The Boeing Company was awarded a $31,769,599 firm-fixed-price contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center to develop a simple, low-cost Exploration Augmentation Module (EAM). This contract is part of NASA's Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) program, which aims to stimulate the commercial space industry and leverage commercial capabilities to support human space exploration missions. The EAM is intended to allow for testing of various technologies and evolve into a long-duration crew support system for missions in cislunar space and to Mars. This contract does not have a set-aside designation. Boeing has extensive experience supporting NASA's human spaceflight initiatives, including through previous contracts for technology development, testing, and systems integration.
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