The fifth SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract is scheduled to launch at 2:31 p.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. 16, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. NASA Television coverage of the launch begins at 1:15 p.m. <\/p>\n
NASA will host a series of prelaunch news conferences Monday, Dec. 15 at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. All briefings, which are subject to a change in time, will air live on NASA TV and the agency's website. <\/p>\n
The first briefing, airing at 10 a.m., will cover the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) Earth science instrument headed to the space station. Participants for this briefing will be: -- Julie Robinson, ISS Program chief scientist at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston -- Colleen Hartman, deputy director for science at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland -- Robert J. Swap, program scientist with the Earth Science Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington -- Matthew McGill, CATS principal investigator at Goddard <\/p>\n
The second briefing, at 12:30 p.m., will provide up-to-date information about the launch. Participants for the prelaunch briefing will be: -- Mike Suffredini, NASAs ISS Program manager -- Hans Koenigsmann, vice president for Mission Assurance at SpaceX -- Kathy Winters with the U.S. Air Forces 45th Weather Squadron at Patrick Air Force Base in Florida <\/p>\n
The final briefing of the day, at 2 p.m., will cover some of the numerous science investigations headed to the space station. Participants for the science briefing will be: -- Julie Robinson, NASAs ISS Program chief scientist -- Michael Roberts, senior research pathway manager at the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, headquartered in Melbourne, Florida -- Cheryl Nickerson, Micro-5 principal investigator at Arizona State University -- Samuel Durrance, NR-SABOL principal investigator at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne <\/p>\n
Media and the public can join the conversation using #ISScargo and #SpaceX5, and ask questions using #askNASA. <\/p>\n
For more information about media accreditation, contact Jennifer Horner at 321-867-6598 orjennifer.p.horner@nasa.gov<\/a>. <\/p>\n For an updated schedule of prelaunch briefings, events and NASA TV coverage, visit: <\/p>\n http:\/\/go.nasa.gov\/1FrjDEO<\/a> <\/p>\n For launch countdown coverage, NASA's launch blog, and more information about the mission, visit: <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Original post:<\/p>\n NASA Updates Briefings for Fifth SpaceX Resupply Mission to Space Station<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The fifth SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract is scheduled to launch at 2:31 p.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. Continue reading