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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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ACTION DATE2026-04-07·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_NNJ06GA16C_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

ENERGIA WILL PROVIDE HARDWARE AND SERVICES THAT SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Procure hardware and services from Russia's Energia corporation to support International Space Station operations.

Sub-sectors
space-station-operationsinternational-partnershipsspacecraft-hardware
Why this matters

Maintains critical U.S.-Russia cooperation on ISS despite geopolitical tensions; ensures continuous station staffing and resupply capabilities.

Supply-chain signal

Signals continued reliance on Russian Soyuz vehicles and hardware for ISS access; reflects limited near-term alternatives for crew transport.

U.S.–China competition angle

Demonstrates U.S. commitment to multilateral space cooperation; contrasts with China's separate space station program and exclusion from ISS partnership.

Generated by award_classification v1.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-14. Cost: $0.001430.

Period of performance
Start
2006-08-04
End
2028-12-31
Status
activein 961 days
Sources
  • Award record ingested from usaspending. Source identifier CONT_AWD_NNJ06GA16C_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-.

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