NPC Breakfast with NASA Astronauts Mark Kelly and Terry Virts

Sep 14 2015

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Sep 14, 2015 at 8:30am

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Ballroom

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NPC Luncheon

NASA Astronauts Mark Kelly and Terry Virts will discuss their mission work aboard the International Space Station at a National Press Club newsmaker breakfast on Monday, Sept. 14. Terry Virts is the most recent U.S. astronaut to return from the station.



The astronauts will discuss their work, which includes a nearly year-long twins study with astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly, ongoing cooperation with other countries and the road to a possible 2030 mission to Mars.

The event will be, in part, a “breakfast from outer space,” as the Club has arranged for a videolink with astronaut Scott Kelly –- Mark’s twin brother -– from the International Space Station.

Breakfast will be served at 8:30 a.m. with remarks followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 10:30 a.m. Tickets cost $23 for Press Club members (NPC Members may purchase 2 tickets at this rate) and $37for all other non-member tickets. For questions, please email [email protected] or call (202) 662–7501. Tickets must be paid for at the time of purchase.

NPC Members who wish to attend the pre-breakfast reception must RSVP separately to [email protected] 48 hours before the event. Space may be limited. You must have a paid reservation to the breakfast to attend the VIP reception.

To submit a question in advance, put SPACETALK in the subject line and email to [email protected] before 10 a.m. on the day of the luncheon.