[meteorite-list] NASA Releasing First Ever Spacecraft Orbital Views Of Mercury (MESSENGER)

[Ron Baalke]

June 10, 2011

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

Paulette Campbell 
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 
240-228-6792 
paulette.campbell at jhuapl.edu   


MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-119

NASA RELEASING FIRST EVER SPACECRAFT ORBITAL VIEWS OF MERCURY

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT on 
Thursday, June 16, to reveal new images and science findings from the 
first spacecraft to orbit Mercury. The event will be held in the NASA 
Headquarters auditorium located at 300 E St. SW, in Washington. NASA 
Television and the agency's website will broadcast the event. 

NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging, 
or MESSENGER spacecraft conducted more than a dozen laps through the 
inner solar system for six years prior to achieving the historic 
orbit insertion on March 17. 

Briefing participants are: 
-- Brett Denevi, scientist, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics 
Laboratory (APL) , Laurel, Md. 
-- Ralph McNutt, Jr., MESSENGER project scientist, APL 
-- Larry Nittler, scientist, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, 
Carnegie Institution of Washington 
-- Sean Solomon, MESSENGER principal investigator, Carnegie 
Institution 

Reporters may attend the event, ask questions from participating NASA 
locations, or join by phone. To obtain dial-in information, 
journalists must email Dwayne Brown at dwayne.c.brown at nasa.gov with 
their name, media affiliation and work telephone number by 9 a.m. on 
June 16. 

For more information about the mission, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/main/index.html 

For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and schedule information, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv   
	
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