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NASA has selected CACI, Inc. of Chantilly, Virginia, to maintain and improve IT services across the agency. The NASA Consolidated Applications and Platform Services (NCAPS) award is a hybrid firm-fixed price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity provision and a maximum potential value of about $2 billion. The performance period will extend eight years with a 90-day phase-in period, followed by a base period, seven option periods, and a six-month extension period. The NCAPS award will provide a comprehensive enterprise solution to standardize and centralize NASA’s IT services. This includes the maintenance of IT systems, development of…

A conversation with William Reach, Deputy Director at the SOFIA Science Center at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. Transcript Host (Matthew Buffington):You are listening to NASA in Silicon Valley, episode 49. This week, we are chatting with William Reach, the Deputy Director at the SOFIA Science Center at NASA Ames. If you are new to the podcast, SOFIA is a fancy acronym that stands for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. But it literally is a flying telescope in a modified Boeing 747. SOFIA and its team are back in Christchurch, New Zealand to observe the skies…

From Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars, explore the world of human spaceflight with NASA each week on the official podcast of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Listen to in-depth conversations with the astronauts, scientists and engineers who make it possible. On episode 398, acting vehicle integration office manager for NASA’s Orion Program Chris Edelen discusses the spacecraft that will carry astronauts around the Moon on Artemis II. This episode was recorded August 6, 2025. Transcript Kenna Pell Houston, We Have a Podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center, Episode 398:…