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

[Ron Baalke]

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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