{"id":274880,"date":"2025-08-29T06:52:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T20:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=740d7fb364d576e42f32c2db11b84171"},"modified":"2025-08-29T06:52:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T20:52:40","slug":"nasa-awards-spaceflight-operations-systems-organization-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=274880","title":{"rendered":"NASA Awards Spaceflight Operations, Systems Organization Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/meatball-w-black-background.webp\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1321\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/meatball-w-black-background.webp?w=1321\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"The letters NASA on a blue circle with red and white detail, all surrounded by a black background\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/meatball-w-black-background.webp 1321w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/meatball-w-black-background.webp?resize=300,166 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/meatball-w-black-background.webp?resize=768,424 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/meatball-w-black-background.webp?resize=1024,566 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/meatball-w-black-background.webp?resize=400,221 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/meatball-w-black-background.webp?resize=600,332 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/meatball-w-black-background.webp?resize=900,497 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/meatball-w-black-background.webp?resize=1200,663 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1321px) 100vw, 1321px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">Credit: NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NASA has awarded ASCEND Aerospace &amp; Technology of Cape Canaveral, Florida, the Contract for Organizing Spaceflight Mission Operations and Systems (COSMOS), to provide services at the agency\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston.<\/p>\n<p>The COSMOS is a single award, indefinite-delivery\/indefinite-quantity contract valued at $1.8 billion that begins its five-year base period no earlier than Dec. 1, with two option periods that could extend until 2034. The Aerodyne Company of Cape Canaveral, Florida, and Jacobs Technology Company of Tullahoma, Tennessee, are joint venture partners.<\/p>\n<p>Work performed under the contract will support NASA\u2019s Flight Operation Directorate including the Orion and Space Launch System Programs, the International Space Station, Commercial Crew Program, and the Artemis campaign. Services include Mission Control Center systems, training systems, mockup environments, and training for astronauts, instructors, and flight controllers.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about NASA and agency programs, visit:<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/\"><strong>https:\/\/www.nasa.gov<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">-end-<\/p>\n<p>Tiernan Doyle<br \/>Headquarters, Washington<br \/>202-358-1600<br \/><a href=\"mailto:tiernan.doyle@nasa.gov\">tiernan.doyle@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chelsey Ballarte<br \/>Johnson Space Center, Houston<br \/>281-483-5111<br \/><a href=\"mailto:chelsey.n.ballarte@nasa.gov\">chelsey.n.ballarte@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 article_a hds-module hds-module-full alignfull wp-block-nasa-blocks-credits-and-details\">\n<section class=\"padding-x-0 padding-top-5 padding-bottom-2 desktop:padding-top-7 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The COSMOS is a single award, indefinite-delivery\/indefinite-quantity contract valued at $1.8 billion that begins its five-year base period no earlier than Dec. 1, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15595,15688,15651,15652,17948,15634,15798],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artemis","category-commercial-crew","category-international-space-station-iss","category-iss-research","category-johnson-flight-operations","category-johnson-space-center","category-space-launch-system-sls"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=274880"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":275230,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274880\/revisions\/275230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=274880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=274880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=274880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}