Sep 28 2012

From The Space Library

CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-054 NASA SELECTS FACILITIES OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES CONTRACT

WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected Chugach Federal Systems Inc., of Anchorage, Alaska, for facilities operations and maintenance services for the Management Operations Directorate at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with a technical performance incentive fee for the core services. It has an indefinite-delivery-indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) provision for issuing task orders for services or construction. The period of performance is one year with four one-year options. The value of the contract, including all options is $83 million. The IDIQ ceiling is $30.5 million. Chugach Federal Systems will provide operation, maintenance, and repair of facilities and equipment. Additional work will include preventive maintenance and predictive testing and inspection that involve routine, periodic maintenance, and incidental repair requirements associated with facilities, utility systems, and dynamic equipment. All contracted services will be performed at Goddard.

CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-055 NASA SELECTS CONTRACT FOR LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SERVICES

WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected Akima Logistics Services LLC of Anchorage, Alaska to receive a contract to support the Logistics Management Services at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. The contract has a maximum value of $48 million. This is an indefinite-delivery- indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price, time and material hybrid contract that begins Monday, Oct. 1. The contract consists of a two-year base period with a 30-day phase-in and the option for three one-year extensions. Under the terms of the contract, the company will provide supply and equipment management; property disposal; janitorial services; refuse and recyclable materials collection, removal and disposal; shipping, receiving, warehousing and re-distribution mail service. In addition, the contractor will provide vehicle fleet management; industrial property support; documentation support; business office support; and support the Ames Conference Center. The work will be performed primarily at Ames.

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-194 NASA COVERAGE SET FOR OCT. 7 SPACEX LAUNCH TO SPACE STATION

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The first SpaceX launch for NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 7, from Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. There is a single instantaneous launch opportunity for the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule at 8:35 p.m. EDT. Backup launch opportunities are available on Oct. 8 and Oct. 9, if needed. NASA Television launch coverage from Cape Canaveral begins at 7 p.m. on Oct. 7. The launch of the Dragon spacecraft, designated SpaceX CRS-1, will be the first of 12 contracted flights by the company to resupply the International Space Station and is the second trip by a Dragon to the station, following a successful demonstration mission in May. Under the CRS contract, SpaceX will restore an American capability to deliver and return significant amounts of cargo, including science experiments, to the orbiting laboratory -- a capability not available since the retirement of the space shuttle. The Dragon will be filled with about 1,000 pounds of supplies. This includes critical materials to support the 166 investigations planned for the station's Expedition 33 crew, including 63 new investigations. The Dragon will return about 734 pounds of scientific materials, including results from human research, biotechnology, materials and educational experiments, as well as about 504 pounds of space station hardware. INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND MISSION SCIENCE BRIEFING Saturday, Oct. 6 (L-1 day): A space station and SpaceX CRS-1 mission science briefing will be held at Kennedy's Press Site at 3 p.m. NASA Television will provide live coverage, as well as streaming Internet coverage. Participating in the science briefing will be: -- Julie Robinson, program scientist, International Space Station, Johnson Space Center -- Timothy Yateman, interim chief scientist, Center for the Advancement of Science in Space -- Sheila Nielsen-Preiss, scientist, Montana State University -- Scott Smith, NASA scientist, Johnson Space Center PRELAUNCH NEWS CONFERENCE Saturday, Oct. 6 (L-1 day): The prelaunch news conference for the NASA/SpaceX launch will be held at Kennedy's Press Site at 6 p.m. NASA Television will provide live coverage, as well as streaming Internet coverage. Participating in the prelaunch news conference will be: -- Bob Cabana, director, Kennedy Space Center -- Sam Scimemi, director, International Space Station, NASA Headquarters -- Mike Suffredini, program manager, International Space Station, Johnson Space Center -- Gwynne Shotwell, president, SpaceX -- Mike McAleenan, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station POST-LAUNCH NEWS CONFERENCE Sunday, Oct. 7 (Launch day): A post-launch news conference will be held at Kennedy's Press Site and is targeted to begin at 10 p.m., approximately 90 minutes after launch. Participating in the post-launch news conference will be: -- Sam Scimemi, director, International Space Station, NASA Headquarters -- Gwynne Shotwell, president, SpaceX Media may participate in the news conferences in-person at Kennedy Space Center or via a phone bridge by calling the newsroom at Kennedy 15 minutes before the briefings begin at 321-867-2468. Audio of the prelaunch briefings will be carried on the NASA "V" circuits which may be accessed directly by dialing 321-867-1220, -1240, -1260 or -7135. FALCON 9 LAUNCH PAD PHOTO OPPORTUNITY Sunday, Oct. 7 (Launch day): There will be a photo opportunity of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule on the launch pad. Media will depart from Kennedy's Press Site by government bus at 10:30 a.m. for Space Launch Complex 40. Media will return to the Press Site at 11:45 a.m. SpaceX security regulations require that media representatives attending this event be U.S. citizens. REMOTE CAMERA SETUPS Sunday, Oct. 7 (Launch day): Media will be able to establish sound-activated remote cameras at the launch pad. The location is within Space Launch Complex 40 on the east side of the pad inside the perimeter fence. Media who wish to participate in remote camera setup will depart from Kennedy's Press Site by government bus at 10:30 a.m. for the launch pad photo opportunity. The return to the Press Site will be at 12:30 p.m., after remote cameras have been established. SpaceX security regulations require that news media representatives participating in any activity inside the pad be U.S. citizens.

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-195 NASA'S TOP SPACE TECHNOLOGISTS HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL

WASHINGTON -- NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck and Space Technology Program Director Michael Gazarik will be visiting some of America's most recognized universities next week. The NASA top technologists will meet with students and faculty to discuss the agency's current and upcoming new technology and innovation initiatives. Peck will be visiting Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., Wednesday, Oct. 3, and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor Thursday, Oct. 4. Gazarik will visit the University of Virginia in Charlottesville Tuesday, Oct. 2; Duke University in Durham, N.C., Wednesday, Oct. 3; and North Carolina State University in Raleigh Thursday, Oct. 4. Journalists are invited to join the NASA leaders during their campus visits. Peck serves as the principal technology advisor to the NASA administrator and is the agency advocate on matters concerning technology policy and programs. Gazarik manages the agency's space technology projects within the Space Technology Program. In addition to giving an overview of the space program's renewed emphasis on technology and innovation as the underpinning of its current and future missions, Peck and Gazarik will brief students and faculty on NASA's Space Technology Research Fellowships Program. Through the space technology research fellowships, NASA is providing the nation with a pipeline of highly skilled engineers and technologists to improve U.S. competitiveness while developing the intellectual and technological foundation needed for future science and exploration missions. The program accelerates the development of technologies originating from academia that support NASA, other government agencies and the commercial space sector. NASA Space Technology Fellows perform innovative space technology research while building the skills necessary to become future technological leaders. Grants of as much as $66,000 per year provide funding for U.S. graduate students to perform research on their respective campuses and at NASA centers and nonprofit U.S. research and development laboratories. NASA's Space Technology Program is dedicated to innovating, developing, testing, and flying hardware for use in NASA's future science and exploration missions. NASA's technology investments provide cutting-edge solutions for our nation's future. NASA is dedicated to ensuring the nation's intellectual capital pipeline remains the best in the world, and to bringing the brightest minds together with the best ideas to meet the challenges of NASA's future missions. These visits are part of series of ongoing university tours by the NASA leaders to promote the agency's new technology and innovation initiatives. Recent visits have included the University of Colorado, Boulder and the University of Texas El Paso.