[meteorite-list] NASA Reschedules News Conference on Stardust-Next Comet Flyby

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:16:47 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <201102151816.p1FIGlqv022759_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

Feb. 15 2011

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

Blaine Friedlander
Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
607-254-6235
bpf2 at cornell.edu
MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-035

NASA RESCHEDULES NEWS CONFERENCE ON STARDUST-NEXT COMET FLYBY

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA has rescheduled the news conference about the
Stardust-NExT comet flyby for 12:30 p.m. PST (3:30 p.m. EST) today.
The briefing will release images and early data from the comet
encounter and will be carried live on NASA Television and the
agency's website.

The participants are:

-Ed Weiler, NASA's associate administrator, Science Mission
Directorate, Washington
-Joe Veverka, Stardust-NExT principal investigator, Cornell University

-Tim Larson, Stardust-NExT project manager, NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
-Don Brownlee, Stardust-NExT co-investigator, University of
Washington, Seattle
-Pete Schultz, Stardust-NExT co-investigator, Brown University

The news conference was originally scheduled for 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m.
EST). The additional time will allow scientists to process and
analyze data and images gathered when the spacecraft flew past comet
Tempel 1, with closest approach at a distance of 112 miles. The
mission team had expected the closest-approach images to be sent
first. Instead, the images were downlinked in chronological order,
starting with the most distant approach views.

The briefing also can be viewed on one of JPL's Ustream channels at:

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

The first six, most distant approach images are available online at:

http://www.nasa.gov/stardust

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov

For NASA TV streaming video, scheduling and downlink information,
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

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Received on Tue 15 Feb 2011 01:16:47 PM PST