Pepper Phillips Ground Systems Development and Operations program manager takes part in a briefing inside the Young-Crippen Firing Room.

Pepper Phillips, Ground Systems Development and Operations program manager, 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