March 09 2010 20:22 RedOrbit News - Space
NASA Extends Johnson Safety and Mission Assurance Contract
NASA has exercised a $60 million, one-year extension option for a contract with Science Applications International Corporation of Houston to provide support to safety and mission assurance activities at the agency\'s Johnson Space Center.The Safety and Mission Assurance Support Services contract helps ensure safety, reliability, maintainability and quality in the International Space Station, space shuttle and Constellation programs.The cost-plus-award-fee contract option that has been exercised continues services from May 1, 2010, through April 30, 2011.