Houston Business Journal, July 2, 2007 HOUSTON -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has extended its contract with Wyle Laboratories Inc. The $294 million contract extension will support the Space Life Sciences Directorate at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The extension, which extends the contract to April 30, 2011, is the first of two options in NASA's contract with Wyle Laboratories. Terms of the bioastronautics contract call for the El Segundo, Calif.-based engineering company's life sciences group, based in Houston, to support the International Space Station, space shuttle, constellation and human research programs. Wyle maintains readiness of space and life sciences-related facilities and laboratories; provides services for program integration, habitability and environmental factors; human adaptation and countermeasures; space medicine; flight hardware; and human research activities. The work is performed at Johnson, the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. (This story has appeared widely in state and national electronic and print news.)