May 31, 2006 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668 Susan Hendrix Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-7745 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-094 NASA'S FUSE MISSION DISCOVERY FEATURED IN MEDIA BRIEFING NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, June 7, about the discovery of carbon-rich gas around a young star that may be forming terrestrial planets. The discovery was made with NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer spacecraft and will be featured in the June 8 issue of Nature. Participants: -- Aki Roberge, NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. -- Conel Alexander, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington -- Marc Kuchner, ExoPlanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. Reporters must contact Susan Hendrix at 301-286-7745 by 11 a.m. EDT June 7 for the call in number and passcode. At the start of the conference, images and supporting graphics will be available at: http://www.nasa.gov/formedia Audio of the briefing will be streamed at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio A video file about this discovery will air on NASA TV on June 7. NASA TV is carried on an MPEG-2 digital signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical polarization. In Alaska and Hawaii, it's on AMC-7 at 137 degrees west longitude, transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal polarization. For information about NASA TV and links to streaming video, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: hqnews-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To remove your address from the list, send a message to: hqnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
