Monday, March 26, 2007
NASA would hold a ritual April 17 at 9 a.m. EDT to formally welcome a fresh International Space Station component to the Kennedy Space Center. The Experiment Logistics Module Pressurized Section for the Japanese Experiment Module that arrived at Kennedy March 12 to started preparations for its up coming launch.
The Japanese Experiment Module would be carried into space on three shuttle missions. Known as Kibo that means "hope" in Japanese, it is Japan's first contribution to the station.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center has received awarded Will Technology, Inc., Huntsville, Ala., a deal to offer administrative and technical support services at the center.
The contract starts April 1, 2007, with a one-year stand period followed by four one-year options, which might be exercised at NASA's discretion. The deal kind is a cost plus inducement fee mission services type, with an imprecise delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) portion. The value of the mission services is about $25 million, and the possible IDIQ value is $10 million. The utmost possible deal value if all options are exercised and all IDIQs are issued is about $35 million.
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