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

[Ron Baalke]

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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