[meteorite-list] NASA Hosts Nov. 29 News Conference About Mercury Polar Regions

[Ron Baalke]

Nov. 26, 2012

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: M12-219

NASA HOSTS NOV. 29 NEWS CONFERENCE ABOUT MERCURY POLAR REGIONS

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on 
Thursday, Nov, 29, to reveal new observations from the first 
spacecraft to orbit the planet Mercury. The briefing will be held in 
the NASA Headquarters auditorium, located at 300 E St. SW in 
Washington. 

Science Journal has embargoed details until 2 p.m. on Nov. 29. The 
news conference will be carried live on NASA Television and the 
agency's website. 

NASA's Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging, 
or MESSENGER spacecraft has been studying Mercury in unprecedented 
detail since its historic arrival there in March 2011. 

The news conference participants are: 

-     Jim Green, director, Planetary Science Division, NASA 
Headquarters, Washington 
-     Sean Solomon, MESSENGER Principal Investigator, Lamont-Doherty 
Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, N.Y. 
-     David Lawrence, MESSENGER Participating Scientist, The Johns 
Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 
-     Gregory Neumann, Mercury Laser Altimeter Instrument Scientist, 
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 
-     David Paige, MESSENGER Participating Scientist, University of 
California, Los Angeles 

Journalists may attend the briefing in-person, ask questions from 
participating NASA locations and join by phone or via Twitter using 
the hashtag #askNASA. 

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

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 

For more information about NASA's MESSENGER mission, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/messenger 
	
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