[meteorite-list] NASA Announces Stardust Comet Mission Briefing

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Jan 18 19:08:51 2006
Message-ID: <200601190007.k0J07EM05125_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

Jan. 18, 2006

Merrilee Fellows/Erica Hupp
Headquarters, Washington
(818) 393-0754/ (202)358-1237

William Jeffs
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(281) 483-5111

MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-008

NASA ANNOUNCES STARDUST COMET MISSION BRIEFING

NASA announced a news conference at 11 a.m. EST (10 a.m. CST) tomorrow
to discuss the comet and interstellar dust samples returned to Earth
by the Stardust spacecraft. The briefing is in room 135, Building 2,
Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston.

Participants:
-- Dr. Donald Brownlee, Stardust Principal Investigator, University of
Washington, Seattle
-- Dr. Peter Tsou, Deputy Principal Investigator, Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
-- Dr. Michael Zolensky, Stardust Curator and Co-investigator, Johnson
Space Center
-- Dr. Carlton Allen, Astromaterials Curator, Johnson Space Center

The briefing will be broadcast live on NASA TV with question
capability for reporters at participating NASA centers. Key
scientists will be available for live interviews via satellite from 5
to 7 p.m. EST, Thursday.

NASA TV's Public, Education and Media channels are available on an
MPEG-2 digital C-band signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72
degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical
polarization. In Alaska and Hawaii, they're on AMC-7 at 137 degrees
west longitude, transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal
polarization. A Digital Video Broadcast compliant Integrated Receiver
Decoder is required for reception. For digital downlink information
for each NASA TV channel and access to NASA TV's Public Channel on
the Web, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For images of the canister's opening and analysis on the Web, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/stardust

        
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Received on Wed 18 Jan 2006 07:07:14 PM PST