NASA Extends Space Shuttle External Tank Contract
U.S. Newswire, December, 2007
To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS
Contact: John Yembrick, Headquarters, Washington, 1-202-358- 0602, john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov, or Steve Roy, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., 1-256-544-0034, steven.e.roy@nasa.gov, both of NASA
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has signed a $465.7 million contract modification with Lockheed Martin, New Orleans, for space shuttle external tanks. The modification aligns and extends all activities associated with the production contract for the tanks to the launch schedule for the space shuttles retirement date of 2010.
The modification supports the agency's priorities of safely flying the space shuttle, completing construction of the International Space Station and NASA's long-term plan to return astronauts to...
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