Test Evaluation Support Team (TEST) Contract at
NASA White Sands Test Facility (WSTF)
Jacobs
The TEST contract at NASA Johnson Space Center’s WSTF near Las Cruces, NM, supports the nation’s space flight mission – specifically, the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station (ISS), as well as other Federal agencies. With more than 400 personnel, Jacobs provides the expertise and supports the infrastructure to test and evaluate spacecraft materials, components, and rocket propulsion systems to enable the safe human exploration and utilization of space. Jacobs’ services also include facility maintenance, logistics, depot level repair of flight hardware and the maintenance and repair of test systems required for these activities. Space Shuttle support, which is a mainstay of the workload on the TEST contract, includes refurbishment and simulated altitude testing of Forward and Aft Reaction Control System thrusters, operation of the White Sands Space Harbor which is one of three Shuttle landing sites, OMS Composite Overwrap Pressure Vessel testing, and auxiliary power unit fleet leader testing. The Agency’s hypergolic experts, most of whom are Jacobs employees, reside at WSTF, making this facility essential to the health of future hypergolic propulsion system development.
