08.08.05 Dolores Beasley Headquarters, Washington (Phone: 202/358-1753) George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (Phone: 321/867-2468) Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Calif. (Phone: 818/354-6278) MEDIA ADVISORY: M05-130 NASA SCHEDULES MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER BRIEFING Due to the postponed Space Shuttle Discovery landing, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter pre-launch press conference and mission science briefing is today at 1 p.m. EDT, at the NASA News Center, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla. Pre-launch press conference participants: Doug McCuistion, Mars Exploration Program Director NASA Headquarters, Washington Chuck Dovale, NASA Launch Manager KSC Mike Jensen, Vice President and Chief Technical Officer International Launch Services, McLean, Va. Jim Graf, MRO Project Manager Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif. Clay Flinn, U. S. Air Force Atlas V Launch Weather Officer 45th Weather Squadron, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The mission science briefing immediately follows the pre-launch press conference. Participants: Michael Meyer, Mars Exploration Program Chief Scientist NASA Headquarters Richard Zurek, MRO Project Scientist JPL Alfred McEwen, Principal Investigator, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. Scott Murchie, Principal Investigator Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. Enrico Flamini, Director, Solar System Programs Italian Space Agency, Rome The briefings, which were originally scheduled for tomorrow, will be carried live on NASA TV. Audio only of the press conference and launch coverage is available by calling: 321/867-1220/1240/1260/7135. Two-way question and answer capability is available from participating NASA centers and Headquarters. NASA TV is carried by 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 in analog through Return to Flight on AMC-7, at 137 degrees west longitude, Transponder 18, at 4060 MHz, vertical polarization, audio at 6.8 MHz. For information about NASA TV on the Web, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv The MRO prelaunch webcast is scheduled for 2 p.m. today. For information about MRO and other NASA projects on the Web, visit: http:/www.ksc.nasa.gov/nasadirect/index.htm For information about NASA and other agency programs on the Web, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: ksc-subscribe@newsletters.nasa.gov To remove your address from the list, send a message to: ksc-unsubscribe@newsletters.nasa.gov
