NASA Announces Major Decisions For Future Human Spaceflight

[NASA News <hqnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sept. 14, 2011

Michael Braukus/J.D. Harrington 
Headquarters, Washington      
202-358-1979/5241 
michael.j.braukus@xxxxxxxx/j.d.harrington@xxxxxxxx   


MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-194

NASA ANNOUNCES MAJOR DECISIONS FOR FUTURE HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT

WASHINGTON -- NASA leaders will participate in two media events 
Wednesday, Sept. 14, to discuss the new Space Launch System that will 
take American astronauts farther into space than ever before. 

At 10 a.m. EDT, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will join members of 
Congress, including Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Bill Nelson, for a 
news conference in SDG-50 on the ground floor of the Senate Dirksen 
Building in Washington. 

The event will be webcast live on the Senate Commerce Committee's 
website at: 


http://commerce.senate.gov 


At 12 p.m. NASA will hold a background media teleconference with 
William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for NASA's Human 
Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission Directorate, Doug Cooke, 
deputy associate administrator for HEO, NASA Chief Financial Officer 
Beth Robinson and other senior managers. 

To participate, reporters must e-mail their name, media affiliation 
and telephone number to J.D. Harrington at j.d.harrington@xxxxxxxx by 
11:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday. 

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at: 


http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio 


For more information about NASA's plans for future human space 
exploration, visit: 


http://www.nasa.gov/exploration   

	
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