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NASA Exploration Forum to Showcase Human Path to Mars
WASHINGTON, April 23, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA is
developing the capabilities needed to send astronauts to an asteroid
by 2025 and Mars in the 2030s. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and
other agency leadership will showcase NASA's human exploration path to
Mars at an Exploration Forum from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 29.
The forum will be held in NASA Headquarters' Webb Auditorium at 300 E
St. SW in Washington. The event is open to the public and will be
carried live on NASA Television and the agency's website.
Other senior NASA officials speaking at the event are:
-- Robert Lightfoot, NASA associate administrator -- John Grunsfeld,
associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate -- William
Gerstenmaier, associate administrator, Human Exploration and
Operations Mission Directorate -- Sam Scimemi, director, International
Space Station Division -- Phil McAlister, director, Commercial
Spaceflight Division -- Dan Dumbacher, deputy associate administrator,
Exploration Systems Development -- Michele Gates, senior technical
advisor, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate -- Jason
Crusan, director, Advanced Exploration Systems Division -- Randy
Lillard, Program Executive for Technology Demonstration Missions,
Space Technology Mission Directorate -- David Miller, NASA chief
technologist -- Ellen Stofan, NASA chief scientist
Media interested in covering the forum should contact Trent Perrotto
at 202-358-1100 or trent.j.perrrotto@nasa.gov by noon Tuesday.
For NASA TV streaming video, schedules and downlink information,
visit:
For more information about NASA's human path to Mars, visit:
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