Stephanie Schierholz
Headquarters, Washington                                    
202-358-1100
stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov

Steve Roy
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
256-544-0034
steven.e.roy@nasa.gov
CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-075

NASA AWARDS SPACE SHUTTLE REUSABLE SOLID ROCKET MOTOR CONTRACT MODIFICATION

WASHINGTON -- NASA has signed a $42.1 million contract modification to
space shuttle reusable solid rocket motor manufacturer ATK Launch
Systems Inc. of Brigham City, Utah, to provide continued prelaunch
through postlaunch support from Oct. 1, 2010, through Dec. 31, 2011.

The modification is based on an extension to the current Space Shuttle
Program launch schedule, which shifted the last two scheduled
missions into fiscal year 2011. The extension also covers the
completion of contract activities associated with the processing of
flight hardware after the last scheduled shuttle flight, STS-134, and
postflight activities for cleaning and preserving the reusable solid
rocket motors.

This modification brings the total potential value of the
cost-plus-award fee/incentive fee contract to $4.13 billion. The
principal location of the work to be performed is ATK Launch Systems
Inc. in Brigham City.

The space shuttle's solid-propellant motors are the first designed for
reuse and the only solid rocket motors approved for human flight.
They operate in parallel with the shuttle's main engines during the
first two minutes of flight and provide the additional thrust needed
for the orbiter to escape Earth's gravitational pull.

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