[meteorite-list] NASA, University Researchers Discuss Search for Life in Solar System, Beyond

[Ron Baalke]

June 12, 2015

MEDIA ADVISOR Y M15-092

NASA, University Researchers Discuss Search for Life in Solar System, Beyond

NASA and university scientists will discuss at 2 p.m. EDT, Tuesday June 16, 
astrobiology research activities and technology that are advancing the search 
for evidence of habitability in our solar system and beyond. The briefing 
will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website.

Briefing topics will include the quest for evidence of habitability and life 
on Mars, plans for exploring the habitability of Europa and Enceladus, and 
progress in identifying signs of habitability on exoplanets.

The briefing will be held during the 2015 Astrobiology Science Conference in 
Chicago June 15-19 in Salon A5 of the Hilton Downtown Chicago, located at 720 
South Michigan Avenue.

Briefing participants are:

 * John Grunsfeld, associate administrator for Science at NASA Headquarters
   in Washington
 * Vikki Meadows, professor of astronomy and principal investigator at the
   University of Washington's Virtual Planetary Laboratory in Seattle
 * Britney Schmidt, assistant professor in the Department of Earth and
   Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and principal
   investigator for the NASA-funded project Sub-Ice Marine and Planetary
   Analog Ecosystems
 * Alexis Templeton, associate professor in the Department of Geological
   Sciences at the University of Colorado-Boulder, and principal investigator
   for the NASA Astrobiology Institute Rock-Powered Life team


Media representatives not in attendance may submit questions to 
dwayne.c.brown at nasa.gov.

Watch the briefing and conference sessions online at:

http://ac.arc.nasa.gov/abscicon* 

For more information about NASA's astrobiology activities, visit:

http://astrobiology.nasa.gov

For NASA's activities in the solar system and beyond, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solar system

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