Daniel S. Goldin, NASA Administrator, will provide opening remarks. Speakers will include current and former astronauts, authors, historians and academics studying various aspects of human space flight. Streets near the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station and is handicapped accessible. The proceedings will be broadcast on NASA Television, available on satellite GE-2, transponder 9C, at 85 degrees West longitude, vertical polarization, with a frequency of 3880 MHz and audio of 6.8 MHz.
Attendance is free of charge, but seating is limited.
The American Astronautical Society and the National Space Society also provided support for the conference.