NASA to Discuss Mission to Explore the Edge of the Solar System

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Oct. 2, 2008

Dwayne Brown 
Headquarters, Washington 
202-358-1726 
dwayne.c.brown@xxxxxxxx 

Laura Layton 
Goddard Space Flight Center, Md.      
301-286-8170 
laura.a.layton@xxxxxxxx 

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: 










www.nasa.gov/ibex 


For more information about the mission, visit: 



www.nasa.gov/ibex 

	
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