NASA Announces Comet Encounter News Conference
The news conference will originate from the NASA Headquarters auditorium at 300 E St. SW in Washington. It will be carried live on NASA Television.
Media representatives may attend the conference, ask questions by
phone or from participating NASA locations. To RSVP or obtain dial-in
information, journalists must send their name, affiliation and
telephone number to Steve Cole at stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov or call
202-358-0918 by 11 a.m. EST on Nov. 18.
The news conference participants are:
-- Michael A'Hearn, EPOXI principal investigator, University of
Maryland
-- Jessica Sunshine, EPOXI deputy principal investigator, University
of Maryland
-- Tim Larson, EPOXI project manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Pasadena, Calif.
-- Pete Schultz, EPOXI scientist, Brown University
NASA's EPOXI spacecraft successfully flew past comet Hartley 2 on Nov.
4, providing scientists the most extensive observations of a comet in history.
For NASA TV streaming video and downlink information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
For more information about NASA's EPOXI mission visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/epoxi
Source: NASA
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