[meteorite-list] NASA Announces First Stardust Comet Sample Results on March 13

[Ron Baalke]

March 6, 2006

Dwayne Brown 
Headquarters, Washington 
(202) 358-1726

William Jeffs 
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(281) 483-5111 

MEDIA ADVISORY: 06-040

NASA ANNOUNCES FIRST STARDUST COMET SAMPLE RESULTS

Results from the first studies of cometary samples returned to Earth 
by NASA's Stardust spacecraft is the subject of a news conference at 
3 p.m. EST, Monday, March 13, from NASA's Johnson Space Center, 
Houston 

The briefing airs live on the Web and on NASA TV's Public and Media 
channels. Reporters may ask questions from participating NASA 
centers. Participants: 

-- Thomas Morgan, Program Scientist, NASA Headquarters
-- Donald Brownlee, Principal Investigator, University of Washington, 
Seattle
-- Peter Tsou, Deputy Principal Investigator, Jet Propulsion 
Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
-- Michael Zolensky, Curator and Co-investigator, Johnson Space Center 

NASA TV's Public, Education and Media channels are available on an 
MPEG-2 digital C-band signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72 
degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical 
polarization. In Alaska and Hawaii, they're on AMC-7 at 137 degrees 
west longitude, transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal 
polarization. For digital downlink information on the Web, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 

For information about Stardust on the Web, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/stardust 

For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/home 

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