[meteorite-list] NASA Invites Public To Learn And See Scientists In Action Online (MSL)

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:44:59 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <201111221744.pAMHixum000402_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

Nov. 22, 2011

Allard Beutel
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
allard.beutel at nasa.gov

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M46-11

NASA INVITES PUBLIC TO LEARN AND SEE SCIENTISTS IN ACTION ONLINE

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space enthusiasts are invited to view and
participate in interactive webcasts starting this Wednesday through
Saturday featuring a variety of NASA officials, scientists, engineers
and educators discussing their work and aspirations about the
agency's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover mission.

The webcasts, originating from the Kennedy Space Center Visitor
Complex, Fla., are scheduled to begin at noon to 5 p.m. EST,
Wednesday, Nov. 23; 1 to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 25; 8:30 a.m. to launch
and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26.

MSL is scheduled to lift off at 10:02 a.m. on Nov. 26 from Space
Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

To view and participate in the live chats, visit:

http://www.livestream.com/marsrover

The webcasts are part of a NASA partnership with the National
Institute of Aerospace, the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
(DMNS), and the Virginia Air and Space Center that is hosting the
live, interactive Web-based broadcasts from NASA's Kennedy Space
Center. The webcasts complement the "Year of the Solar System"
supported by NASA's Planetary Science Division, Washington, and the
"Scientists in Action" distance-learning program at DMNS. The goal of
the webcasts is to bring students and the general public together
directly with scientists and engineers passionate about their
scientific missions in a real-time, engaging way.

For information of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/msl

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Received on Tue 22 Nov 2011 12:44:59 PM PST