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Lockheed Martin Executive to Speak on NASA’s Spaceflight Program

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October 2, 2008

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HAMPTON, Va., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — “The vision is, when we
go back to the moon, we go to stay,” says Ken Reightler, Lockheed Martin
vice president for NASA Program Integration.

Reightler, a former astronaut who has logged over 325 hours in space,
will speak at the first of four lectures celebrating 50 years of NASA
history. He will reflect on past milestones of the space program, starting
with its early beginnings at NASA Langley, through the successful moon
landings and on to current day operations of the space shuttle and the
International Space Station. In his discussion, Reightler also will include
the future of manned spaceflight — to live and work on the moon.

The colloquium lecture, called “NASA Human Spaceflight: Past, Present
and Future,” will take place on Tuesday Oct. 7, at 2 p.m. in the Reid
Conference Center at NASA Langley.

Reightler will present the same lecture for the general public on
Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m. at the Virginia Air & Space Center on Settlers
Landing Road in Hampton. The evening talk is FREE and no reservations are
required.

As vice president of the NASA Program Integration for the Lockheed
Martin Space Systems Company, Reightler is responsible for ensuring that
all NASA activities Lockheed Martin is supporting are well integrated from
an organizational and technological perspective. Prior to joining Lockheed
Martin, Reightler spent eight years as an astronaut with NASA and piloted
two shuttle missions. He also held various technical and management
positions, including Chief of the Astronaut Office’s Space Station and
Mission Support Branches.

Before joining NASA, Reightler served as Chief Flight Instructor at the
U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in Patuxent River, Maryland. His military
career, spanning 22 years, includes experience in naval aviation, both
land- and carrier-based, where he logged over 5,000 hours of flying time in
over 60 different types of aircraft. Reightler retired from active duty as
a captain in the U.S. Navy.

SOURCE NASA

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