Checkout, Assembly and Payload Processing Services (CAPPS)

Overview

Checkout, Assembly & Payload Processing Services (CAPPS) is a service contract that Boeing has with NASA to receive, tag and make ready all NASA payloads flying into space. Boeing personnel and teammates assigned by NASA work at the Kennedy Space Center's Space Station Processing Facility and various clean rooms used for satellite and cargo processing.

Boeing responsibilities under the CAPPS contract include:

  • Receiving and processing payloads.
  • Preparing mission cargo.
  • Testing for launch vehicle compatibility.
  • Extracting payloads at mission end.
  • Operating and maintaining associated facilities and ground systems.

Boeing has prepared more than 2 million pounds of payloads for flight, launched on both space shuttle and expendable launch vehicle missions. Boeing crews and teammates have managed payloads on every space shuttle mission, a legacy that began with the Columbia's maiden flight in April 1981.

For more information, read the Checkout, Assembly & Payload Processing Services (CAPPS) (PDF) overview.

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If you would like further information about our products or services, please contact Boeing Space Exploration at:

Susan Wells
Space Exploration Communications (Florida)
The Boeing Company
(321) 264-8580
susan.h.wells@boeing.com