Michael Braukus
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1979
michael.j.braukus@nasa.gov
Candrea Thomas
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
candrea.k.thomas@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-086
NASA BRIEFING WITH COMMERCIAL CREW DEVELOPMENT AWARD WINNERS
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA will host a media briefing at 11 a.m. EDT
Thursday, April 28, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to
highlight the four companies selected for the second round of the
agency's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev2) efforts.
The briefing is part of the countdown activities for the final
scheduled launch of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission to the
International Space Station. Lift off is scheduled for 3:47 p.m. on
Friday, April 29.
The news conference participants are:
-- Phil McAlister, acting director, Commercial Spaceflight
Development, NASA Headquarters, Washington
-- Ed Mango, program manager for NASA's Commercial Crew Program,
Kennedy Space Center
-- Rob Meyerson, program manager, Blue Origin, Kent, Wash.
-- Mark Sirangelo, program manager, Sierra Nevada, Louisville, Colo.
-- Garrett Reisman, program manager, SpaceX, Hawthorne, Calif.
-- John Elbon, program manager, The Boeing Company, Houston
On April 18, NASA awarded $269.3 million to these companies to
accelerate the availability of U.S. commercial crew transportation
capabilities and reduce the gap in American human spaceflight
capability. Through this activity, NASA also may be able to spur
economic growth as potential new space markets are created. Once
developed, crew transportation capabilities could become available to
commercial and government customers.
The briefing will be broadcast live on NASA Television and streamed
at:
The NASA News Twitter feed will be updated throughout the shuttle
launch countdown, mission and landing. To follow, visit:
Kennedy manages the agency's Commercial Crew Development efforts for
the NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate.
http://www.nasa.gov/exploration
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