KBR signs LOI to develop spaceflight food lab near Johnson Space Center
KBR (KBR) has signed a letter of intent, or LOI, with ACMI Properties to grow KBR's commercial space capabilities including a human spaceflight food laboratory at NASA's Exploration Park, adjacent to Johnson Space Center. The 45,000 square-foot, Houston-based facility would serve the growing commercial low-Earth orbit industry where tailorable astronaut food systems and solutions will be designed, tested, validated, produced, and integrated into customer mission environments. With a strategic location at NASA's Exploration Park, and in collaboration with ACMI Properties who specialize in building mission critical infrastructure, KBR expects to set new benchmarks along with the co-located Exploration Park innovators feeding the needs of LEO, Moon, and Mars providers as humanity pursues destiny. In addition to supporting human spaceflight programs, the facility is targeting applications that supply goods, services, or technologies where advanced food safety, packaging, and lifecycle management solutions for humans in extreme and performance-driven environments are key considerations for mission success.
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