[meteorite-list] Deep Impact Prelaunch Webcast, Launch Coverage Set For Jan 10-12

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Jan 6 12:44:48 2005
Message-ID: <200501061722.JAA28333_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

01.05.05

Bruce Buckingham
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321/867-2468
RELEASE: 03-05

DEEP IMPACT PRELAUNCH WEBCAST, LAUNCH COVERAGE SET FOR JAN. 10-12

NASA Direct, NASA Kennedy Space Center's Web broadcast network, is
featuring a prelaunch webcast and launch day coverage of NASA's Deep
Impact spacecraft. The launch is set for Wednesday, Jan. 12, with an
instantaneous launch opportunity at 1:48 p.m. EST. All coverage can
be viewed through the NASA portal Web site at
http://www.nasa.gov/deepimpact.

Web coverage of the Deep Impact mission begins with a prelaunch
webcast discussing the mission's journey to the Tempel 1 comet at
2:30 p.m. EST on Monday, Jan. 10. The webcast includes informative
interviews and question-and-answer sessions with NASA experts about
the spacecraft, the science of the mission and what they hope to
learn from the impact with the comet.

Live launch coverage begins at 11:30 a.m. EST on Jan. 12. NASA updates
its Virtual Launch Control Center throughout launch countdown
coverage.

Deep Impact Prelaunch Webcast Participants

Tiffany Nail, KSC Launch Services support specialist, hosts the
program focusing on Deep Impact's science and technology.

Mike Stelzer, Launch Services Program mission integration manager at
Kennedy Space Center, provides an overview of the integration of the
launch vehicle and spacecraft. He is joined by Tom Shaw, launch
vehicle integration manager at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in
California.

Joel Tumbiolo, Delta weather officer, offers a briefing on the weather
conditions surrounding the launch.

Omar Baez, NASA launch manager, provides a launch countdown overview.

Dr. Lucy McFadden, Professor of Astronomy at the University of
Maryland, gives an overview of the mission and the science it
involves.

DEEP IMPACT WEB COVERAGE SCHEDULE
(All times are EST and subject to change)

Monday, Jan. 10, at 2:30 p.m. EST
NASA Direct webcast: "Deep Impact - Mission to a Comet"
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/nasadirect.html

NASA Direct Question Board: Program guests will answer questions
submitted on the board, which can be viewed online.
Deep Impact Science and Spacecraft:
http://webcast.ksc.nasa.gov/vidapp/?event=48
NOTE: The Deep Impact question board closes at 2 p.m. on Friday, Jan.
7.

Launch Day (Wednesday, Jan. 12) beginning at 11:30 a.m. EST
Live countdown coverage from the Virtual Launch Control Center,
located at
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/launch/vlcc.html.
Coverage will feature real-time updates as milestones occur during
the countdown, as well as streaming video clips of countdown events.
All videos are provided in Real Video format.

For the latest information on this mission, go to NASA's Deep Impact
Web site at:


http://www.nasa.gov/deepimpact For more information about the Deep
Impact Web events, contact Dennis Armstrong at 321/867-2468.

        
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Received on Thu 06 Jan 2005 12:22:13 PM PST