Oct. 2, 2008 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Laura Layton Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. 301-286-8170 laura.a.layton@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-188 NASA TO DISCUSS MISSION TO EXPLORE THE EDGE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference on Monday, Oct. 6, at 1 p.m. EDT, to discuss the upcoming launch of the first spacecraft that will image and map the dynamic interactions taking place where the hot solar wind slams into the cold expanse of space. Called the Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, the spacecraft is set to launch Oct. 19 from Kwajalein Atoll, a part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Participants will be: - Willis S. Jenkins, IBEX program executive, NASA Headquarters in Washington - Gregory V. Frazier, IBEX mission manager, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. - David J. McComas, IBEX principal investigator and senior executive director of the Space Science and Engineering Division at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio - Eric R. Christian, IBEX program scientist, NASA Headquarters Reporters should call 1-888-606-5951 and use the pass code "IBEX" to participate in the teleconference. International media should call 1-212-547-0184. Supporting information for the briefing will be available at the start of the briefing on the Web at: http://www.nasa.gov/ibex For more information about the mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ibex -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
