March 28, 2008 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@xxxxxxxx Cynthia M. O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@xxxxxxxx CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-017 NASA AWARDS UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA DATA CENTER CONTRACT WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, for the management and operations of the Earth Observing System Data and Information System Synthetic Aperture Radar Distributed Active Archive Center. The total maximum value of the cost, no-fee contract is approximately $39 million over the five-year contract period. The archive center is devoted to the collection, processing, archiving, distribution and support of science data from, but not limited to, Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Science Data and Information System Project in Greenbelt, Md., is responsible for providing access to data from NASA's Earth science program to scientific and other users. For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit: http://www.nasa.gov -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: hqnews-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To remove your address from the list, send a message to: hqnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
