Apr 18 2011

From The Space Library

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-073 NASA TO ANNOUNCE AWARDS FOR COMMERCIAL CREW DEVELOPMENT

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 4:30 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 18, to announce awards for the second round of the Commercial Crew Development (CCDev2) effort. These awards are a continuation of NASA's CCDev initiatives begun in 2009 to stimulate efforts within U.S. industry to develop and demonstrate human spaceflight capabilities. The selected proposals will advance commercial crew space transportation system concepts and mature the design and development of elements, including launch vehicles and spacecraft. Teleconference participants are: -- Philip McAlister, acting director, Commercial Spaceflight Development, NASA Headquarters, Washington -- Edward Mango, program manager, Commercial Crew Program, Kennedy Space Center, Fla. -- Andrew Hunter, deputy chief financial officer, NASA Headquarters

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-079 INTERVIEWS WITH NASA FLIGHT DIRECTORS FOR FINAL ENDEAVOUR MISSION

HOUSTON --NASA Flight Directors Gary Horlacher of Chesterton, Ind., and Derek Hassmann of San Antonio are available for live satellite interviews from 6 to 7 a.m. CDT on Friday, April 22. Horlacher and Hassmann will discuss the upcoming space shuttle Endeavour mission to the International Space Station, STS-134, and their roles as flight directors. The interviews will be conducted on the NASA Television live interview media outlet channel, but also will be broadcast live on NASA TV. The shuttle and its crew are targeted to lift off Friday, April 29, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission is the last flight for Endeavour and the second to last flight of the Space Shuttle Program.

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