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Article: NASA EXTENDS SPACE STATION CARGO INTEGRATION CONTRACT
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 27, 2009
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HOUSTON, Aug. 26-- NASA issued the following press release:
NASA has awarded Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems Inc. in Houston a one-year contract extension valued at $33 million to provide integration services for cargo delivery to and from the International Space Station.
Lockheed Martin has held the station's cargo mission contract since January 2004. The one-year extension will bring the total value of the contract to $381 million.
The contract provides cargo packing for delivery to and from the space station, consisting of pressurized and unpressurized science and logistics carriers, assembly hardware and crew support. Other contract services include determining the most efficient way ...