Orbital Sciences Awarded Contract by NASA

Orbital Sciences Corporation, a space technology company, has been awarded a contract by NASA to operate the agency’s Science Balloon Operations program. The services are to be carried out by Orbital’s Technical Services Division.

The Technical Services Division is to provide program management, mission planning, engineering services and field operations for the 50-plus year program that focuses on high-altitude scientific research.

“Orbital is honored to have been awarded the Science Balloon Operations contract by NASA,” said John Pullen, senior vice president at Orbital. “We are excited to be part of an advanced research and technology program with a distinguished legacy of providing critical scientific data for experimenters around the world. We look forward to playing an important role in helping to maintain Wallops Flight Facility’s position as the world leader in scientific ballooning and suborbital space and Earth science research.”

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Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.