NASA Offers Media Satellite Interviews Oct. 21 for Ares I-X Launch
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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_
For information about Ares I-X, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/aresIX
