Media Invited to View Space Station-Bound Earth Science Instrument with NASA's Associate Administrator

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Media Invited to View Space Station-Bound Earth Science Instrument

with NASA's Associate Administrator

Media are invited to meet with NASA Associate Administrator Robert

Lightfoot during a visit to NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton,

Va., at 1:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 2.

During the visit, Lightfoot and media will see the hardware for the

Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III/ISS (SAGE III/ISS), an

instrument scheduled for launch to the International Space Station in

March 2015 to study the Earth's atmosphere.

Following the tour, Lightfoot will be available to answer questions

about the mission, the agency's Earth Science program and NASA's

proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2015.

Media need to contact Michael Finneran at 757-864-6110 or

michael.p.finneran@nasa.gov no later than noon April 2 for credentials

and entry to the center.

SAGE III/ISS is scheduled to fly to the space station on a SpaceX

Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force

Station in Florida. The instrument will measure ozone, water vapor and

aerosols in Earth's atmosphere from its unique perch on the exterior

of the station.

For more information on SAGE III/ISS, visit:

http://sage.nasa.gov/SAGE3ISS

Lauren Worley Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1288

lauren.b.worley@nasa.gov

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