NASA MEDIA TELECON ON CMRCL PARTNER FOR BUILDING GATEWAY, May 23, 2019, virtual, 2:45 pm ET (webcast)

NASA will hold a media telecon on May 23, 2019 at 2:45 pm ET to answer questions about an announcement to made at 1:00 pm ET by NASA Administrator Bridenstine regarding which company has been chosen as NASA’s commercial partner to build the Gateway.  The Gateway is a small space station that will be placed in lunar orbit to support human landings on the Moon.

The telecon will stream at NASA Live.

Participants are:

• Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator, NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters in Washington
• Michele Gates, PPE director, NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters in Washington
• Dan Hartman, Gateway program manager, NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston
• Mike Barrett, PPE project manager, NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland