SpaceX CRS-30 Science Highlights Webinar
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Event Description
NASA and SpaceX will hold a webinar about scientific payloads that will be launched to the International Space Station onboard the SpaceX CRS-30 mission.
The science webinar will include the following participants:
- Heidi Parris, scientist, NASA’s International Space Station Program
- Davide Marotta, science program director for in-space biomedicine, ISS National Laboratory
- Marc Elmouttie, research group leader, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
- Paula Grisanti, CEO, National Stem Cell Foundation
- Kris Kuehnel, director, Airbus U.S. Space & Defense
- Michelle Lucas, CEO, Higher Orbits
- Hema Ramkumar, CEO, Oculogenex
- Jordan McKaig, graduate student, Georgia Institute of Technology
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.
