Dan Dumbacher deputy associate administrator takes part in a briefing inside the Young-Crippen Firing Room at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Dan Dumbacher, deputy associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Division, takes part in a briefing inside the Young-Crippen Firing Room at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA officials discussed the goals and expectations for a September 2014 flight test called Exploration Flight Test-1 or EFT-1 as part of the agency's goal of launching astronauts into deep space. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann