73-018 NASA signs supplemental agreement with Grumman for LM changes

NASA Manned Spacecraft Ccnter, Houston, Texas 77058

FOR RELEASE: February 14, 1973

Don J. Green 713/483-5111

RELEASE NO: 73-18

NASA SIGNS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH GRUMMAN FOR LM CHANGES

The NASA Manned Spacecraft Center has signed a supplemental agreement valued at $3,312,559, with the Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Bethpage, New York, for changes to the Apollo Lunar Module.

The agreement incorporates into the contract, changes authorized by NASA for modifications to the LM for additional scientific payloads as required by Apollo mission 15, 16 and 17.

The modifications bring the total estimated value of the Grumman contract since January 1963, to approximately $2,004,451,407.

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