July 5, 2007
Melissa Mathews/Beth Dickey
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1272/2087
MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-080
APOLLO LUNAR LANDER TEAM TO SHARE LESSONS LEARNED WITH NASA
WASHINGTON – On July 20, the 38th anniversary of the first moon
landing, NASA will host more than a dozen retired members of an
engineering team that worked on the Apollo-era spacecraft that
carried astronauts to the lunar surface. The engineers will share
lessons learned with current NASA employees in the Constellation
Program, which will return astronauts to the moon by 2020.
Media are invited to attend a panel discussion with the retired
engineers. The event will take place at 2:30 p.m. EDT in the NASA
Headquarters auditorium, 300 E Street, S.W., Washington. Journalists
at the event will be able to ask questions, along with NASA
employees. Reporters interested in attending the panel discussion
should contact Melissa Mathews at 202-358-1272 or Beth Dickey at
202-358-2087.
The retired engineers are former members of the Grumman Corporation’s
Lunar Module reliability and maintainability team. They are meeting
in Washington to participate in technical discussions that will
address such issues as testing, failure analysis and corrective
action.
NASA is looking to build on the experiences of previous moon
exploration experts, including those of the Grumman team. Similar
discussions of lessons learned are going on throughout the
Constellation Program.
For more on NASA’s plans to return to the moon, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/exploration
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