[meteorite-list] NASA Announces Comet Encounter News Conference

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:14:13 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <201011152114.oAFLED7T011530_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

Nov. 15, 2010

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

Jia-Rui Cook
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
818-354-0850
jccook at jpl.nasa.gov

Lee Tune
University of Maryland, College Park
301-405-4679
ltune at umd.edu


MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-161

NASA ANNOUNCES COMET ENCOUNTER NEWS CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EST on
Thursday, Nov. 18, to discuss new scientific findings from the recent
EPOXI mission spacecraft encounter with comet Hartley 2.

The news conference will originate from the NASA Headquarters
auditorium at 300 E St. SW in Washington. It will be carried live on
NASA Television.

Media representatives may attend the conference, ask questions by
phone or from participating NASA locations. To RSVP or obtain dial-in
information, journalists must send their name, affiliation and
telephone number to Steve Cole at stephen.e.cole at nasa.gov or call
202-358-0918 by 11 a.m. EST on Nov. 18.

The news conference participants are:
-- Michael A'Hearn, EPOXI principal investigator, University of
Maryland
-- Jessica Sunshine, EPOXI deputy principal investigator, University
of Maryland
-- Tim Larson, EPOXI project manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Pasadena, Calif.
-- Pete Schultz, EPOXI scientist, Brown University

NASA's EPOXI spacecraft successfully flew past comet Hartley 2 on Nov.
4, providing scientists the most extensive observations of a comet in
history.

For NASA TV streaming video and downlink information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For more information about NASA's EPOXI mission visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/epoxi
        
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