Sounds cool! -- Joe<br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 2/8/11, JPL News <i><Jplnews@jpl.nasa.gov></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: JPL News <Jplnews@jpl.nasa.gov><br>Subject: NASA Hosting Events for Valentine's Night Comet Encounter<br>To: <br>Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2011, 4:09 PM<br><br><div id="yiv1288968720"><style><!-- #yiv1288968720 _filtered #yiv1288968720 {font-family:"Cambria Math";panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} _filtered #yiv1288968720 {font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} #yiv1288968720 #yiv1288968720 p.yiv1288968720MsoNormal, #yiv1288968720 li.yiv1288968720MsoNormal, #yiv1288968720 div.yiv1288968720MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"sans-serif";} #yiv1288968720 a:link, #yiv1288968720 span.yiv1288968720MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;} #yiv1288968720 a:visited, #yiv1288968720 span.yiv1288968720MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple;text-decoration:underline;} #yiv1288968720 span.yiv1288968720EmailStyle17 {font-family:"sans-serif";color:windowtext;} #yiv1288968720 .yiv1288968720MsoChpDefault {} _filtered #yiv1288968720 {margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} #yiv1288968720 div.yiv1288968720WordSection1 {} --></style><div class="yiv1288968720WordSection1"><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">JET PROPULSION LABORATORY</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">PASADENA, CALIF. 91109 PHONE 818-354-5011</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">http://www.jpl.nasa.gov </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";"> </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">DC Agle 818-393-9011 </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">agle@jpl.nasa.gov</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";"> </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">Dwayne Brown 202-358-1726</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">Headquarters, Washington </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";"> </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">Blaine Friedlander 607-254-6235</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">bpf2@cornell.edu</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";"> </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">MEDIA ADVISORY: 2011-044 Feb. 8, 2011 </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";"> </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">NASA HOSTING EVENTS FOR VALENTINE'S NIGHT COMET ENCOUNTER</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";"> </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host several live media activities for the Stardust-NExT mission's </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">close encounter with comet Tempel 1. The closest approach is expected at approximately 8:37 p.m. </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">PST (11:37 p.m. EST) on Feb. 14, with confirmation received on Earth at about 8:56 p.m. PST (11:56 </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">p.m. EST). </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";"> </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">Live coverage of the Tempel 1 encounter will begin at 8:30 p.m. PST on Feb. 14 on NASA Television </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">and the agency's website. The coverage will include live commentary from mission control at NASA's </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., and video from Lockheed Martin Space System's </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">mission support area in Denver.</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";"> </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">A news briefing is planned for 10 a.m. PST on Feb. 15. Scheduled participants are: </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">-Ed Weiler, NASA's associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, Washington</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">-Joe Veverka, Stardust-NExT principal investigator, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">-Tim Larson, Stardust-NExT project manager, JPL</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">-Don Brownlee, Stardust-NExT co-investigator, University of Washington, Seattle</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";"> </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">To cover the Tempel 1 flyby at JPL, journalists must contact the JPL Media Relations Office at 818-</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">354-5011. Valid media credentials are required. Non-U.S. citizens must bring passports. </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";"> </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">Starting Feb. 14 at 8 p.m., news media representatives can watch live coverage of the control room </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">via a feed to JPL's von Karman Auditorium. The auditorium will remain open through the evening for </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">media. Reporters who will not travel to JPL may call the Media Relations Office to make </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">arrangements to ask questions during the Feb. 15 briefing. </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";"> </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">Mission coverage schedule (all times PST and subject to change):</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";"> </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">8:30 to 10 p.m., Feb. 14: Live NASA TV commentary begins from mission control; includes coverage </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">of closest approach and the re-establishment of contact with the spacecraft following the encounter.</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";"> </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">Midnight to 1:30 a.m., Feb. 15: NASA TV commentary will chronicle the arrival and processing of </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">the first five of 72 close-approach images expected to be downlinked after the encounter. The images </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">are expected to include a close-up view of the comet's surface. </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";"> </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">10 a.m., Feb. 15: News briefing</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";"> </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">Starting on Feb. 9, NASA TV will air Stardust-NExT mission animation and b-roll during its Video </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">File segments. For NASA TV streaming video, scheduling and downlink information, visit: </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">http://www.nasa.gov/ntv .</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";"> </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">Live commentary and the news conference will also be carried live on one of JPL's Ustream channels. </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">During events, viewers can engage in a real-time chat and submit questions to the Stardust-NExT </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">team at: http://www.ustream.tv/user/NASAJPL2 .</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";"> </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">The public can watch a real-time animation of the Stardust-NExT comet flyby using NASA's new </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">"Eyes on the Solar System" Web tool. JPL created this 3-D environment, which allows people to </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">explore the solar system from their computers. It is available at: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes .</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";"> </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">This flyby of Tempel 1 will give scientists an opportunity to look for changes on the comet's surface </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">since it was visited by NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft in July 2005. Since then, Tempel 1 has </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">completed one orbit of the sun, and scientists are looking forward to monitoring any differences in </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">the comet.</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";"> </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">During its 12 years in space, Stardust became the first spacecraft to collect samples of a comet (Wild </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">2 in 2004), which were delivered to Earth in 2006 for study. The Stardust-NExT mission is managed </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">by JPL for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. Lockheed Martin Space Systems in </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">Denver built the spacecraft and manages day-to-day mission operations.</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";"> </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">A press kit and other detailed information about Stardust-NExT is available at: </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";">http://stardustnext.jpl.nasa.gov .</span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";"> </span></p><p class="yiv1288968720MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "serif";"> -end-</span></p></div></div></blockquote> ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL