[meteorite-list] NASA Announces Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Coverage

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Mar 5 23:23:18 2006
Message-ID: <200603060421.k264LXi27055_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

March 3, 2006

Dwayne Brown/Merrilee Fellows
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-1726/ (818) 393-0754

Guy Webster
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
(818) 354-6278

MEDIA ADVISORY: 06-037

NASA ANNOUNCES MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER COVERAGE

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter begins the most critical minutes of
its flight on March 10. NASA is providing mission briefings and
commentary March 8 and 10.

Live coverage of the arrival at Mars originates from NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., on NASA TV and the Web. The
JPL newsroom will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. EST, March 10. The
main number for the newsroom is: (818) 354-5011.

Live arrival and orbit insertion commentary airs on NASA TV and the
Web on March 10 beginning at 3:30 p.m. EST. The orbiter's main
engines begin firing shortly after 4:24 p.m. EST to slow it enough
for Martian gravity to grab it into orbit. Commentary ends at
approximately 5:45 p.m. EST.

To cover news briefings and mission events at JPL, reporters must
contact Media Relations at: (818) 354-5011 not later than 6 p.m. EST,
March 7. Valid I.D. and press credentials must be shown on arrival.
Non U.S. citizens must present passport and visa. News briefings from
JPL will be carried on the Web and NASA TV (all times EST and subject
to change):

Wednesday, March 8:

-- 1 p.m. EST, mission overview news briefing

Friday, March 10:

-- Noon EST, pre-arrival news briefing

-- 7:30 p.m. EST, post-arrival news briefing

Mission information, including a press kit, news releases, status
reports, briefing schedule, videos and images, is available on the
Web at:

http://www.nasa.gov/mro

For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/home

NASA TV is carried on the Web and on an MPEG-2 digital signal accessed
via satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C,
4040 MHz, vertical polarization. It's available in Alaska and Hawaii
on AMC-7 at 137 degrees west longitude, transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz,
horizontal polarization. The schedule for mission coverage is on the
Web at:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html

JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena,
manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA's Science Mission
Directorate.

        
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