NG-20 Science Media Briefing
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Event Description
The International Space Station National Lab will host a science webinar with the following participants:
- Lisa Carnell, director, NASA’s Biological and Physical Sciences Division
- Meg Everett, deputy scientist, NASA’s International Space Station Program
- Shane Farritor, co-founder and chief scientific officer, Virtual Incision Corporation
- Mark Fernandez, principal investigator of Spaceborne Computer-2, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Mary Murphy, director of programs, Nanoracks
- Michael Roberts, chief scientific officer, International Space Station National Lab
- Nicole Wagner, chief executive officer, LambdaVision
- Abba Zubair, medical director, Mayo Clinic
Programs
Commercial Resupply Services
Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) are a series of flights awarded by NASA for the delivery of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.The first CRS contracts were signed in 2008 and awarded $1.6 billion to SpaceX for twelve cargo Dragon and $1.9 billion to Orbital Sciences for eight Cygnus flights, covering deliveries to 2016. The Falcon 9 and Antares rockets were also developed under the CRS program to deliver cargo spacecraft to the ISS.
