NASA to Select Lunar Terrain Vehicle
for Artemis Missions
MAR 19, 2024
MEDIA ADVISORY M24-042
Artist’s concept of a Lunar Terrain Vehicle on the surface of the Moon.
Credits: NASA
NASA will host a news conference to announce the company, or companies, selected to move forward in developing the LTV (Lunar
Terrain Vehicle), which will help Artemis astronauts explore more of the Moon’s surface on future missions. The televised event will take place at 4 p.m. EDT (3 p.m. CDT), Wednesday, April 3, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The news conference will air live on NASA+,
NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. Learn how to stream
NASA TV through a variety of platforms including social media.
Event participants will include:
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Vanessa Wyche, director, NASA Johnson
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Jacob Bleacher, chief exploration scientist, NASA Headquarters
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Lara Kearney, manager, Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility Program, NASA Johnson
International media interested in participating in person must request credentials by 6 p.m. Thursday, March 21. U.S. media interested in attending in person must request credentials
by 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 27. All media interested in participating by phone must request details by 2 p.m., April 3. To participate, contact the NASA Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 or jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov.
NASA’s media accreditation policy is online.
Through Artemis, NASA will land the first woman, first person of color, and its first international partner astronaut on the surface of the Moon to explore for scientific discovery,
economic benefits, and to build the foundation for crewed missions to Mars.
Learn more about NASA’s Artemis campaign at:
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