[meteorite-list] NASA to Host Live Events for November 4 Comet Encounter

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 15:07:45 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201011012207.oA1M7jxt010745_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

Nov. 1, 2010

Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1726
dwayne.c.brown at nasa.gov

DC Agle
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
818-393-9011
agle at jpl.nasa.gov

Lee Tune
University of Maryland, College Park
301-405-4679
ltune at umd.edu
MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-156

NASA TO HOST LIVE EVENTS FOR NOVEMBER 4 COMET ENCOUNTER

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a series of media and educational events
about the EPOXI mission's close encounter with comet Hartley 2 at
approximately 7 a.m. PDT on Thursday, Nov. 4. The spacecraft will
provide the most extensive observations of a comet in history.

Live coverage beginning at 6:30 a.m. from mission control at NASA's
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., will be
broadcast on NASA Television's Media Channel and the agency's
website. A post-flyby news briefing is planned for 1 p.m. For NASA TV
streaming video, scheduling and downlink information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Media who would like to cover the event at JPL must RSVP in advance to
the JPL Media Relations Office at 818-354-5011. Valid media
credentials are required. Non-U.S. citizens must also bring
passports. From 6:30 to 8:30 a.m., media can watch live coverage of
the control room via a feed to JPL's von Karman Auditorium. The
auditorium will remain open through the day for working media.
Reporters who won't be at JPL may call the Media Relations Office to
make arrangements to ask questions during the briefing.

The timeline for mission coverage is (all times PDT and subject to
change):

6:30-8:30 a.m. -- NASA TV commentary begins from mission control and
includes coverage of closest approach, an educational segment, and
the return of close approach images.
1 p.m. -- News briefing following encounter. Participants may include:

Ed Weiler, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate at
NASA
Headquarters in Washington
Michael A'Hearn, principal investigator, University of Maryland
Jessica Sunshine, EPOXI scientist, University of Maryland
Tim Larson, EPOXI project manager at JPL

Activities will also be carried live on one of JPL's Ustream channels
at:

http://www.ustream.tv/user/NASAJPL2

The public can watch a real-time animation of the EPOXI comet flyby
using NASA's new "Eyes on the Solar System" Web tool. JPL created
this 3-D environment that allows people to explore the solar system
directly from their computers. Visit:

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes

EPOXI is an extended mission that utilizes the already "in-flight"
Deep Impact spacecraft to explore distinct celestial targets of
opportunity. The term EPOXI is a combination of the names for the two
extended mission components: the Extrasolar Planet Observations and
Characterization (EPOCh), and the Hartley 2 flyby, called the Deep
Impact eXtended Investigation (DIXI). For more information about
EPOXI, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/epoxi
        
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Received on Mon 01 Nov 2010 06:07:45 PM PDT