This Week at NASA: Humans to Mars Summit, SpaceX and More

NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden delivered opening remarks at the Humans to Mars Summit 2015, on May 5 at The George Washington University, in Washington.
Bolden outlined NASA’s Journey to Mars and the agency’s clear, affordable, and sustainable plan to explore the Red Planet. NASA’s associate administrator for Science John Grunsfeld, associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations Bill Gerstenmaier, and Steve Jurczyk, the associate administrator for the agency’s Space Technology Mission Directorate participated in a panel discussion at the Summit about the development of capabilities NASA needs to send humans first to an asteroid and then to Mars in the 2030s. Also, One-year mission update, SpaceX pad abort test, FINDER technology update, Small Business Week and Improving vertical flight.