NASA To Hold Briefing About Lunar Exploration Concepts And Plans

Sept. 08, 2008

Stephanie Schierholz/Grey Hautaluoma
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-4997/0668
stephanie.schierholz@xxxxxxxx, grey.hautaluoma-1@xxxxxxxx

Lynnette Madison/Josh Byerly
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
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MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-171

NASA TO HOLD BRIEFING ABOUT LUNAR EXPLORATION CONCEPTS AND PLANS

WASHINGTON -- NASA is inviting interested industry representatives,
academics and reporters to learn more about the Ares V heavy
lift-launch vehicle, the Altair lunar lander, and the roles they will
play in returning humans to the moon by 2020.

The Exploration Systems Mission Directorate forum will take place
Thursday, Sept. 25, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. EDT, at the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce, 1615 H Street NW, Washington. The forum will focus on
the first phase conceptual designs for the Ares V heavy lift-launch
vehicle, the Altair lunar lander and lunar exploration scenarios.
Forum attendees will discuss the outcomes of a nine-month lunar
transportation capabilities study and near-term business
opportunities.

Participants from NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
include Doug Cooke, deputy associate administrator for the
directorate, Geoff Yoder, director of the Directorate Integration
Office, and Jeff Hanley, manager of NASA's Constellation Program.

Representatives of industry and academia interested in attending the
forum must register online. Attendance is limited and registration
will close at 5 p.m. EDT, Sept. 23. Registration and additional
information, including an agenda, are available at:

http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/esmd/home/lunar_id.html

Reporters planning to attend must contact Stephanie Schierholz at
202-358-4997 or Grey Hautaluoma at 202-358-0688 by 5 p.m., Sept. 24.

The Ares V rocket and Altair lunar lander are part of a fleet of
vehicles that NASA's Constellation Program is developing for a new
space transportation system designed to travel beyond low Earth
orbit. The Constellation fleet also includes the Orion crew
exploration vehicle and the Ares I launch vehicle. NASA plans to
establish a human outpost on the moon through a successive series of
lunar missions beginning in 2020.

For more information about NASA's Constellation Program, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/constellation


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