NASA schedules Mars reconnaissance orbiter briefing

Dolores Beasley
Headquarters, Washington August 8, 2005
(Phone: 202/358-1753)

George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468)

Guy Webster
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Calif.
(Phone: 818/354-6278)

MEDIA ADVISORY: M05-130

NASA SCHEDULES MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER BRIEFING

Due to the postponed Space Shuttle Discovery landing, the Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter pre-launch press conference and mission science
briefing is today at 1 p.m. EDT, at the NASA News Center, Kennedy Space
Center (KSC), Fla.

Pre-launch press conference participants:

Doug McCuistion, Mars Exploration Program Director
NASA Headquarters, Washington

Chuck Dovale, NASA Launch Manager
KSC

Mike Jensen, Vice President and Chief Technical Officer
International Launch Services, McLean, Va.

Jim Graf, MRO Project Manager
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif.

Clay Flinn, U. S. Air Force Atlas V Launch Weather Officer
45th Weather Squadron, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

The mission science briefing immediately follows the pre-launch press
conference.

Participants:

Michael Meyer, Mars Exploration Program Chief Scientist
NASA Headquarters

Richard Zurek, MRO Project Scientist
JPL

Alfred McEwen, Principal Investigator, High Resolution Imaging Science
Experiment
University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.

Scott Murchie, Principal Investigator
Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars
Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md.

Enrico Flamini, Director, Solar System Programs
Italian Space Agency, Rome

The briefings, which were originally scheduled for tomorrow, will be carried
live on NASA TV. Audio only of the press conference and launch coverage is
available by calling: 321/867-1220/1240/1260/7135. Two-way question and
answer capability is available from participating NASA centers and
Headquarters.

NASA TV is carried by MPEG-2 digital signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at
72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical polarization.
It's available in Alaska and Hawaii in analog through Return to Flight on
AMC-7, at 137 degrees west longitude, Transponder 18, at 4060 MHz, vertical
polarization, audio at 6.8 MHz. For information about NASA TV on the Web,
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

The MRO prelaunch webcast is scheduled for 2 p.m. today. For information
about MRO and other NASA projects on the Web, visit:

http:/www.ksc.nasa.gov/nasadirect/index.htm

For information about NASA and other agency programs on the Web, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html


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