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Mar 10,2022
MEDIA ADVISORY
M22-033
Coverage; Activities Set for First
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Rollout 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 readiness review; which will
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determine if the agency is ready to move forward with
mission activities_
The call will air live on the agency's
website.
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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
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space
program, Marshall Space Flight Center in
Center
Florida, work platforms are being retacted irom around
the Artemis
Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft
Huntsville; Alabama
in preparation
roll out for testing_
Howard Hu, manager; Orion program, Johnson
Credits: NASA
Space Center in Houston
To participate by telephone
media must RSVP no later
than two hours prior t0 the start of the event to: ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov:
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