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SUMMARY:PRE-LAUNCH PRESS CONFERENCES FOR TESS\, Apr 15\, 2018\, Kennedy Space Center\, FL (webcast)
DESCRIPTION:Update\, April 15\, 12:40 pm ET:  NASA just tweeted that the 1:00 briefing now will start at 1:30 pm ET instead. \nNASA will hold two pre-launch press conferences as well as a “NASA Social” event on April 15\, 2018 in advanced of the April 16 launch of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).    All will take place at Kennedy Space Center\, FL will be broadcast on NASA TV.   The schedule is as follows: \n\n11 a.m. – NASA Social Mission Overview\n\nMartin Still\, TESS Program Scientist\, NASA Headquarters\nTom Barclay\, TESS scientist\, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center\nJenn Burt\, Torres Postdoctoral Fellow\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\nZach Berta-Thompson\, Assistant Professor\, University of Colorado Boulder\nNatalia Guerrero\, TESS Researcher\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\nRobert Lockwood\, TESS Spacecraft Program Manager\, Orbital ATK\nHans Koenigsmann\, Vice President of Build and Flight Reliability at SpaceX\nJessie Christiansen\, Staff scientist\, NASA Exoplanet Science Institute\, California Institute of Technology\nElisa Quintana\, TESS scientist\, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center\n\n\n1 p.m. – Prelaunch news conference\n\nSandra Connelly\, deputy associate administrator of programs\, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate\nOmar Baez\, launch director\, NASA’s Launch Services Program\nJeff Volosin\, TESS project manager\, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center\nMike McAleenan\, weather officer\, 45th Weather Squadron\nRobert Lockwood\, TESS Spacecraft Program Manager\, Orbital ATK\nHans Koenigsmann\, Vice President of Build and Flight Reliability at SpaceX\n\n\n\n\n3 p.m. – Science news conference\n\nPaul Hertz\, Astrophysics Division Director\, NASA Headquarters\nGeorge Ricker\, TESS principal investigator\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\nPadi Boyd\, TESS Guest Investigator Program Lead\, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center\nStephen Rinehart\, TESS Project Scientist\, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center\nDiana Dragomir\, NASA Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
URL:https://spacepolicyonline.com/events/pre-launch-press-conferences-for-tess-apr-15-2018-kennedy-space-center-fl-webcast/
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