Jan. 14, 2016----------M16-002

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.