SPACEHAB WINS NASA CONTRACT



December 23, 1997



Beth Schmid
Headquarters, Washington, DC
(Phone: 202/358-1600)



John Lawrence
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
(Phone: 281/483-5111)

<h4>Release: C97-v</h4> <h3>SPACEHAB Wins NASA Contract</h3> 

A $42.86 million, two and one-half year contract has been awarded to 
SPACEHAB, Inc., Vienna, VA, by NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 
Houston.



SPACEHAB will perform research and logistics mission support in the 
NASA Payload Processing Facility at Cape Canaveral, FL. The total 
awarded price of the contract, inclusive of all options, is $60.72 
million and is anticipated to extend for approximately three years.



The basic contract is for the lease of the SPACEHAB modules, and for 
integration and operations services supporting the Space Shuttle 
program for three missions. The contract also covers four options 
involving varying module types to be leased for an additional 
mission. It is a follow-on contract to the SPACEHAB Phase One 
contract, which involves services in support of the Shuttle/Mir 
program. The new contract will provide logistical support to the 
International Space Station, and both NASA and commercial science 
experiments.

	
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