NASA Holds Teleconference Today to Discuss Progress on World’s Largest Rocket

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August 27, 2014 NASA Holds Teleconference Today to Discuss Progress on World’s Largest Rocket NASA officials will hold a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT today to discuss the agency’s progress on the Space Launch System (SLS), the heavy-lift rocket under development to take humans beyond Earth orbit and to Mars. Participants in the teleconference will be: -- Robert Lightfoot, NASA associate administrator -- William Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate To participate by phone, reporters must contact Stephanie Schierholz or Joshua Buck at 202-358-1100, stephanie.schierholz@xxxxxxxx or jbuck@xxxxxxxx and provide their media affiliation no later than 3 p.m. The teleconference will be streamed live on NASA’s website at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio SLS will be the world's most capable rocket. Designed for crew or cargo missions, the SLS will be safe, affordable, and sustainable, to continue America's journey of discovery from the unique vantage point of space, taking astronauts farther into space than ever before. For more information about SLS, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/sls -end- Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 stephanie.schierholz@xxxxxxxx NASA news releases and other information are available automatically by sending an e-mail message with the subject line subscribe to hqnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. To unsubscribe from the list, send an e-mail message with the subject line unsubscribe to hqnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.     › Back To Top