The Salisbury-based Harkins Contracting Incorporated has been tapped to build a new Mission Launch Command Center at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.
It will spread out over 14-thousand square feet becoming the central location for rocket control, their payloads and other support systems.
The Salisbury Daily Times reports that the command is needed for the commercial resupply operation for the International Space Station as well as for the Defense Department and the lunar missions.
The paper says that the current operations center was built in the 1950’s for quick turnaround missions.
The contract is worth $5.6 million and will cover things ranging from asphalt paving and storm water structures to electrical ducts and sanitary systems.
