[meteorite-list] NASA To Preview February Comet Encounter (Stardust-NExT)

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:44:22 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <201101130044.p0D0iMjF021852_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

Jan. 12, 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


MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-006

NASA TO PREVIEW FEBRUARY COMET ENCOUNTER

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news briefing at 1 p.m. EST on
Wednesday, Jan. 19, to discuss the Feb. 14 Stardust-NExT mission
flyby of comet Tempel 1. The encounter will mark the first time
scientists can look for changes on a comet's surface caused by a
close flyby of the sun.

The news conference will be in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA
Headquarters at 300 E St. SW in Washington. It will be broadcast live
on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's website.

The briefing participants are:

-- Joe Veverka, Stardust-NExT principal investigator, Cornell
University, Ithaca, N.Y.
-- Tim Larson, Stardust-NExT project manager, Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
-- Pete Schultz, Stardust-NExT co-investigator, Brown University,
Providence, R.I.
-- Steve Chesley, Stardust-NExT co-investigator, Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, Pasadena

Media representatives unable to attend in person may ask questions
from participating NASA locations or by telephone. For 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. Jan. 19.

For NASA TV streaming video and downlink information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For more information about NASA's Stardust-NExt mission, visit:

http://www.stardustnext.jpl.nasa.gov
        
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Received on Wed 12 Jan 2011 07:44:22 PM PST