Aug. 22, 2008 Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth.dickey-1@xxxxxxxx Trina Patterson ATK Space Systems, Salt Lake City 801-699-0943 trina.patterson@xxxxxxx MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-158 MEDIA TELECON SCHEDULED TO DISCUSS ROCKET LAUNCH FAILURE WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- Representatives from NASA and Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, will hold a media teleconference Friday morning at 10:30 a.m. EDT to discuss this morning's failure of a rocket launch carrying two NASA hypersonic experimental payloads. To participate, reporters should call 800-369-6087. The passcode is HYBOLT. Reporters will be asked give their name and media affiliation before the start of the moderated call. At 5:10 a.m. Friday the rocket was destroyed by range safety officials after liftoff from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. No injuries or property damage have been reported. Friday's teleconference will be streamed on the Web at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio -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
