John Yembrick
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0602
john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov

George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
george.h.diller@nasa.gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-051

NASA SELECTS LAUNCH SERVICES PROVIDER FOR JUNO JUPITER MISSION

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Launch Services Program office at the
Kennedy Space Center, Fla., has selected Lockheed Martin Commercial
Launch Services of Littleton, Colo., for the Juno mission to Jupiter.


The $190 million contract award is a competed firm-fixed-price task
order. It includes the launch service for an Atlas V model 551
rocket, payload processing, launch vehicle integration, and the
necessary tracking, data and telemetry support. The spacecraft is
scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., in
August 2011 on an interplanetary trajectory to Jupiter.

Juno will arrive at Jupiter in August 2016 to uncover the secrets
hidden beneath the planet's thick, colorful clouds. Juno's remote
sensing and gravity science measurements will characterize Jupiter's
interior, atmosphere and polar magnetosphere with the primary science
goal of understanding the planet's origin and evolution. A principal
investigator from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio
leads the Juno mission.

For more information about the Juno mission, visit:

http://juno.nasa.gov