[meteorite-list] NASA Announces First Stardust Comet Sample Results on March 13

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Mar 6 23:05:39 2006
Message-ID: <200603070403.k2743qc06468_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

March 6, 2006

Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-1726

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: 06-040

NASA ANNOUNCES FIRST STARDUST COMET SAMPLE RESULTS

Results from the first studies of cometary samples returned to Earth
by NASA's Stardust spacecraft is the subject of a news conference at
3 p.m. EST, Monday, March 13, from NASA's Johnson Space Center,
Houston

The briefing airs live on the Web and on NASA TV's Public and Media
channels. Reporters may ask questions from participating NASA
centers. Participants:

-- Thomas Morgan, Program Scientist, NASA Headquarters
-- Donald Brownlee, Principal Investigator, University of Washington,
Seattle
-- Peter Tsou, Deputy Principal Investigator, Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
-- Michael Zolensky, Curator and Co-investigator, Johnson Space Center

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. For digital downlink information on the Web, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For information about Stardust on the Web, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/stardust

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

http://www.nasa.gov/home

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Received on Mon 06 Mar 2006 11:03:52 PM PST