[meteorite-list] NASA to Host Dec.13 Teleconference on Twin Probes Mission Ending Moon Impact

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:39:18 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <201212110039.qBB0dIv9005026_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

Dec. 10, 2012

Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1726
dwayne.c.brown at nasa.gov

DC Agle
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
818-393-9011
agle at jpl.nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-238

NASA TO HOST DEC.13 TELECONFERENCE ON TWIN PROBES MISSION ENDING MOON IMPACT

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 10:30
a.m. PST (1:30 p.m. EST) Thursday, Dec. 13, to provide an overview of
events leading up to twin spacecraft being commanded to impact the
moon's surface on Dec. 17 at approximately 2:28 p.m.

NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, whose
two washing machine-sized probes were named Ebb and Flow by
elementary school students in Bozeman, Montana, via a nationwide
contest, have successfully completed their prime missions and have
only days to go on their extended mission science collection. As
planned, the duo is running low on fuel. They have been orbiting the
moon since New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, respectively, giving
scientists unprecedented detail about the moon's internal structure
and composition.

For teleconference dial-in information, reporters must send their
name, media affiliation and telephone number to Elena Mejia at
elena.mejia at jpl.nasa.gov or call NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Media Relations Office at 818-354-5011.

Audio and visuals of the event will be streamed live online at:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

and

www.ustream.tv/nasajpl

For more information about the mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/grail
        
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Received on Mon 10 Dec 2012 07:39:18 PM PST