air Launch of Next Space Station Resupply Mission* A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kenney Space Center in Florida, the company's 11th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. */Credits: NASA/* NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting its 12th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station for 12:31 p.m. E ...Continue Reading

  August 01, 2017 CONTRACT RELEASE C17-023*NASA Awards Laboratory Support Services and Operations Contract at Kennedy* NASA has awarded the Laboratory Support Services and Operations (LASSO) contract at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to URS Federal Services Inc., an AECOM company, of Germantown, Maryland. LASSO is a cost plus fixed-fee contract that includes a two-month phase-in period, which begins Aug. 2, followed by a two-year base period and three one-year options. ...Continue Reading

  July 12, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-084*NASA Opens Media Accreditation for Upcoming Space Station Cargo Launch* On June 3, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon spacecraft onboard, lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kenney Space Center in Florida, the company's 11th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. *//* Media accreditation is open for launch of the next SpaceX commercial cargo resupply services mission to the International Space Station ...Continue Reading