Feb 12, 2008

Beth Dickey/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087/4997 beth dickey-1@nasa gov, stephanie schierholz@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-030

NASA ANNOUNCES COTS PHASE I DEMONSTRATIONS SELECTION

WASHINGTON - NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate managers will host a media teleconference Tuesday, Feb 19, to announce the names of one or more companies selected to develop and demonstrate commercial orbital transportation services

The media teleconference will begin at 4 p m EST, originating from NASA Headquarters, Washington Reporters should contact Beth Dickey at 202-358-2087, or Stephanie Schierholz at 202-358-4997, by 11 a m Tuesday, Feb 19, for dial-in information

Doug Cooke, NASA deputy associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters, and Alan Lindenmoyer, manager of the Commercial Crew and Cargo Program at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, will lead the briefing

The company or companies selected will enter into funded Space Act agreements with NASA under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Project, known as COTS The key objectives of the program are to facilitate U S private industry development of reliable, cost effective access to low Earth orbit and to create a market environment in which commercial space transportation services are available to government and private sector customers

Live audio from the briefing will be available at:

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

For more information about NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, visit:

http://www nasa gov/exploration

-end-

To subscribe to the list, send a message to: hqnews-subscribe@mediaservices nasa gov To remove your address from the list, send a message to: hqnews-unsubscribe@mediaservices nasa gov

The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscription:

You are subscribed to the following list: [list_name]

using the following email: example@example.com

You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL:

http://www aus-city com/cgi-bin/dada/mail cgi/u/[list]/

If the above URL is inoperable, make sure that you have copied the entire address Some mail readers will wrap a long URL and thus break this automatic unsubscribe mechanism

You may also change your subscription by visiting this list's main screen:

http://www aus-city com/cgi-bin/dada/mail cgi/list/[list]

If you're still having trouble, please contact the list owner at:

<mailto:list
admin@aus-city
com>

The following physical address is associated with this mailing list:

http://www aus-city com