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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope science operations contract with the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy has reached $2.53 billion in total obligations, following an August 24, 2026 modification extending performance through October 31, 2026.
NASA has obligated $822,965,672 to the California Institute of Technology under a sole-source task order supporting the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid, with a period of performance running through September 2028.
Federal spending records show a $4.4 billion NASA contract held by Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation for Ares I first-stage development — signed in 2007 for a Constellation program launch vehicle NASA cancelled in 2010 — received a recorded modification this week.
NASA's long-running contract supporting joint US/Russian human space flight activities has reached $4,682,328,998.90 in cumulative obligations, with a period of performance extending through December 31, 2028.
NASA has obligated $1,987,372,021 to Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC under contract 80MSFC23CA014 for development of a Human Landing System lunar lander, against a total contract ceiling of $3.71 billion. The award was signed May 18, 2023, and remains active with modifications through August 2026.
Cumulative obligations under NASA's GOES-R next-generation weather satellite contract with Lockheed Martin Corp. have reached $2.03 billion, per USAspending records last updated July 27, 2026, against a $2.13 billion contract ceiling that runs through 2039.
NASA obligated an additional $22.46 million to Lockheed Martin Corp. under the original Orion spacecraft prime contract via a funding-only modification recorded July 20, 2026, bringing cumulative obligations on the 2006-vintage award to roughly $15.56 billion, USAspending.gov data show.
NASA has obligated $85,316,136 to the California Institute of Technology under a sole-source, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract supporting the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment-Follow On (GRACE-FO) mission. The award is managed through Caltech's operation of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
KBR Wyle Services' Mission Systems Operations Contract at NASA's Johnson Space Center, which has obligated $1.06 billion since 2017, reaches its period-of-performance end date on July 31, 2026, following a GAO-upheld recompete loss to the Ascend joint venture of Amentum and Aerodyne Industries.
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation's NASA NextSTEP contract has obligated a cumulative $1.61 billion since 2015, USAspending.gov records show, funding Cygnus-derived exploration habitation concepts under an award that remains active through 2029.
Federal contracting records show NASA has obligated $1,604,628,076 to the California Institute of Technology under a task order for Mars Sample Return Phase A work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The order runs through September 2028 under JPL's FFRDC contract vehicle; Congress's FY2026 appropriations bill, passed in January 2026, ended funding for the existing MSR program structure.
NASA has obligated a cumulative $3,055,729,526.07 to date under its Human Landing System (HLS) contract with Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), according to USAspending.gov. The definitive, firm-fixed-price contract, managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, was signed May 13, 2020 and carries a potential value of $4,549,695,247.92 if all options are exercised, with performance running through December 6, 2027.
A NASA task order (award ID 80NM0018F0615) issued to the California Institute of Technology under its FFRDC sponsoring agreement to operate the Jet Propulsion Laboratory has reached $2,967,636,551.98 in total obligations for the Europa Clipper mission. The task order, issued under parent IDIQ 80NM0018D0004, has a period of performance from October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2028, with a base-and-all-options value of $3,889,273,743.00.
The California Institute of Technology, which operates NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has been awarded a $101,362,042 NASA task order for Formulation Phase A/B work on the CRISTAL project. The award runs through September 2028.
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC has received $1,334,597,995 in cumulative obligations from NASA for the Dragonfly Extended Phase B Mission task order, issued under the Aerospace Research, Development and Engineering Support II indefinite-delivery vehicle.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has awarded California Institute of Technology $258,697,495 to conduct pre-Phase A and Phase A planning for the Surface Biology and Geology mission, a next-generation Earth-observing satellite targeting ecosystem and geological monitoring.
Peraton Inc. is under a $1.5 billion contract with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to provide integrated management and network solutions for NASA's space communications and navigation infrastructure. The contract runs through September 30, 2027.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has obligated $22.4 billion under its prime contract with The Boeing Company for the International Space Station, according to federal contract records. The contract, awarded in November 1993, remains one of NASA's largest individual contract obligations.
Federal contracting records on USASpending.gov show a $10.5 billion NASA contract held by The Boeing Company for developmental hardware, test articles, and manufacture and assembly of Ares I upper stages under NASA's Constellation program, which developed the Ares I launch vehicle.
The California Institute of Technology holds a $1.47 billion total obligation under NASA contract 80NM0018F0850 to operate the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) as a federally funded research and development center. The contract includes management of NASA's Deep Space Network and runs through September 2028.
The Boeing Company holds a $2.53 billion NASA contract for Space Launch System stages production and evolution, covering core stage manufacturing for the agency's deep-space exploration program.
NASA has selected 1,490 vendors for 2,115 contract slots on the SEWP VI GWAC — a $60 billion, ten-year vehicle covering hardware, cloud, cybersecurity, and a new category for program-level IT services.