March 27, 2013

Trent J Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 trent j perrotto@nasa gov

Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh byerly@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-053

NASA, SPACEX DISCUSS DRAGON MISSION TO SPACE STATION

WASHINGTON -- NASA and SpaceX will host a teleconference for news media at 1 p m EDT, Thursday, March 28, to discuss the Tuesday return of the company's Dragon spacecraft from a cargo mission to the International Space Station

A trove of scientific research was among more than 2 tons of cargo Dragon brought back to Earth Included are investigations that could aid in food production during future long-duration space missions and enhance crop production on Earth Others could help in the development of more efficient solar cells, detergents and semiconductor-based electronics Dragon also brought back several research samples that will help scientists continue to examine how the human body reacts to long-term spaceflight The results will have implications for future space exploration as well as benefits here on Earth

The teleconference participants are:

-- Charles Bolden, NASA administrator -- Julie Robinson, International Space Station Program scientist -- Elon Musk, chief designer and CEO, SpaceX -- Gwynne Shotwell, president and COO, SpaceX

For dial-in information, journalists must contact Trent Perrotto at trent j perrotto@nasa gov or 202-358-1100 by noon EDT, Thursday, March 28

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live on NASA's website at:

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

For more information about NASA's International Space Station, visit:

http://www nasa gov/station

For more information about SpaceX, visit:

http://www spacex com

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