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Mar 10,2022
MEDIA ADVISORY
M22-033
Coverage, Activities Set for First Rollout
in
p
of NASA's Mega Moon Rocket
NASA will hold
media teleconference on Monday; March 14
to discuss the upcoming debut of the agency's Mega Moon
rocket and integrated spacecraft for the uncrewed Artemis
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
test readliness review; which will determine if the agency is
ready to move forward with mission activities_
The call will air
live on the agency's website_
Teleconference participants include:
Tom Whitmeyer; associate administrator for exploration
systems development; NASA Headquarters in
Washington
1
Mike Sarafin; Artemis mission manager; NASA
Headquarters
8
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
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space
Center in Houston
Center
Florida, work platforms are being retacted irom around
the Artemis
Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft
in preparation -
roll out for testing_
To participate by telephone, media must RSVP no later than
NASA
Credits:
twO hours prior t0 the start of the event to: kSC
newsroom@mailnasa;
Live coverage for rollout begins at 5 p.m. EDT on Thursday; March 17 and will include live remarks from NASA
Administrator Bill Nelson and other guests_
Coverage will air on NASA Television; the NASA app, and the
agency'
website _
At the pad
NASA will conduct
final prelaunch test known as wet dress rehearsal, which includes loading the SLS
propellant tanks and conducting
aunch countdown:
The rollout involves
4-mile journey between the Vehicle Assembly Building and the launch pad; expected to take
between six and 12 hours.
Live, static camera views of the debut and arrival at the pad will be available starting at 4
p.m: EDT on the Kennedy Newsroom YouTube channel
Credentialing deadlines for in-person activities have closed 
Through Artemis missions
NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon, paving the way for
long-term lunar presence and serving as
steppingstone on the way t0 Mars
For updates; follow along on NASA's Artemis blog at:
gov: