Big NASA Gateway Announcement On Thursday

NASA Administrator to Make Artemis Moon Program Announcement, Media Teleconference Set
“NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will make a significant announcement about the Artemis program’s lunar exploration plans at 1 p.m. EDT Thursday, May 23, at the Florida Institute of Technology. The remarks will be carried live on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Administrator Bridenstine will announce the commercial partner selection to develop and build the first segment of NASA’s Gateway outpost – the power and propulsion element (PPE). Gateway will be the lunar orbiting staging point to send astronauts to the Moon’s surface in five years. Following his remarks, Bridenstine will answer questions from media at 2:10 p.m., in the Digital Scholarship Lab at Florida Institute of Technology’s Evans Library, 2949 Science Cir., Melbourne. NASA also will host a media teleconference at 2:45 p.m.”
– Status of Gateway Power and Propulsion Element (PPE)
– Spaceflight Demonstration of a Power and Propulsion Element (PPE)
– Spacecraft Demonstration of a Power and Propulsion Element Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) 80GRC018R0005
Industry Day July 10, 2018
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