NASA Awards Space Station Commercial Resupply Services Contracts
Dec. 23, 2008
John Yembrick
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0602
john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov
Josh Byerly
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
josh.byerly@nasa.gov
CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-069
NASA AWARDS SPACE STATION COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY SERVICES CONTRACTS
WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded two contracts -- one to Orbital
Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., and one to Space Exploration
Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif. -- for commercial cargo
resupply services to the International Space Station. At the time of
award, NASA has ordered eight flights valued at about $1.9 billion
from Orbital and 12 flights valued at about $1.6 billion from SpaceX.
These fixed-price indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts
will begin Jan. 1, 2009, and are effective through Dec. 31, 2016. The
contracts each call for the delivery of a minimum of 20 metric tons
of upmass cargo to the space station. The contracts also call for
delivery of non-standard services in support of the cargo resupply,
including analysis and special tasks as the government determines are
necessary.
NASA has set production milestones and reviews on the contracts to
monitor progress toward providing services. The maximum potential
value of each contract is about $3.1 billion. Based on known
requirements, the value of both contracts combined is projected at
$3.5 billion.
These agreements will fulfill NASA's need to procure cargo delivery
services to the space station using a U.S. commercial carrier after
the retirement of the space shuttle.
For more information about the space station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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