WASHINGTON, April 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and other agency leaders and experts will host a media video conference at 4:30 p.m. EDT today, Thursday, April 23, to discuss how the agency is channeling its expertise and ingenuity to help the fight against coronavirus (COVID-19).

Participants will include:

• Administrator Jim Bridenstine
• Deputy Associate Administrator Cathy Mangum
• Chief Health and Medical Officer Dr. J.D. Polk
• Dave Gallagher, associate director for Strategic Integration at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Marit Meyer, research aerospace engineer at NASA’s Glenn Research Center
• Mike Buttigieg, engineer at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center

To participate in the video conference, media must send their name and media affiliation to Karen Northon at [email protected] by 4 p.m.

Learn more about NASA’s participation in the national response at:

https://www.nasa.gov/coronavirus 

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