[meteorite-list] NASA TV To Cover MESSENGER Spacecraft Entering Mercury's Orbit

[Ron Baalke]

March 17, 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: M11-061

NASA TV TO COVER MESSENGER SPACECRAFT ENTERING MERCURY'S ORBIT

WASHINGTON -- NASA Television and the agency's website will carry live 
coverage from 8 to 10 p.m. EDT Thursday as the first spacecraft 
enters Mercury's orbit. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics 
Laboratory, which operates the MESSENGER spacecraft, is conducting 
the webcast from its mission control building in Laurel, Md. 

NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging, 
or MESSENGER, is scheduled to enter the planet's orbit at 
approximately 9 p.m. after conducting more than a dozen laps through 
the inner solar system for the past 6.6 years. 

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

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 

For more information about the mission, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/messenger   
	
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