Oct. 29, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@xxxxxxxx Paulette Campbell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240-228-6792 paulette.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx RELEASE: M09-208 NASA TO RELEASE NEW IMAGES AND FINDINGS FROM THIRD MERCURY FLYBY WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Nov. 3, to announce scientific findings and release new images from the third and final flyby of Mercury by the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging spacecraft, known as MESSENGER. The probe's cameras and instruments collected high-resolution and color images of the planet on Sept. 29, unveiling another six percent of Mercury's surface never before seen by a spacecraft. The briefing participants are: - Sean Solomon, principal investigator, Carnegie Institution of Washington - Ronald J. Vervack, Jr., participating scientist, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md. - David J. Lawrence, participating scientist, APL - Brett Denevi, imaging team member and postdoctoral researcher, Arizona State University, Tempe To participate in the teleconference, reporters should e-mail Sonja Alexander at: sonja.r.alexander@xxxxxxxx Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio At the beginning of the briefing, related images will be available online at: http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room -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
