Date: March 7th 2008

March 6, 2008

Stephanie Schierholz/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997/0668 stephanie schierholz@nasa gov , grey hautaluoma-1@nasa gov

Katherine K Martin Glenn Research Center, Cleveland 216-433-2406 katherine martin@grc nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-055

NASA OFFERS ARES I-X MEDIA OPPORTUNITY AT GLENN, MARCH 13

CLEVELAND - Reporters are invited to NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland on Thursday, March 13 at 11 a m EDT to view a full-scale element of NASA's Ares I-X rocket The test launch and flight of the Ares I-X in April 2009 is a critical milestone in the development of NASA's Constellation Program that will send astronauts back to the moon

Reporters will be able to see and climb inside the 18-foot wide, 45-foot tall simulation of the Ares I upper stage, which was designed and manufactured at Glenn The simulated element represents the size, outer shape and mass of the second stage of the Ares I rocket Media also will receive an update of NASA's Ares I-X Project and a tour of Glenn's Fabrication Shop

The full scale upper stage element will be tested and have instrumentation installed before it is integrated with the other parts of the Ares I-X vehicle for the test flight The finished elements also represent the completion of the first manufacturing activity at Glenn of a full-scale launch vehicle demonstrator in two decades

Glenn's director, Woodrow Whitlow, Jr , will participate in the briefing and be joined by Vince Bilardo, project manager for the Ares I-X elements at Glenn and Therese Griebel, chief of Glenn's Manufacturing Technologies Division

Media wishing to attend this event should contact Katherine Martin at 216-433-2901 by 4:30 p m on March 12 For more information about Ares I-X work at Glenn, visit:

http://spaceflightsystems grc nasa gov/LaunchSystems/Simulator

For more information about NASA's Constellation Program, visit:

http://www nasa gov/constellation

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