Appendix B: Major Contractors

Contractor Responsible Center Contract
Task Amount (millions)
McDonnell Douglas Astronautics MSFC Orbital workshop $383.30
Rockwell International JSC Command and service modules 354.3
McDonnell Douglas Astronautics MSFC Airlock module 267.7
Martin Marietta MSEC Payload integration and multiple docking adapter assembly 215.5
Martin Marietta JSC Payload and experiments integration and spacecraft support 105.4
McDonnell Douglas Astronautics KSC S-IVB launch services 58.9
Naval Research Laboratory MSFC S082A, B, ultraviolet spectroheliograph and spectrograph 40.9
Harvard College Observatory MSFC S055 ultraviolet spectrometer 34.6
International Business Machines MSFC Instrument unit 30.7
Chrysler MSFC S-IB stage 30.0
General Electric JSC Reliability and quality assurance systems engineering for auto. checkout equipment 29.7
International Business Machines MSFC Apollo telescope mount digital computer 29.2
McDonnell Douglas Astronautics MSFC S-IVB stage 25.7
General Electric MSFC Electrical support equipment, logistic support 25.0
Chrysler KSC S-IB launch operations support 23.2
Rockwell International KSC Command and service module support 17.5
International Latex Corp. JSC Spacesuits 16.9
High Altitude Observatory MSFC S052 white light coronagraph 14.7
Boeing KSC Saturn V vehicle and launch operations support 14.4
General Electric MSFC Launch vehicle ground support equipment 12.6
International Business Machines KSC Instrument unit launch services 12.3
Garrett JSC Portable astronaut life support assembly 11.9
General Electric JSC S193 microwave radiometer-scatterometer 11.3
Martin Marietta Hqs. Program support 11.1
Honeywell JSC S192 10-band multispectral scanner 10.8
Rockwell International MSFC Saturn engine support, Saturn V and IB 10.3
American Science & Engineering MSFC S054 x-ray spectrographic telescope 8.3
Boeing MSFC Systems engineering and integration 7.4
Martin Marietta KSC Multiple docking adapter support 7.2
Chrysler MSFC S-IB systems and integration 7.0
Itek JSC S190 multispectral photographic facility 2.7
Goddard Space Flight Center MSFC S056 dual x-ray telescope 2.5
Block Engineering JSC S191 infrared spectrometer 2.0
Cutler Hammer Airborne Instruments JSC S194 L-band radiometer 1.5
Boeing MSFC S-IC stage 0.9
Delco Electronics KSC Navigation and guidance launch operations 0.9

SOURCE: Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Skylab: Status of Skylab Mission, hearing, 93d Congress, 1st sess., 23 May 1973, p. 25.