2006 Announcements

the Hammers Company, Inc. teamed with Lockheed Martin to provide support for NASA's Consolidated Space Operations Contract (CSOC) from 1/1/99 ? 12/31/03. Support was provided at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland. Under the provisions of this contract, the Hammers Company provided support to the Human Space Flight Missions, Expendable Launch Vehicles and Science payloads.

The Hammers Company provided pre-launch readiness testing for 20 Shuttle launches, provided mission console support during the manned flight mission and has supported the manned presence on the International Space Station for the past five years.

Ninety-Six Expendable Launch Vehicles (ELV) were supported during this period each carrying numerous Science payloads. The ELV team is responsible for the support of the Atlas, Delta, and Sea Launch vehicles. These missions utilize the Space and Ground Network for Telemetry data. The ELV personnel supported both of the MARs Exploration launches.

The Hammers Company test personnel provided support to 38 Science Missions during the past five years. These missions included Hubble Space Telescope Servicing missions, EOS and numerous NOAA missions. These support included the testing of the payload data delivery systems to the Science Mission data capture control center. Test personnel are responsible for the training the mission console operators to utilize the Space Network and Ground Network systems in support of their respective missions.

The Hammers Company, Inc. is teamed with Honeywell Technical Services to provide support for NASA's Near Earth Network Services Contract (NENS) from 1/1/04 ? 10/08/08. Support is to be provided at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland.

The Hammers Company provides support to the Human Space Flight mission, Shuttle Return to Flight Program, International Space Station activities, Expendable Launch Vehicles and Science Missions.

The Hammers Human Space Flight personnel support the Pre-Flight Simulation, Pre-Flight Data Transfer Test and will support the Shuttle Mission with human presence. The Shuttle Return To Flight Program will test the Shuttle support systems to verify all safety problems have been corrected and the monitoring system performs satisfactory to enable the Mission Controllers to verify mission performance.

The Human Space Flight team provide support to the International Space Station ISS during all Shuttle missions, and the Progress supply and crew transfer Soyuz missions. Support will consist of Pre-Launch testing as well as console support.

The Hammers Expendable Launch Vehicle support team support the Atlas, Delta and Sea Launch mission through the contract. The ELV Team support all other launches of Titans, Pagesus and Taurus launches that are scheduled. Pre-Launch testing and verification will be performed prior to mission console launch support. Approximately 20 ELV launches each year will be supported

The Hammers team support the Science Missions from the mission set with Pre-Launch testing, Data Validation and Verification testing, Console mission support during launch and early orbit testing of the mission payload. Science Mission will include AURA, GRAVITY PROBE-B, GOES, NOAA, DART and Stars Range Safety Testing.

The Hammers Expendable Launch Team provided support to the Global Flyer Flight where Steve Fossett set the world record for non-stop, no-refueling flight around the world. The team set up the communication links that enabled mission controllers to stay in touch with Mr. Fossett and his Global Flyer from the moment he took off from Salina, Kansas to the time he landed 66 hours later.