
NASA Announces Mars Science Lab Mission Launch Contract
Bruce Buckingham Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-861-7642 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 |
June 2, 2006 |
CONTRACT RELEASE: C06-033 |
The total Mars Science Laboratory launch service price is $194.7 million. That cost includes NASA launch services and mission integration requirements. This is a firm-fixed price contract. The launch services for Mars Science Laboratory are being acquired under the existing NASA Launch Services multiple award procedures.
Principal work for the Atlas V Centaur propellant tank will be performed at Lockheed Martin's San Diego facility, while the primary work location for the Atlas V booster propellant tank's production will be done at Lockheed's facility in Waterton, Colo.
The Mars Science Laboratory will launch from Complex 41 on the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The mission is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., a division of the California Institute of Technology. JPL is responsible for spacecraft design and integration; integration of science instruments; spacecraft system testing; launch operations support and support of mission operations.
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