NASA’s Space Act Agreements with SpaceX, Boeing, ULA & Sierra Nevada
NASA has released a document listing the 1,206 active Space Act Agreements (SAAs) the agency has with commercial companies, non-profit organizations and state and local governments.
From that list, I’ve extracted agreements with individual companies. Below you will find tables listing SAAs that NASA has signed with SpaceX, Boeing, United Launch Alliance and Sierra Nevada Corporation. The four companies have been involved with NASA’s Commercial Crew and Commercial Resupply Services programs.
SAAs come in three varieties: reimburseable, non-reimburseable and funded. Under reimburseable agreements, a company or organization will pay NASA for its services. No money exchanges hands under non-reimburseable agrements. And under funded agreements, NASA pays the company to perform work or provide services. (The space agency made substantial use of SAA’s in the Commercial Crew Program.)
SpaceX
SpaceX Crew Dragon Weldment Structure (Credit: SpaceX)
| SpaceX Space Act Agreements with NASA | |||||
| TITLE/ PURPOSE | EXECUTION DATE | EXPIRATION DATE | AGREEMENT TYPE | ESTIMATED DOLLAR VALUE | CENTER |
| Annex Four to the Reimbursable Space Act Agreement between SpaceXand NASA Ames Research Center for High-End Computing Resources for the SpaceX Launch Abort System, Dragon Capsule, and Falcon Launch Vehicle Analysis | 03/17/14 | 12/31/17 | Reimbursable | —– | ARC |
| Reimbursable Umbrella Space Act Agreement between SpaceX and NASA Ames Research Center to Support SpaceX Commercial Crew Development | 08/03/11 | 12/13/17 | Reimbursable | —– | ARC |
| Annex No. 10 to SAA8-15117373 for Falcon 2.0 Stage 2 (S2) Modal Testing in GRC Space Power Facility (SPF) | 01/27/17 | 01/27/18 | Reimbursable | —– | GRC |
| Annex No. 09 to SAA801517373 for SpaceX Launch Vehicle Development Support – Falcon Version 2.0 Fairing Testing in the Space Power Facility (SPF) | 01/30/17 | 01/30/19 | Reimbursable | —– | GRC |
| Annex No. 09 to SAA801517373 for SpaceX Launch Vehicle Development Support – Falcon Version 2.0 Fairing Testing in the Space Power Facility (SPF) | 01/30/17 | 01/30/19 | Reimbursable | —– | GRC |
| Reimbursable Space Act Agreement between SpaceX and NASA GSFC for Spacecraft RF Compatibility Testing | 08/23/16 | 08/23/21 | Reimbursable | —– | GSFC |
| Dragon Fire Monitor | 11/07/14 | 05/07/18 | Reimbursable | —– | JPL |
| Surface chemical and materials analysis of spacecraft hardware | 10/01/12 | 12/31/20 | Reimbursable | —– | JPL |
| Dragon Single Event Effects (SEE) Analysis Assessment | 12/01/10 | 09/30/19 | Reimbursable | —– | JPL |
| Placeholder for SpaceX CCtCap Task Plan4 for MMOD Analysis | 02/15/17 | 02/15/18 | Reimbursable | —– | JSC |
| Commercial Space Capabilities Collaboration | 12/18/14 | 03/31/22 | Non-Reimbursable | $930,058 | JSC |
| Annex 1 to Non-Reimbursable Space Act Agreement with Space Exploration Technologies for Entry, Descent, and Landing Technology Development | 12/01/15 | 12/01/17 | Non-Reimbursable | $2,848,685 | JSC |
| Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) Technology Development | 12/01/15 | 12/01/20 | Non-Reimbursable | —– | JSC |
| Support for Cockpit Displays and Controls Development | 05/13/13 | 05/13/18 | Reimbursable | —– | JSC |
| Annex No. 2 to Fully Reimbursable Umbrella SAA between NASA and SpaceX for Guest and Media Support Services | 05/18/16 | 05/17/21 | Reimbursable | —– | KSC |
| Annex No. 1 to Fully Reimbursable Umbrella SAA between NASA and SpaceX for Guest and Media Support Services | 05/18/16 | 05/18/21 | Reimbursable | —– | KSC |
| Fully Reimbursable Umbrella SAA between NASA and SpaceX for Guest and Media Support Services | 05/18/16 | 05/17/21 | Reimbursable | —– | KSC |
| Annex No. 8 between SpaceX and NASA KSC for Commercial Resupply Services-4 (CRS-4) Launch | 02/26/13 | 02/26/18 | Reimbursable | —– | KSC |
| Space Act Agreement Between NASA and SpaceX for Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCAP) | 08/02/12 | 08/01/18 | Funded | $460,000,000 | KSC |
| Fully Reimbursable Umbrella SAA between SpaceX and NASA KSC for Use of Guest Operations and Public Affairs Support | 02/26/13 | 02/26/18 | Reimbursable | —– | KSC |
| Annex No. 5 to SAA8-1517373 with SpaceX | 01/31/17 | 01/31/19 | Reimbursable | —– | MSFC |
| SpaceX CCTCap Task Plan 2 | 04/28/16 | 09/30/20 | Reimbursable | —– | MSFC |
| Engine Transient Modeling Support | 05/11/16 | 05/11/18 | Reimbursable | —– | MSFC |
| Additive Manufacturing Support | 05/06/15 | 05/06/18 | Reimbursable | —– | MSFC |
| SpaceX Launch Vehicle Development Support | 04/03/15 | 04/03/20 | Reimbursable | —– | MSFC |
| Annex Six to Launch Vehicle and Space System Support Umbrella for facility preparation, testing, and related support services. | 03/08/16 | 12/02/18 | Reimbursable | —– | SSC |
| Annex Five to Launch Vehicle and Space System Support Umbrella for provision of reimbursable support services | 11/06/15 | 11/06/17 | Reimbursable | —– | SSC |
| Reimbursable Umbrella Space Act Agreement for Launch Vehicle and Space System Support | 12/02/13 | 12/02/18 | Reimbursable | —– | SSC |
| SpaceX-WSTF-05 | 03/28/16 | 09/15/22 | Reimbursable | —– | WSTF |
| Annex to SpaceX Testing, Analysis, and Training Activities | 01/07/16 | 10/19/20 | Reimbursable | —– | WSTF |
| Hypergolic Materials Testing and Support | 10/19/15 | 10/19/20 | Reimbursable | —– | WSTF |
| SpaceX Testing, Analysis, and Training Activities | 10/19/15 | 10/19/20 | Reimbursable | —– | WSTF |
| SpaceX-WSTF-04 | 10/13/15 | 09/15/22 | Reimbursable | —– | WSTF |
Boeing
Boeing’s CST-100 Structural Test Article ready for shipment from C3PF to Boeing’s facility in Huntington Beach, California. (Credit: Boeing)
| Boeing Space Act Agreements with NASA | |||||
| TITLE/ PURPOSE | EXECUTION DATE | EXPIRATION DATE | AGREEMENT TYPE | ESTIMATED DOLLAR VALUE | CENTER |
| Reimbursable Space Act Agreement between the NASA, Ames Research Center and the Boeing Company for TUFROC Certification, Re-Use and Max Use Temperature Testing | 08/24/16 | 08/24/19 | Reimbursable | —– | ARC |
| Nonreimbursable Space Act Agreement between the NASA, Ames Research Center and The Boeing Company for Arc Jet Exposure of Ablative and Non-Oxide CMC TPS for Planetary Probe and Sample Return Applications | 08/17/16 | 08/17/18 | Non-Reimbursable | $970,500 | ARC |
| Task Plan No. SAA2-BOE-04 in Support of Contract No. NNk14MA75C to provide testing services and technical support in the ARC Arc-Jet Facility | 04/13/15 | 09/15/22 | Reimbursable | —– | ARC |
| Task Plan No. SAA2-BOE-03 in Support of Contract No. NNk14MA75C for two (2) machined, instrumented, and assembled 3D woven quartz fibers impregnated with cyanate ester resin (WQCE) test articles | 04/13/15 | 09/15/22 | Reimbursable | —– | ARC |
| Reimbursable Space Act Agreement between NASA ARC and The Boeing Company for Utilization of Wind Tunnel Facilities for Cooperative Research and Testing | 12/17/01 | 06/18/19 | Reimbursable | —– | ARC |
| Model-Based Engine Control | 09/26/16 | 09/26/18 | Non-Reimbursable | $15,580 | GRC |
| Testing and Delivery of Seal Concepts for Boeing Nozzle Structures | 12/21/15 | 12/21/17 | Reimbursable | —– | GRC |
| Multiscale Modeling of Composite Systems | 09/17/15 | 09/17/20 | Reimbursable | —– | GRC |
| Boeing Company Nozzle Testing in the Advanced Nozzle Test Facility | 10/31/14 | 10/31/17 | Reimbursable | —– | GRC |
| Collaborative Research Activities in Aeronautics and Related Technologies | 02/11/15 | 02/11/20 | Reimbursable | —– | GRC |
| Umbrella Agreement for Cooperative Research in Support of NASA’s Fundamental Aeronautics Program and Boeing Research & Technology | 07/16/12 | 07/16/17 | Non-Reimbursable | —– | GRC |
| Reimbursable Space Act Agreement between The Boeing Company and NASA for Commercial Crew Program | 06/18/13 | 07/01/17 | Reimbursable | —– | GSFC |
| FY13 Support of Boeing’s Utilization of NASA CARA Services (Related to SAAM 14322) | 01/31/13 | 01/31/18 | Reimbursable | —– | GSFC |
| Conjunction Assessment Risk Analysis (CARA) Support | 01/29/13 | 01/28/18 | Reimbursable | —– | GSFC |
| Mars and Lunar Vicinity Mission Design | 10/08/15 | 10/08/17 | Reimbursable | —– | JPL |
| Ionizing Radiation Evaluation of Materials and Semiconductor Devices for The Boeing Company | 05/16/12 | 04/01/21 | Reimbursable | —– | JPL |
| Operations Services to the CST-100 Commercial Crew Vehicle | 09/11/12 | 09/10/17 | Reimbursable | —– | JSC |
| Reimbursable space act agreement between NASA and McDonnell Douglas Corp, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, for providing helium pipeline installation nitrogen pipeline extension and gases to CCAFS customers | 07/17/00 | 07/17/20 | Reimbursable | —– | KSC |
| Annex to environmentally responsible air vehicle concept research | 04/06/17 | 12/20/17 | Non-Reimbursable | $2,403 | LaRC |
| Computational Stability and Control | 04/17/17 | 09/30/18 | Non-Reimbursable | $13,387 | LaRC |
| Swept Wing Natural Laminar Flow Research | 12/19/16 | 12/19/18 | Reimbursable | —– | LaRC |
| BOEING Ecodmonstrator Technology Development & NASA Future Ground and Flight Testing | 01/23/17 | 01/23/18 | Non-Reimbursable | $191,125 | LaRC |
| Flight Deck Systems and Operations Research | 01/20/17 | 01/20/22 | Non-Reimbursable | $816,127 | LaRC |
| Annex 5 to Environmentally Responsible Air Vehicle Concept Research | 11/15/16 | 11/15/20 | Non-Reimbursable | $10,442 | LaRC |
| Simulation Based Airframe Noise Prediction for Large Civil Transports | 02/03/17 | 06/03/19 | Non-Reimbursable | $1,287,198 | LaRC |
| Aerospace Research Development | 02/03/17 | 02/03/22 | Non-Reimbursable | —– | LaRC |
| Land Landing Impact Testing of CST-100 Airbag Landing System | 09/13/16 | 09/30/17 | Reimbursable | —– | LaRC |
| Shape Memory Alloy Remote Control Actuation Test | 08/29/16 | 08/29/17 | Non-Reimbursable | $77,531 | LaRC |
| Surface Contamination Inspection Technology Development | 11/20/15 | 07/31/17 | Reimbursable | —– | LaRC |
| Aerospace R&D | 11/20/15 | 11/20/20 | Reimbursable | —– | LaRC |
| Environmentally Responsible Air Vehicle Concept Research | 12/22/15 | 12/22/20 | Non-Reimbursable | —– | LaRC |
| The Development of A Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Capable Workforce | 04/23/15 | 04/23/18 | Non-Reimbursable | $87,836 | LaRC |
| Engineering and Test Services Support for Commercial Crew Related Activities | 09/18/13 | 09/18/18 | Reimbursable | —– | LaRC |
| Annex to Aerospace Hardware Testing, Evaluation, and related engineering services | 04/06/17 | 04/06/18 | Reimbursable | —– | MSFC |
| Thermal Vacuum Testing of Boeing Power Bolt Nuts hardware for Nano Racks XOFablabs | 03/22/17 | 03/22/18 | Reimbursable | —– | MSFC |
| Aerospace Hardware Testing, Evaluation, and related engineering services | 03/22/17 | 03/22/22 | Reimbursable | —– | MSFC |
| Simulated Rain Impact Testing for Evaluation of a Ceramic Material | 04/12/17 | 04/12/19 | Reimbursable | —– | MSFC |
| To support Boeing space vehicle testing and analyses | 04/08/15 | 04/08/18 | Reimbursable | —– | MSFC |
| Boeing Weather Encounter Impact Testing | 09/24/15 | 09/24/17 | Reimbursable | —– | MSFC |
| The Boeing Company for use of Michoud Assembly Facility Demand Services | 04/26/12 | 09/30/17 | Reimbursable | —– | MSFC |
| Boeing-WSTF-02 | 11/10/15 | 09/15/22 | Reimbursable | —– | WSTF |
United Launch Alliance
An artist’s concept of Space Launch Complex 41 on launch day showing the Crew Access Tower in place beside a Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft and United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. (Credit: Boeing)
| ULA Space Act Agreements with NASA | |||||
| TITLE/ PURPOSE | EXECUTION DATE | EXPIRATION DATE | AGREEMENT TYPE | ESTIMATED DOLLAR VALUE | CENTER |
| Reimbursable Umbrella Space Act Agreement between the NASA, Ames Research Center and United Launch Alliance for Wind Tunnel Testing | 11/23/15 | 11/23/20 | Reimbursable | —– | ARC |
| TDRS Services for Launch Vehicles | 11/13/15 | 11/13/20 | Reimbursable | —– | GSFC |
| Commercial Space Capabilities Collaboration | 12/18/14 | 06/30/22 | Non-Reimbursable | $930,055 | JSC |
| Fully Reimbursable SAA between United Launch Alliance, LLC and NASA for Use of Center Capabilities | 09/28/16 | 09/27/21 | Reimbursable | —– | KSC |
| Annex No. 2 for Nonreimbursable SAA Umbrella Agreement between NASA and ULA, LLC for Demonstration of Cryogenic and Secondary Technologies for Launch Vehicles | 09/13/16 | 09/12/21 | Non-Reimbursable | $2,639,520 | KSC |
| Annex No. 1 to Nonreimbursable SAA Umbrella Agreement between NASA and ULA, LLC for Demonstration of Cryogenic and Secondary Technologies for Launch Vehicles | 01/21/16 | 01/20/21 | Non-Reimbursable | $2,161,402 | KSC |
| Nonreimbursable SAA Umbrella Agreement between NASA and ULA, LLC for Demonstration of Cryogenic and Secondary Technologies for Launch Vehicles | 01/21/16 | 01/20/21 | Non-Reimbursable | —– | KSC |
| Nonreimbursable Umbrella Space Act Agreement between NASA and United Launch Alliance for Launch Complex 39 Studies for Atlas V and Delta IV | 09/05/13 | 09/05/18 | Non-Reimbursable | —– | KSC |
| SAA between United Launch Alliance and NASA Launch Services Program for Access to and Operational Use of Space Launch Complex 2 (SLC-2) and Delta II Launch Vehicle Government Owned Equipment | 08/23/11 | 12/31/99 | Non-Reimbursable | —– | KSC |
| ULA V-02, Vulcan Wind Tunnel Test | 09/01/16 | 09/01/17 | Reimbursable | —– | MSFC |
Sierra Nevada Corporation
Dream Chaser berthed at space station. (Credit: Sierra Nevada Corporation)
| Sierra Nevada Space Act Agreements with NASA | |||||
| TITLE/ PURPOSE | EXECUTION DATE | EXPIRATION DATE | AGREEMENT TYPE | ESTIMATED DOLLAR VALUE | CENTER |
| Annex to Umbrella Agreement for NASA Dryden Fight Research Center Support of the Dream Chaser Commercial Space System Development | 09/30/15 | 09/01/19 | Reimbursable | —– | AFRC |
| Umbrella Agreement for NASA Dryden Fight Research Center Support of the Dream Chaser Commercial Space System Development | 09/09/11 | 09/01/19 | Reimbursable | —– | AFRC |
| Reimbursable Umbrella Space Act Agreement between Sierra Nevada Corporation and NASA Ames Research Center to support Sierra Nevada Commercial Crew Development | 09/27/11 | 12/31/17 | Reimbursable | —– | ARC |
| Annex 4 to Technical Services Agreement for Space System Design and Test Activities | 12/23/13 | 12/23/17 | Reimbursable | —– | GRC |
| Technical Services Agreement for Space System Design and Test Activities | 09/12/11 | 09/30/18 | Reimbursable | —– | GRC |
| NASA-SNC Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) agreement | 07/08/14 | 07/08/19 | Reimbursable | —– | GSFC |
| Space Act Agreement between NASA and Sierra Nevada Corporation for Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) | 08/02/12 | 08/01/22 | Funded | $227,500,000 | KSC |
| Support development and analysis of vehicle loads | 09/06/16 | 09/06/17 | Reimbursable | —– | LaRC |
| Engineering Services, Analysis and Testing in support of SNCs Vehicle/Technology Development | 09/01/16 | 09/01/21 | Reimbursable | —– | LaRC |
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Why is Orbital-ATK not on this list?
Next story.
Is there any record of how much NASA has been reimbursed for these “Reimbursable” SAAs ?
Is there not an CCiCap contract for Boeing or has it already been completed?
Boeing completed all its CCiCap milestones in 2014