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NASA Offers Media Satellite Interviews for Ares I-X Launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Ares I-X Deputy Mission Manager Jon Cowart is available for satellite interviews from 6 to 9 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 21. He will conduct the interviews from the rocket's launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. To interview Cowart, reporters should contact Amber Philman at 321-861-0370 by noon on Oct. 20. NASA Television will broadcast b-roll of the Ares I-X from 5:30 to 6 a.m. at analog satellite AMC-6 at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 5C, 3800 MHz, vertical polarization, with audio at 6.8 MHz. The Ares I-X rocket is targeted to launch Tuesday, Oct. 27 on a 28-mile high flight test. The flight test will provide NASA with an early opportunity to test and prove flight characteristics, hardware, facilities and ground operations associated with the Ares I rocket. In 2007, Cowart became the senior project manager responsible for all modifications to the launch pad, Vehicle Assembly Building, and mobile launcher platform for Ares I-X. In December 2008, he was chosen as the deputy mission manager for Ares I-X. As part of the Mission Management Office, he is responsible for the Ares I-X flight test mission. Cowart graduated from Georgia Tech in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering and an Air Force commission. For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv To follow the Ares I-X flight test on Twitter, go to: http://www.twitter.com/NASA_Ares_I_X For information about Ares I-X, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/aresIX Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Location: NASA KSC, FL, US Web Site Address: http://www.nasa.gov/aresIX |
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