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NG-21 Prelaunch Media Teleconference
Online International Space Station Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-21 (S.S. Francis R. “Dick” Scobee)
NASA will host a prelaunch media teleconference with the following participants:
- Bill Spetch, operations integration manager, NASA’s International Space Station Program
- Meghan Everett, deputy chief scientist, NASA’s International Space Station Program
- Ryan Tintner, vice president, civil space systems, Northrop Grumman
- Jared Metter, director, flight reliability, SpaceX
- Melody Lovin, launch weather officer, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s 45th Weather Squadron
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