[meteorite-list] NASA to Host Dec.13 Teleconference on Twin Probes Mission Ending Moon Impact

[Ron Baalke]

Dec. 10, 2012

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: M12-238

NASA TO HOST DEC.13 TELECONFERENCE ON TWIN PROBES MISSION ENDING MOON IMPACT

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 10:30 
a.m. PST (1:30 p.m. EST) Thursday, Dec. 13, to provide an overview of 
events leading up to twin spacecraft being commanded to impact the 
moon's surface on Dec. 17 at approximately 2:28 p.m. 

NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, whose 
two washing machine-sized probes were named Ebb and Flow by 
elementary school students in Bozeman, Montana, via a nationwide 
contest, have successfully completed their prime missions and have 
only days to go on their extended mission science collection. As 
planned, the duo is running low on fuel. They have been orbiting the 
moon since New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, respectively, giving 
scientists unprecedented detail about the moon's internal structure 
and composition. 

For teleconference dial-in information, reporters must send their 
name, media affiliation and telephone number to Elena Mejia at 
elena.mejia at jpl.nasa.gov or call NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory 
Media Relations Office at 818-354-5011. 

Audio and visuals of the event will be streamed live online at: 

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio 

and 

www.ustream.tv/nasajpl 

For more information about the mission, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/grail   
	
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