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1. NASA, LOCKHEED MARTIN ANNOUNCE EXPLORATION DESIGN CHALLENGE FOR STUDENTS
2. NASA BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS EXPEDITION 36-37 SPACE STATION CREW

Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 13:57:44 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA, LOCKHEED MARTIN ANNOUNCE EXPLORATION DESIGN CHALLENGE FOR STUDENTS

March 7, 2013

Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Ann Marie Trottae Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1601

Report #M13-044

NASA, LOCKHEED MARTIN ANNOUNCE EXPLORATION DESIGN CHALLENGE FOR STUDENTS

WASHINGTON -- NASA and Lockheed Martin Corp of Bethesda, Md , will involve students in the flight test of NASA's Orion spacecraft through an Exploration Design Challenge to be unveiled in Houston on Monday, March 11

Two-time space shuttle astronaut Leland Melvin, now NASA's associate administrator for education, will announce details of the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) challenge at 11:30 a m EDT (10:30 a m CDT) in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Marillyn Hewson, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin, will speak Lockheed Martin is NASA's prime contractor for Orion, which is being built to take people farther than they have ever traveled into space

The event also will be broadcast on NASA Television and the agency's website Media representatives who wish to attend must register no later than 5 p m CST, Friday, March 8 with Brandi Dean at brandi k dean@nasa gov

After the Exploration Design Challenge kickoff, at 11:30 a m CDT, NASA will host a Google+ hangout with Melvin and fellow astronaut Rex Walheim, who will be inside a mockup of the Orion spacecraft discussing its capabilities and answering questions about the future of exploration To join the Google+ hangout, visit:

http://go nasa gov/12u0RwZ

The Exploration Design Challenge was developed under a Space Act Agreement between NASA and Lockheed Martin, with support from the National Institute of Aerospace in Hampton, Va

For more information about NASA's education programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov/education

For more information about Orion, visit:

http://www nasa gov/orion

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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 14:01:02 -0600 From: info@JSC NASA GOV Subject: NASA BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS EXPEDITION 36-37 SPACE STATION CREW

March 07, 2013

Jay Bolden Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100

Report #M13-043

NASA BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS EXPEDITION 36-37 SPACE STATION CREW

HOUSTON -- NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will host a crew news conference at 1 p m CDT (2 p m EDT) Tuesday, March 19, to preview the May launch of an American, an Italian and a Russian to the International Space Station

NASA Television and the agency's website will broadcast the briefings live

Karen Nyberg of NASA, Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and Fyodor Yurchikhin of the Russian Federal Space Agency will discuss their Expedition 36-37 mission The trio is set to launch to the station aboard a Soyuz spacecraft May 28 and return to Earth in mid-November Social media followers, who will be at Johnson for a NASA Social focusing on scientific research aboard the space station, will participate in the briefing and ask questions of the crew

Nyberg, Parmitano and Yurchikhin are three of the six crew members comprising Expeditions 36 and 37 When they arrive at the station, they will join NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Pavel Vinogradov and Alexsandr Misurkin

Following the news conference, interview opportunities are available in-person, by phone or through the Internet To reserve an interview opportunity, news media representatives must contact Johnson's newsroom at 281-483-5111 by 5 p m , Friday, March 15

For those attending the briefing in Houston, the deadline for U S reporters to request credentials is March 15 The deadline for international journalists is

Wednesday, March 13 Reporters who want to ask questions from other NASA centers should contact those centers' newsrooms for specific deadlines

To participate by telephone, reporters must contact Johnson's newsroom at least 15 minutes before the briefing Media will not be able to connect after the briefing has started Journalists participating in person will receive priority Questions by phone and social media will be taken as time permits

For more information on the NASA Social event registration visit:

http://www nasa gov/connect/social/social_ISS_JSC_mar2013 html

To see training and mission posts from Parmitano on Twitter, follow:

@astro_luca

To join the conversation about the International Space Station on Twitter, follow the hashtag #ISS To learn more about all the ways to connect and collaborate with NASA, visit:

http://www nasa gov/connect

For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about the International Space Station and its crew, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

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