[meteorite-list] NASA Announces First Comet Sample Return to Earth (Stardust)

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Dec 15 17:06:13 2005
Message-ID: <200512152204.jBFM4c312231_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

December 15, 2005

Dwayne Brown/Merrilee Fellows
Headquarters, Washington
(202)358-1726/ (818) 393-0754

RELEASE: M05-195

NASA ANNOUNCES FIRST COMET SAMPLE RETURN TO EARTH

NASA will brief news media at 1 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Dec. 21, about
the return of the Stardust capsule. The capsule is carrying cometary
and interstellar dust particles back to Earth. The briefing is at
NASA headquarters, 300 E Street S.W., Washington. It will air live on
the Web and on NASA TV's Public and Media channels.

Participants:
* Andy Dantzler, Director, Solar System Division, NASA Headquarters
* Tom Duxbury, Project Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
  Pasadena, Calif.
* Ed Hirst, Mission System Manager, JPL
* Dr. Don Brownlee, Principal Investigator, University of Washington,
  Seattle

Question-and-answer capability for reporters is available from
participating NASA centers. To ask questions by phone, reporters must
call the JPL media relations office NLT 5 p.m. EST, Tuesday at: (818)
354-5011 to obtain a call-in number.

NASA TV's Public, Education and Media channels are available on an
MPEG-2 digital C-band signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72
degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical
polarization. In Alaska and Hawaii, they're 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. For digital downlink information
for each NASA TV channel and access to NASA TV's Public Channel on
the Web, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For information about Stardust on the Web, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/stardust

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

http://www.nasa.gov/home

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Received on Thu 15 Dec 2005 05:04:37 PM PST