Jacques van Oene
August 2nd 05, 07:29 PM
Dennis Armstrong
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468)
RELEASE: 72-05
MRO PRELAUNCH WEBCAST, LAUNCH COVERAGE SET FOR AUG. 9-10
NASA Direct, Kennedy Space Center's Internet broadcasting network, is
featuring a prelaunch webcast and launch day coverage of the Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) mission. The launch is set for
Wednesday, Aug. 10, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, with a
launch opportunity from 7:54 to 9:39 a.m. EDT. All coverage can be
viewed through the NASA portal Web site at
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/main/index.html.
Web coverage begins Tuesday, Aug. 9, with a prelaunch webcast overview
of the MRO's mission at 10:30 a.m. EDT. The webcast includes
informative interviews and a question-and-answer session with experts
highlighting the spacecraft, science of the mission, and what they
hope to learn from the orbiter's observations above, on and below the
Martian surface.
Live launch coverage begins Aug. 10 at 6 a.m. EDT from the Virtual
Launch Control Center, with constant updates throughout the launch
countdown.
MRO Prelaunch Webcast Participants
Tiffany Nail, Kennedy Space Center's Launch Services support
specialist, hosts the program on the MRO's mission, science and
technology.
Jim Kennedy, Kennedy Space Center director, opens the program with an
introduction to the MRO mission.
Clay Flinn, Atlas launch weather officer, gives a forecast of the
latest weather conditions for launch day.
Chuck Dovale, NASA launch manager, describes the preparation of the
Atlas V rocket and provides a launch countdown overview.
Sue Smrekar, the MRO's deputy project scientist, discusses the mission
and answers questions submitted via the Web.
MRO Web Coverage Schedule
(All times are subject to change.)
Tuesday, Aug. 9 at 10:30 a.m. EDT
NASA Direct webcast from Kennedy Space Center: "Mission, Spacecraft,
Science and Technology Webcast" at
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/launch/event-MRO.html.
The NASA Direct Question Board closes at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5. During
the webcast, program guests will answer some of the questions
submitted by the public. The questions can be viewed online at
http://webcast.ksc.nasa.gov/vidapp/?event=52.
Launch Day, Wednesday, Aug. 10 beginning at 6 a.m. EDT
Live countdown coverage from the Virtual Launch Control Center,
located at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/launch/vlcc.html.
Coverage features real-time updates as milestones occur, as well as
streaming video clips during countdown and launch.
For the latest information on this mission, go to NASA's Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter Web site at
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/main/index.html.
For more information about the MRO Web events, contact Dennis
Armstrong at 321/867-2468.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468)
RELEASE: 72-05
MRO PRELAUNCH WEBCAST, LAUNCH COVERAGE SET FOR AUG. 9-10
NASA Direct, Kennedy Space Center's Internet broadcasting network, is
featuring a prelaunch webcast and launch day coverage of the Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) mission. The launch is set for
Wednesday, Aug. 10, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, with a
launch opportunity from 7:54 to 9:39 a.m. EDT. All coverage can be
viewed through the NASA portal Web site at
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/main/index.html.
Web coverage begins Tuesday, Aug. 9, with a prelaunch webcast overview
of the MRO's mission at 10:30 a.m. EDT. The webcast includes
informative interviews and a question-and-answer session with experts
highlighting the spacecraft, science of the mission, and what they
hope to learn from the orbiter's observations above, on and below the
Martian surface.
Live launch coverage begins Aug. 10 at 6 a.m. EDT from the Virtual
Launch Control Center, with constant updates throughout the launch
countdown.
MRO Prelaunch Webcast Participants
Tiffany Nail, Kennedy Space Center's Launch Services support
specialist, hosts the program on the MRO's mission, science and
technology.
Jim Kennedy, Kennedy Space Center director, opens the program with an
introduction to the MRO mission.
Clay Flinn, Atlas launch weather officer, gives a forecast of the
latest weather conditions for launch day.
Chuck Dovale, NASA launch manager, describes the preparation of the
Atlas V rocket and provides a launch countdown overview.
Sue Smrekar, the MRO's deputy project scientist, discusses the mission
and answers questions submitted via the Web.
MRO Web Coverage Schedule
(All times are subject to change.)
Tuesday, Aug. 9 at 10:30 a.m. EDT
NASA Direct webcast from Kennedy Space Center: "Mission, Spacecraft,
Science and Technology Webcast" at
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/launch/event-MRO.html.
The NASA Direct Question Board closes at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5. During
the webcast, program guests will answer some of the questions
submitted by the public. The questions can be viewed online at
http://webcast.ksc.nasa.gov/vidapp/?event=52.
Launch Day, Wednesday, Aug. 10 beginning at 6 a.m. EDT
Live countdown coverage from the Virtual Launch Control Center,
located at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/launch/vlcc.html.
Coverage features real-time updates as milestones occur, as well as
streaming video clips during countdown and launch.
For the latest information on this mission, go to NASA's Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter Web site at
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/main/index.html.
For more information about the MRO Web events, contact Dennis
Armstrong at 321/867-2468.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info