NASA Awards Liquid Hydrogen Contract

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Nov. 26, 2012

Michael Curie
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
michael.curie@nasa.gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C62-12

NASA AWARDS LIQUID HYDROGEN CONTRACT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has selected Praxair Inc. of Danbury, 
Conn., for a follow-on contract for the agencywide acquisition of 
liquid hydrogen.

The fixed price, requirements follow-on contract begins Dec. 1, 2012. 
It has a one-year base performance period with a one-year option 
period. The maximum potential value of the contract is approximately 
$18.8 million, which is comprised of a $10 million base value and 
$8.8 million for the one-year option.

Praxair will supply approximately 10,265,000 pounds of liquid hydrogen 
to NASA's Stennis Space Center, Miss.; Kennedy Space Center, Fla.; 
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.; and White Sands Test 
Facility, N.M., in support of the agency's Human Exploration and 
Operations Mission Directorate. Liquid hydrogen, when combined with 
liquid oxygen, acts as fuel in cryogenic rocket engines.

Kennedy Space Center in Florida is responsible for the acquisition of 
liquid hydrogen on behalf of the agency.

For information about Kennedy Space Center, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy 

For more information about NASA programs and missions, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov  

	
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