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'_ATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION<br />

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483-5111 August 12, <strong>1970</strong><br />

Texas<br />

Houston, Texas---The _[ational Aeronautics and Space Administration<br />

has signed a supplemental agreement with North American Rockwell Corp.<br />

valued at $13,O06,000 for changes in the Apollo command and service<br />

module<br />

contract.<br />

The agreement formally incorporates into the North American contract<br />

changes previously authorited by <strong>NASA</strong>, which changed the vehicle deliveries<br />

of CSM's 110 - l15A, from one every 2 to one every 2½ months, and deletion<br />

of Customer Acceptance Readiness Reviews (Three-Phase CARR) and substituting<br />

in their place the preparation of System Summary Acceptance<br />

Documents<br />

(SSAD).<br />

The modifications brir:g the total estimated value of the North<br />

American contract since August 1963, to approximately $3.736 billion.<br />

North American Roc_e]l Corp. performs the majority of work on the<br />

command and service module contract at its Downey, Calif. facility with<br />

support from divisions locs_ed in Anaheim, Calif., and Tulsa, Okla. Many<br />

subcontractor organizations also participate. In addition, launch support<br />

operations will be performed at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., and related<br />

test activities will be ca_'ried out at the Manned Spacecraft Center,<br />

Houston.<br />

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