NASA
will host a news briefing at 3 p.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 22, at NASA
Headquarters, 300 E St. SW in Washington, to discuss the agency's next,
and first mission to the moon launching from the Virginia coast.
The briefing will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website.
NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission
is scheduled to launch at 11:27 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, from NASA's
Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
Data from the mission will provide unprecedented information about
the environment around the moon and give scientists a better
understanding of other planetary bodies in our solar system and beyond.
Briefing participants include:
- Joan Salute, LADEE program executive, NASA Headquarters
- Sarah Noble, LADEE program scientist, NASA Headquarters
- Butler Hine, LADEE project manager, NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
- Doug Voss, launch manager, Wallops
- Don Cornwell, mission manager for the Lunar Laser Communications Demonstration, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
Journalists unable to attend at Headquarters may ask questions
at participating NASA locations, join by phone, or send questions via
Twitter using the hashtag #askNASA. To participate by phone, reporters
must contact Dwayne Brown at dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov or 202-358-1726 with media affiliation information by 2 p.m. Aug. 22.
For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit:
For more information about the LADEE mission, visit:
LADEE System Checks
A
team of engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field,
Calif., uses a simulator to command the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust
Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft and perform system checks on
various instruments. Image credit: NASA Ames / Eric James
LADEE Mission Overview
 Launch date: September 2013Launch site: Wallops Flight Facility, Va. Launch vehicle: Minotaur V Mission duration: Approximately 160 days (30 days to travel to the moon, 30 days for checkout and 100 days for science operations) Mass: Approximately 844 pounds (383 kilograms) Power: Approximately 295 Watts |
The LADEE spacecraft's modular common spacecraft bus, or body, is an innovative way of transitioning away from custom designs and toward multi-use designs and assembly-line production, which could drastically reduce the cost of spacecraft development, just as the Ford Model T did for automobiles.
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