NASA Announces Briefing About Kepler's Early Science Results

August 03, 2009

J.D. Harrington
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-2769


Michael Mewhinney
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
650-604-3937


MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-144

NASA ANNOUNCES BRIEFING ABOUT KEPLER'S EARLY SCIENCE RESULTS

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing on Thursday, Aug. 6, at
2 p.m. EDT, to discuss early science results of the Kepler mission.
Kepler is the first spacecraft with the ability to find Earth-size
planets orbiting stars like our sun in a zone where liquid water
could exist.

The televised briefing will be held in the James E. Webb Memorial
Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. S.W., Washington.

The briefing participants a

-- Jon Morse, NASA's Astrophysics Division director, NASA
Headquarters

-- William Borucki, Kepler science principal investigator, NASA's
Ames
Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
-- Sara Seager, professor of planetary science and physics,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
-- Alan Boss, astrophysicist, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism,
Carnegie Institution, Washington

Reporters may also ask questions from participating NASA locations or
by telephone. To reserve a telephone line, contact J.D. Harrington by
e-mail at:



Kepler is a NASA Discovery mission. It was launched from Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on March 6, 2009.

Besides being the home organization of the science principal
investigator, NASA's Ames Research Center is responsible for Kepler's
ground system development, mission operations and science data
analysis.

Kepler mission development is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp.
is responsible for developing the Kepler flight system and supporting
mission operations.

For more information about NASA TV downlinks and streaming video,
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For more information about the Kepler mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/kepler

For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov

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