Jacques van Oene
August 26th 05, 10:08 AM
Dolores Beasley
Headquarters, Washington August 25, 2005
(Phone: 202/358-1753)
Guy Webster
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
(Phone: 818/354-6278)
MEDIA ADVISORY: M05-143
NASA BRIEFING WILL PRESENT NEWS FROM A MARTIAN HILLTOP
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has reached the summit of Husband
Hill, part of the range the rover first observed on the distant horizon from
its landing site in January 2004.
A news briefing Thursday, Sept. 1 at NASA Headquarters will reveal what
Spirit is seeing as well as the current status and what we have learned from
both Spirit and its twin, Opportunity. The briefing will begin at 1 p.m. EDT
in the NASA Headquarters auditorium, 300 E St. SW, Washington and will be
carried live on NASA Television.
Briefing participants:
Douglas McCuistion, NASA Mars Exploration Program Director, Science Mission
Directorate, Washington
Dr. Steve Squyres, Principal Investigator for Mars Exploration Rovers
science payload, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
Chris Leger, Rover Planner, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena,
Calif.
Jacob Matijevic, Mars Exploration Rover Engineering Team Chief, JPL
Ray Arvidson, Deputy Principal Investigator for Mars Exploration Rovers
science payload, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.
NASA TV will provide question-and-answer capability from participating
agency centers. Media interested in asking questions via phone during the
briefing should call Grace Reardon on 202/358-0884, by noon EDT, Wednesday,
Aug. 31, to receive instructions.
NASA TV is available on the Web (see http://www.nasa.gov/ntv) and on an
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 on AMC-7 at 137 degrees west longitude, transponder
18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal polarization. A Digital Video Broadcast
compliant Integrated Receiver Decoder is required for reception.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Headquarters, Washington August 25, 2005
(Phone: 202/358-1753)
Guy Webster
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
(Phone: 818/354-6278)
MEDIA ADVISORY: M05-143
NASA BRIEFING WILL PRESENT NEWS FROM A MARTIAN HILLTOP
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has reached the summit of Husband
Hill, part of the range the rover first observed on the distant horizon from
its landing site in January 2004.
A news briefing Thursday, Sept. 1 at NASA Headquarters will reveal what
Spirit is seeing as well as the current status and what we have learned from
both Spirit and its twin, Opportunity. The briefing will begin at 1 p.m. EDT
in the NASA Headquarters auditorium, 300 E St. SW, Washington and will be
carried live on NASA Television.
Briefing participants:
Douglas McCuistion, NASA Mars Exploration Program Director, Science Mission
Directorate, Washington
Dr. Steve Squyres, Principal Investigator for Mars Exploration Rovers
science payload, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
Chris Leger, Rover Planner, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena,
Calif.
Jacob Matijevic, Mars Exploration Rover Engineering Team Chief, JPL
Ray Arvidson, Deputy Principal Investigator for Mars Exploration Rovers
science payload, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.
NASA TV will provide question-and-answer capability from participating
agency centers. Media interested in asking questions via phone during the
briefing should call Grace Reardon on 202/358-0884, by noon EDT, Wednesday,
Aug. 31, to receive instructions.
NASA TV is available on the Web (see http://www.nasa.gov/ntv) and on an
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 on AMC-7 at 137 degrees west longitude, transponder
18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal polarization. A Digital Video Broadcast
compliant Integrated Receiver Decoder is required for reception.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info