NASA’s Space Launch System rocket will be the most powerful rocket
in the world and, with the agency’s Orion spacecraft, will launch America
into a new era of exploration to destinations beyond Earth’s orbit. Their
first integrated mission is planned as uncrewed, but
NASA now is assessing the feasibility of adding crew.
Credits: NASA/MSFC
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NASA will discuss plans for an ongoing study to assess the
feasibility of adding a crew to Exploration
Mission-1, the first integrated flight of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS)
rocket and Orion spacecraft, during a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST today,
Friday, Feb. 24. The call will stream live on NASA’s website.
The teleconference participants are:
·
William Gerstenmaier,
associate administrator of NASA’s Human Explorations and Operations Mission
Directorate in Washington
·
William Hill, deputy
associate administrator for Exploration Systems Development in Washington
To participate in the teleconference, media should email their
name and affiliation to Cheryl Warner at cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov or call
202-358-1100 by noon.
Last week, NASA’s acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot asked
Gerstenmaier to initiate
the study, and the assessment began on Feb. 17. It is expected to be
completed in early spring.
Listen to the media call live online at:
Read more about the Space Launch System at:
Learn more about Orion at: