March 28, 2008

Steve Cole
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0918
stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov 

Cynthia M. O'Carroll
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
301-286-4647
cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov 

CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-017

NASA AWARDS UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA DATA CENTER CONTRACT

WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 
for the management and operations of the Earth Observing System Data 
and Information System Synthetic Aperture Radar Distributed Active 
Archive Center. The total maximum value of the cost, no-fee contract 
is approximately $39 million over the five-year contract period.

The archive center is devoted to the collection, processing, 
archiving, distribution and support of science data from, but not 
limited to, Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Science Data and Information 
System Project in Greenbelt, Md., is responsible for providing access 
to data from NASA's Earth science program to scientific and other 
users.

For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov 

	
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