NASA said Wednesday it had awarded The Boeing Company two contract options totalling 316 million dollars for continued work on the US segment of the International Space Station.
"The options are valued at 316 million dollars," the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said in a statement.
The new options being taken by NASA raise the total contract value to 12.6 billion dollars, and extend the contract work to September 30, 2007.
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