NASA News: NASA Operations, Systems Engineering And Software Contract

GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA awarded a follow-on contract to Lockheed Martin
Space Systems Corporation (LMSSC) for Mission Operations, Systems
Engineering and Software (MOSES-II) for the Hubble Space Telescope.

This is a five-year cost-plus-award fee sole source contract with
LMSSC with a value of $133,070,796, which includes the maximum award fee.

Under this contract, LMSSC will continue to maintain Hubble's health
and safety through the next phase of its science mission. The scope
of this effort includes all elements of operations other than science
operations, and systems engineering tasks required to maintain Hubble
flight and ground systems.

Mission operations responsibilities include safe and efficient control
and utilization of Hubble, maintenance and operation of its
facilities and equipment, as well as creation, maintenance, and
utilization of Hubble operations processes and procedures. Critical
systems engineering responsibilities consist of optimizing mission
system capabilities to ensure Hubble operations are effective to
continue scientific results.

For more information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov

For more information about Hubble, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/hubble

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NASA Awards Safety Center Technical Support Services Contract

CLEVELAND -- NASA has selected Alphaport Inc. of Cleveland to provide
technical support services to the NASA Safety Center.
The type of services to be provided include training course
development and support; mishap investigation training, reporting and
office support; information dissemination and outreach; technical
writing and graphics design; system failure case studies development;
agency-wide safety and mission assurance conference support;
operational support of the Safety Center's information technology
systems; change control and knowledge management; engineering
services; NASA Incident Reporting Information System data quality,
analysis, trending, and special studies; and project management. The
services will be provided primarily at the NASA Safety Center in Cleveland.

The cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/
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