Date: July 31st 2010

July 30, 2010

Michael Curie
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
michael.curie@nasa.gov

Kelly Humphries
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-044

NASA AWARDS NEUTRAL BUOYANCY LABORATORY, SPACE VEHICLE MOCKUP FACILITY SUPPORT CONTRACT

WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded a contract to Raytheon Technical Services Co. of Webster, Texas, to operate, maintain and provide sustaining engineering at the Johnson Space Center's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory and Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston. The contract has a maximum value of $119.9 million.

The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, or NBL, includes a large pool where astronauts use pressurized spacesuits to train for spacewalks. The NBL, which has underwater mockups of the space shuttle and International Space Station modules, simulates the weightless environment of space. The Space Vehicle Mockup Facility also is used to train astronauts for their missions. It includes full-scale simulators of the shuttle, station and Soyuz spacecraft. Both facilities are managed by Johnson's Mission Operations Directorate.

The contract's three-year base period is valued at $67.6 million with two one-year options totaling $52.3 million. The base period extends from Oct. 1, 2010, through Sept. 30, 2013. If both options are exercised the contract will extend through Sept. 30, 2015.

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