[meteorite-list] NASA Announces Deep Impact Mission & Scence Briefing

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Dec 10 16:54:01 2004
Message-ID: <200412102153.NAA14026_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

Donald Savage/Gretchen Cook-Anderson
Headquarters, Washington Dec. 10, 2004
(Phone: 202/358-1547/0836)

DC Agle
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif.
(Phone: 818/393-9011)

MEDIA ADVISORY: M04-202

NASA ANNOUNCES COMET HUNTER MISSION & SCIENCE BRIEFING

     NASA's Deep Impact mission is the subject of a pre-
launch mission and science news media briefing at 1 p.m. EST,
Tuesday, Dec. 14 in the NASA Headquarters Webb auditorium,
300 E St. S.W., Washington.

Planned liftoff for the mission is Jan. 8, 2005. NASA's Deep
Impact spacecraft has a six-month, 431 million kilometer (268
million mile) voyage to comet Tempel 1, where it will send a
projectile crashing into the comet. The first time this has
ever been attempted, the impact should create a stadium-sized
crater, allowing scientists to study pristine material inside
the comet dating back to the formation of our solar system.

Briefing panelists:
o Andy Dantzler, Acting Director, Solar System Division,
NASA Headquarters
o Tom Morgan, Deep Impact Program Scientist, NASA
Headquarters
o -- Rick Grammier, Deep Impact Project Manager, JPL
o -- Mike A'Hearn, Deep Impact Principal Investigator,
University of Maryland, Baltimore
o -- Karen Meech, Deep Impact Co-Investigator, Institute
for Astronomy, (Hilo), Hawaii

The news conference will be carried live on NASA TV with two-
way question-and-answer capability from participating agency
centers. NASA TV is available on the Web and via satellite in
the continental U.S. on AMC-6, Transponder 9C, C-Band, at 72
degrees west longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz.
Polarization is vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz.
In Alaska and Hawaii, NASA TV is available on AMC-7,
Transponder 18C, C-Band, at 137 degrees west longitude. The
frequency is 4060.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio
is monaural at 6.80 MHz. It will also be webcast live at:

http://www.nasa.gov/deepimpact

Reporters may listen to the briefing by calling: 818/354-
6666. Additional listen-only service is available at:
321/867-1220/1240/1260.

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Received on Fri 10 Dec 2004 04:53:53 PM PST