NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will announce the winners of contracts to begin developing Human Landing Systems (HLS) for the Artemis program on Thursday.

A NASA press release issued this afternoon says Bridenstine and three other NASA officials will make the announcement in a media telecon at 1:00 pm ET on April 30. Audio will be streamed on NASA Live (not NASA TV).

The other participants are Doug Loverro, head of the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD); Lisa Watson-Morgan, HLS program manager; and Tyler Cochran, HLS contracting official.

Yesterday, in his “NASA Weekly Update,” he had said the announcement would be on NASA Television and include a discussion with other senior NASA officials on how human exploration of the Moon connects to the longer-term goal of going to Mars, but the plans apparently have evolved since then.

Note: this article has been updated as plans evolved.