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... develop an experimental space plane. The US$173 million contract stipulated that Boeing and the federal government share costs equally. Boeing and NASA hoped that the X-37 space plane, previously called ... achieve the "goal of reducing the cost of placing space vehicles and cargo into orbit." Boeing envisioned a vehicle that would be "unpiloted, autonomously operated, and capable of speeds up to ...

... of its nearly US$1 billion in cost overruns. NASA's incentive-laden contract with Boeing allowed for significant bonuses for meeting timeline and cost limits. NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin had ordered an audit of the NASA- Boeing contract in 1999, because projected cost overages had continued to rise. Nonetheless, as ...

... contract for the International Space Station ISS . Under the contract, which had commenced in 1995, Boeing was providing construction, integration, and operations for the International Space Station ISS . The modification extended ... total contract value to US$10.7 billion. (NASA, “NASA Awards $936 Million Modification to Boeing Space Station Contract,” news release c02-d, 7 February 2002.) January 2002 January February 2002 ...

... contract, formally known as the International Space Station ISS payload-integration contract (IPIC), stipulated that Boeing perform payload engineering integration, mission integration, and payload operations at NASA's JOHNSON SPACE CENTER JSC and MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MSFC . Previously, Boeing had performed those operations under two separate contracts. The new IPIC contract covered operations until ...

... five years, focusing instead on providing service for the U.S. military and NASA. However, Boeing was a member of the consortium International Launch Services (ILS), which would continue to offer ... 3-SL rockets to launch commercial payloads from a floating platform known as Sea Launch. Boeing indicated that it would accommodate customers that preferred to use Delta rockets instead of the ...

... . Air Force announced the findings of its investigation into the December 2004 inaugural launch of Boeing 's Delta 4 Heavy Rocket, which had failed when engines shut down prematurely. The Air Force and Boeing had intended the launch of the rocket, which was transporting a dummy payload, as a full dress rehearsal. The plan had been to test the newest and largest member of Boeing 's next-generation rocket series before critical national security satellites began using it ...

... $610 million in options, a NASA-led design team would receive support from Boeing during the design phase. Boeing would take responsibility for production of the upper stage, manufacturing a ground-test ... _Ares_1_Upper_Stage_Contract.html (accessed 14 June 2010); Seth Borenstein for Associated Press, “ Boeing Wins Big NASA Contract,” 29 August 2007.'' July 2007 July August 2007 August Aug 1 ...

... , conduct in-orbit checkout operations, and provide sustaining engineering support for the satellites. In addition, Boeing would design, assemble, test, install, and verify modifications necessary to making the ground terminals at ... /home/hqnews/2007/dec/HQ_C07064_TDRSS_Awards.html (accessed 20 October 2010); Clinton Parks, “ Boeing Satellite Systems Wins $695 Million Tracking and Data Relay Satellites TDRS Contract,” Space.com, 21 ...

... 1998, Richards left NASA to join the Boeing Company. Between 1998 and 2007 he supported NASA via Boeing's Space Shuttle Sustaining Engineering Support Contract. Boeing has over 1000 employees across the United States involved with Space Shuttle flight operations. In 2007 Richards retired from Boeing as the Deputy Program Manager for Space Shuttle, and now lives in Houston, Texas. Jul ...

... , heavy-lift launch vehicle's flight software using newly delivered software test bed computers from Boeing. The SLS will launch NASA's Orion spacecraft and provide an entirely new capability for ... avionics hardware in place early will allow the NASA SLS team and Boeing to accelerate the flight software development." The Boeing test bed computers make it possible for NASA to begin fine ... and support deep space exploration. The SLS software test bed computers were developed by The Boeing Company and delivered to Marshall ahead of schedule. Availability of this test bed platform early ...

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