NASA will host a public event at 9\u00a0a.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 24,\u00a0at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters\u00a0in Washington to outline how the agency is executing President\u00a0Donald J. Trump\u2019s National Space Policy and accelerating preparations for America\u2019s return to the surface of the Moon by 2028.<\/p>\n
The program will open with remarks from NASA Administrator\u00a0Jared Isaacman, followed by a series of high-level\u00a0panels providing updates on mission priorities, including sending the first astronauts to the lunar surface in more than 50 years, establishing the initial elements of a permanent lunar base, getting America underway in space on nuclear propulsion,\u00a0and\u00a0other objectives.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At 4:45 p.m., NASA will hold a\u00a0live news conference from headquarters to provide an update on the agency\u2019s progress toward implementing the National Space Policy and recapping\u00a0major\u00a0announcements\u00a0discussed\u00a0throughout\u00a0the day.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
NASA participants include:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Administrator\u00a0Jared Isaacman
\nAssociate Administrator\u00a0Amit Kshatriya
\nDana Weigel,\u00a0program manager, International Space Station Program
\nCarlos Garcia-Galan,\u00a0program executive, Moon\u00a0Base\u00a0
\nSteve Sinacore,\u00a0program executive, Fission Surface Power\u00a0
\nDr. Nicola Fox,\u00a0associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate\u00a0
\nDr. Lori Glaze,\u00a0program manager, Moon to Mars Program<\/p>\n
The full program and news conference will stream live on NASA+,<\/a> Amazon Prime<\/a>, and the agency\u2019s YouTube<\/a> channel. Learn how to\u00a0stream NASA content<\/a>\u00a0through a variety of online platforms, including social media.<\/p>\n This event is invitation-only for in-person attendance.\u00a0To\u00a0participate\u00a0virtually in the news conference, members of the media must RSVP no later than two hours before the start of the event to Cheryl Warner at:\u00a0cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov<\/a>.\u00a0NASA\u2019s media accreditation policy<\/a> is available online.\u00a0<\/p>\n For more information about NASA\u2019s missions, visit:<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n -end-<\/p>\n Bethany Stevens \/ Cheryl Warner
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1600
bethany.c.stevens@nasa.gov<\/a> \/ cheryl.m.warner@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASA will host a public event at 9\u00a0a.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 24,\u00a0at the Mary W. Jackson NASA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[2305,13267,61,60,960,82,247],"class_list":["post-361321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-artemis","tag-humans-in-space","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-leadership","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}