MEDIA ADVISORY:
NASA’s “Rocket Women” Talk SLS, Orion and Returning to the Moon
Leaders of America’s next-generation space exploration programs to participate in a panel discussion and media availability at Oshkosh Air Show – “Rocket Women”
OSHKOSH, WI, July 20, 2018 – Meet the women leading major spacecraft systems development for NASA, laying the groundwork for humans to go back to deep space for the first time since 1972.
The Rocket Women are part of the leadership team that will return humankind to the Moon – and eventually to Mars. Hear what they have to say about NASA’s human exploration efforts at the Propelling Spaceflight panel discussion, and have the opportunity to ask in-depth questions immediately following the panel.
WHO:
Rocket Women: The female leaders behind NASA’s human space exploration programs
WHAT:
Panel Discussion and Media Availability
WHEN & WHERE:
Thursday, July 26 at EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh, WI
1:00 – 2:15 PM: Panel Discussion (Theater in the Woods)
2:15 – 3:00 PM: Media Availability with Panelists
PANELISTS:
Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Launch Director for NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
Erica Sandoval, Principal Launch Abort Motor Manufacturing Engineer at Northrop Grumman
Tiffany Williams, Orion Sr. Program Manager at Aerojet Rocketdyne
Heather McKay, Orion Launch Abort System Manager at Lockheed Martin
Amanda Gertjejansen, SLS Program Master Scheduler at Boeing
Marcia Lindstrom, Panel Moderator and SLS Communications Lead at NASA
INDUSTRY BOOTH Visit us at the NASA Pavilion in Aviation Gateway Park (located at the northwest corner of Waukau Ave. and Knapp St., near the FAA control tower)
