NASA will hold a media teleconference on Monday, March 14 to discuss the upcoming debut of the agencys Mega Moon rocket and integrated spacecraft for the uncrewed Artemis I lunar mission.
Roll out of the integrated Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft to Launch Pad 39B at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida is slated for Thursday, March 17.
The media call will begin at 5:30 p.m. EDT after completion of a test readiness review, which will determine if the agency is ready to move forward with mission activities. The call will air live on the agencys website.
Teleconference participants include:
- Tom Whitmeyer, associate administrator for exploration systems development, NASA Headquarters in Washington
- Mike Sarafin, Artemis mission manager, NASA Headquarters
- Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis launch director, NASA Exploration Ground Systems program, Kennedy
- John Honeycutt, manager, Space Launch System program, Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama
- Howard Hu, manager, Orion program, Johnson Space Center in Houston
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