Under the contract, KBR will perform International Space Station
payload operations and support the testing of NASA's flagship
space launch system.
NASA is leaning heavily on private companies built around shared
visions for space exploration, as it gears up for a long-term
presence on the moon and prepares for a manned mission to Mars.
The space launch system, set to debut next year, is currently
NASA's ride for transporting humans from the Earth to the moon
by 2024.
KBR, which until April 2007 was the engineering and construction
arm of oilfield services giant Halliburton Co, said on Monday
its work would support various NASA programs, payload
developers, educational institutions, international partner
space agencies and commercial partners.
(Reporting by Akanksha Rana in Bengaluru; Editing by
Ramakrishnan M.)
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