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NASA Awards Space Shuttle Main Engine Contract Modification

Deal Provides For Services Through Shuttle "Flyout"

It's just one more sign of the inevitable end of the shuttle program. NASA has signed a $36.9 million contract modification with space shuttle main engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne of Canoga Park, CA, to provide continued shuttle main engine prelaunch and launch support from April 1 through July 31. The contract modification also provides two additional options that if exercised, would bring the potential contract amount for all six months to $56 million.

This modification supports the flyout of the Space Shuttle Program and brings the total potential value of the contract to $2.29 billion. The original contract began on Jan. 1, 2002. The majority of the work will take place at Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's headquarters in Canoga Park.

Three main engines and two solid rocket boosters provide the thrust to launch the space shuttle. At 14-feet long and seven-and-a-half feet in diameter at the nozzle exit, the liquid propellant main engines have a combined thrust of more than 1.2 million pounds.

FMI: www.nasa.gov/shuttle

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