News release: 2011-353b Nov. 15, 2011
NASA Hosting Science Update About Jupiter's Icy
Moon Europa
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PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a Science Update at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST) on Wednesday, Nov. 16, to discuss new theories concerning Jupiter's icy moon Europa. The event will be held at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
NASA Television and the agency's website will broadcast the event live. For NASA TV streaming video, scheduling and downlink information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv .
The event will also be streamed live, with a moderated chat, at: http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2 .
Europa, which is slightly smaller than Earth's moon, is thought to have an iron core, a rocky mantle and an ocean of salty water beneath its frozen surface.
Briefing participants are:
- Britney Schmidt, postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin
- Tori Hoehler, astrobiologist and senior research scientist, NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
- Louise Prockter, planetary scientist, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md.
- Tom Wagner, program scientist, cryospheric sciences, Earth Science Division, NASA Headquarters
For more information about NASA and agency programs, visit: http://www.nasa.gov .
Rosemary Sullivant 818-354-0850
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif
Rosemary.sullivant@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Dwayne Brown 202-358-1726
NASA Headquarters, Washington
Dwayne.c.brown@xxxxxxxx
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