NASA to Make Major Space Station Cargo Transport Announcement Today

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Jan 14, 2016, 10:22 ET

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will make a major announcement today at 4 p.m. EST regarding the future of commercial resupply launches to the International Space Station (ISS). The announcement will be made during a news conference from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's website at: http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

The event will include a brief question-and-answer session with media.

The news conference participants are:

Ellen Ochoa, Johnson Space Center director
Sam Scimemi, ISS Division director at NASA Headquarters in Washington
Kirk Shireman, ISS program manager at Johnson
Julie Robinson, ISS chief scientist at Johnson

Media may attend the briefing at Johnson, or ask questions by phone by calling the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111 no later than 3:45 p.m. Accreditation for international media is closed for this event.

For more information on the International Space Station, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station

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