[meteorite-list] NASA Announces Comet Encounter News Conference

[Ron Baalke]

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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