[meteorite-list] Our Solar System and Beyond: NASA's Search for Water and Habitable Planets

[Ron Baalke]

April 1, 2015
     
Our Solar System and Beyond: NASA's Search for Water and Habitable Planets

NASA Television will air an event from 1 - 2 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 7, 
featuring leading science and engineering experts discussing the recent 
discoveries of water and organics in our solar system, the role our sun plays 
in water-loss in neighboring planets, and our search for habitable worlds 
among the stars.

The event, which is open to the public, will take place in the Webb 
Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street SW in Washington.

The panel also will highlight the fundamental questions NASA is working to 
answer through its cutting-edge science research: Where do we come from? 
Where are we going? Are we alone?

Panel participants include:

 * John Grunsfeld, astronaut and Science Mission Directorate associate
   administrator, NASA Headquarters, Washington
 * Ellen Stofan, chief scientist, NASA Headquarters
 * James Green, director of Planetary Science, NASA Headquarters
 * Jeffery Newmark, interim director of Heliophysics, NASA Headquarters
 * Paul Hertz, director of Astrophysics, NASA Headquarters

To participate by phone, reporters must contact Felicia Chou at 202-358-0257 
or felicia.chou at nasa.gov and provide their media affiliation no later 
than noon Monday, April 6. Media and the public also may ask questions during 
the event via Twitter using the hashtag #askNASA.

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

http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv 

For more information about recent discoveries in our solar system and beyond, 
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov 

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Felicia Chou
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0257
felicia.chou at nasa.gov