NASA to Host Media Call Today on Contributions to COVID-19 National Response

WASHINGTON, April 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and other agency leaders and experts will host a media video conference at 4:30 p.m. EDT today, Thursday, April 23, to discuss how the agency is channeling its expertise and ingenuity to help the fight against coronavirus (COVID-19).

Participants will include:

    --  Administrator Jim Bridenstine
    --  Deputy Associate Administrator Cathy Mangum
    --  Chief Health and Medical Officer Dr. J.D. Polk
    --  Dave Gallagher, associate director for Strategic Integration at NASA's
        Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    --  Marit Meyer, research aerospace engineer at NASA's Glenn Research Center
    --  Mike Buttigieg, engineer at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center

To participate in the video conference, media must send their name and media affiliation to Karen Northon at karen.northon@nasa.gov by 4 p.m.

Learn more about NASA's participation in the national response at:

https://www.nasa.gov/coronavirus

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