Kyle Herring
Headquarters, Washington                            Feb. 7, 2002
(Phone: 202/358-4504)

James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 281/483-5111)

RELEASE: c02-d

NASA AWARDS $936 MILLION MODIFICATION 
TO BOEING SPACE STATION CONTRACT

     NASA has awarded a $936 million modification to the prime 
contract for the International Space Station. The Boeing Company 
will extend station integration and operations work through Dec. 
31, 2003, the current period of performance. This work has been 
planned and is contained in the budget estimates represented in 
the FY 2003 President's budget.

The eight-year prime International Space Station contract 
awarded to Boeing in 1995 covers construction, integration and 
operations of the station by Boeing Information, Space and 
Defense Systems. The modification brings the total value of the 
contract, NAS-15-10000, to $10.7 billion.

Work on the contract will be performed at various Boeing 
facilities located in Huntington Beach, Calif; Canoga Park, 
Calif; Huntsville, Ala; Orlando, Fla., and Houston, and at a 
variety of subcontractor facilities located throughout the 
United States.

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