Keith Koehler
Wallops Flight Facility, Va.
757-864-1579
keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov
David E. Steitz
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1730
david.steitz@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-011
WALLOPS MEDIA ROUNDTABLE WITH NASA'S SPACE TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- Journalists are invited to a roundtable
discussion at 11 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 24, with NASA's Chief
Technologist Mason Peck during his visit to the agency's Wallops
Flight Facility at Wallops Island, Va.
Wallops Flight Facility Director Bill Wrobel will join Peck for the
event. They will discuss Wallops' important role in the agency's
development of cutting-edge technologies and innovations that will
enable NASA's future missions in science, exploration and space
operations.
Wallops will conduct critical high-altitude balloon and sounding
rocket flights for several major space technology projects during the
coming years. The center will test inflatable aerodynamic
decelerators for safely returning cargo to Earth from the
International Space Station and landing large payloads on planetary
surfaces. NASA also will launch a small technology secondary payload
aboard a commercial rocket from Wallops this year.
Reporters interested in attending the media roundtable at Wallops must
contact Keith Koehler at 757-824-1579 or keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov by
3 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 23. To join the roundtable by telephone,
journalists should call: 1-800-369-6087 or 1-773-756-0843 and use the
passcode "Wallops."
For information about high altitude balloon and sounding rocket
programs at Wallops, visit:
For Peck's biography and information about the Office of the Chief
Technologist, visit:
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