NASA to Make Major Space Station Cargo Transport Announcement Today

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January 14, 2016  MEDIA ADVISORY M16-002 NASA to Make Major Space Station Cargo Transport Announcement Today NASA will make a major announcement today at 4 p.m. EST regarding the future of commercial resupply launches to the International Space Station (ISS). The announcement will be made during a news conference from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency’s website at: http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv The event will include a brief question-and-answer session with media. The news conference participants are: Ellen Ochoa, Johnson Space Center director Sam Scimemi, ISS Division director at NASA Headquarters in Washington Kirk Shireman, ISS program manager at Johnson Julie Robinson, ISS chief scientist at Johnson Media may attend the briefing at Johnson, or ask questions by phone by calling the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 no later than 3:45 p.m. Accreditation for international media is closed for this event. For more information on the International Space Station, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station For breaking news and features, follow the station on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Space_Station -end- 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.