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MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-194

NASA ANNOUNCES MAJOR DECISIONS FOR FUTURE HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT

WASHINGTON -- NASA leaders will participate in two media events
Wednesday, Sept. 14, to discuss the new Space Launch System that will
take American astronauts farther into space than ever before.

At 10 a.m. EDT, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will join members of
Congress, including Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Bill Nelson, for a
news conference in SDG-50 on the ground floor of the Senate Dirksen
Building in Washington.

The event will be webcast live on the Senate Commerce Committee's
website at:


http://commerce.senate.gov


At 12 p.m. NASA will hold a background media teleconference with
William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for NASA's Human
Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission Directorate, Doug Cooke,
deputy associate administrator for HEO, NASA Chief Financial Officer
Beth Robinson and other senior managers.

To participate, reporters must e-mail their name, media affiliation
and telephone number to J.D. Harrington at j.d.harrington@nasa.gov by
11:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday.

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at:


http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio


For more information about NASA's plans for future human space
exploration, visit:


http://www.nasa.gov/exploration