NASA to Hold News Conference Following Orbital Launch Mishap Tonight

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October 28, 2014 NASA to Hold News Conference Following Orbital Launch Mishap Tonight NASA will hold a news conference on NASA Television tonight at approximately 8:30 p.m. EDT to discuss the mishap that occurred at Pad 0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia during the attempted launch of Orbital Sciences Corp’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft at 6:22 p.m. Tuesday. Participating in the news conference are: Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator of NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate Frank Culbertson, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Advanced Programs Group at Orbital Sciences Corp. Bill Wrobel, director of NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility Mike Suffredini, NASA’s International Space Station Program Manager To participate in the news conference by phone, media can call toll-free: 800-369-1141 with the passcode: Orbital. International callers can use 1-517-308-9499 with the same passcode: Orbital. For NASA TV schedule and video streaming information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv -end- Karen Northon Headquarters, Washington 202-527-2606 karen.northon@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