Feb. 12, 2009 Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena. Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-3937 michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-024 NASA TO HOLD BRIEFING ABOUT UPCOMING KEPLER EXOPLANET MISSION WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing on Thursday, Feb. 19, at 1 p.m. EST, to discuss the upcoming Kepler mission. Kepler is the first spacecraft with the ability to find Earth-size planets orbiting stars like our sun in a zone where liquid water could exist. The televised briefing will take place in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. S.W., Washington. Kepler is scheduled to launch March 5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Participants are: -- Jon Morse, director, Astrophysics Division, NASA Headquarters -- William Borucki, principal investigator for Kepler science, NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. -- Jim Fanson, Kepler project manager, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. -- Debra Fischer, professor of Astronomy, San Francisco State University Reporters also may ask questions from participating NASA locations, including Kennedy Space Center's News Center, or by telephone. To reserve a telephone line, contact J.D. Harrington by e-mail at j.d.harrington@nasa.gov. Kepler is a NASA Discovery mission. Ames is responsible for the ground system development, mission operations and science data analysis. JPL manages Kepler mission development. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp of Boulder, Colo. is responsible for developing the Kepler flight system and supporting mission operations. For NASA TV downlink information and streaming video, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv For more information about the Kepler mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/kepler -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
