NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to be at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to See a Prototype Ion Thruster

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on Thursday will be at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena to see a prototype ion thruster being tested for NASA’s mission to capture and relocate an asteroid, it was announced today.

JPL and NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland are developing the ion thruster jointly. The administrator, mission engineers and asteroid experts will make remarks and take questions from the media at 11 a.m. Thursday.

Bolden also will speak with employees and be briefed on current programs, projects and operations, according to a news statement.

Journalists who want to participate in the asteroid redirect briefing should contact DC Agle at (818)393-9011.

For more information about NASA’s programs and missions go to http://www.nasa.gov.