Feb. 19, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@xxxxxxxx Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 alan.buis@xxxxxxxxxxxx MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-026 NASA PLANS ORBITING CARBON OBSERVATORY POST-LAUNCH MEDIA BRIEFING WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing at 9 a.m. EST on the day the Orbiting Carbon Observatory spacecraft launches. The observatory is set to launch Feb. 24 at 4:51 a.m. EST from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The briefing will take place in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. S.W., Washington. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory, or OCO, is NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying carbon dioxide. The mission will map the global distribution of carbon dioxide, the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving climate changes, and study how that distribution changes over time. Briefing panelists at Headquarters and Vandenberg are: - Ed Weiler, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington - Chuck Dovale, NASA launch director, NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. - Ralph Basilio, OCO deputy project manager, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. - Jack Kaye, associate director for research, Earth Science Division, NASA Headquarters Reporters may ask questions from participating NASA locations or by telephone. To reserve a telephone line, contact J.D. Harrington by e-mail at j.d.harrington@xxxxxxxxx For more information about launch coverage, and NASA TV downlink and streaming video, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv For more information about NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/oco -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
