NASA Extends Lockheed Martin Mission Support Contract

Sep. 14, 2006

Allard Beutel
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-4769

Kylie Clem
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111

CONTRACT RELEASE: C06-045

NASA EXTENDS LOCKHEED MARTIN MISSION SUPPORT CONTRACT

NASA has awarded a potential five-year, $448.86 million contract
extension to Lockheed Martin Space Operations Co., Houston, for space
shuttle and International Space Station mission operations support
work.

This action extends the original Mission Support Operations Contract
awarded Sept. 30, 2003, that expires in October 2006. The two-year
extension, valued at $179,217,545, begins October 2006 and continues
through September 2008. Three pre-priced, one-year options could
continue the contract to September 2011, amounting to $448,863,617
for the full five-year extension.

Under the contract, Lockheed Martin and its subcontractors perform
space operations and data services support work for space shuttle
missions and International Space Station expeditions. They provide
mission operations and planning ground systems for the Mission
Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, the Houston
Support Room/Backup Command and Control Center in Russia and an
Integrated Planning System.

The contract's extension ensures continued space operations services
to NASA during critical International Space Station assembly work and
while the agency transitions its efforts to support future
exploration operations.

Including the original contract's value and the potential five-year
extension, the full value of the cost-plus-award-fee contract now is
$693,173,658.

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