NASA Announces Major Decisions For Future Human Spaceflight

NASA leaders will participate in two media events Wednesday, Sept. 14, to discuss the new Space Launch System that will take American astronauts farther into space than ever before.

At 10 a.m. EDT, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will join members of Congress, including Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Bill Nelson, for a news conference in SDG-50 on the ground floor of the Senate Dirksen Building in Washington.

The event will be webcast live on the Senate Commerce Committee’s website at:

http://commerce.senate.gov

Full Story: http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/sep/HQ_M11-194_SLS_Decision.html