March 27, 2013 Trent J. Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 trent.j.perrotto@xxxxxxxx Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@xxxxxxxx MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-053 NASA, SPACEX DISCUSS DRAGON MISSION TO SPACE STATION WASHINGTON -- NASA and SpaceX will host a teleconference for news media at 1 p.m. EDT, Thursday, March 28, to discuss the Tuesday return of the company's Dragon spacecraft from a cargo mission to the International Space Station. A trove of scientific research was among more than 2 tons of cargo Dragon brought back to Earth. Included are investigations that could aid in food production during future long-duration space missions and enhance crop production on Earth. Others could help in the development of more efficient solar cells, detergents and semiconductor-based electronics. Dragon also brought back several research samples that will help scientists continue to examine how the human body reacts to long-term spaceflight. The results will have implications for future space exploration as well as benefits here on Earth. The teleconference participants are: -- Charles Bolden, NASA administrator -- Julie Robinson, International Space Station Program scientist -- Elon Musk, chief designer and CEO, SpaceX -- Gwynne Shotwell, president and COO, SpaceX For dial-in information, journalists must contact Trent Perrotto at trent.j.perrotto@xxxxxxxx or 202-358-1100 by noon EDT, Thursday, March 28. Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live on NASA's website at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio For more information about NASA's International Space Station, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station For more information about SpaceX, visit: http://www.spacex.com -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: hqnews-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To remove your address from the list, send a message to: hqnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
