Jan. 12, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@xxxxxxxx DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011 agle@xxxxxxxxxxxx MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-006 NASA TO PREVIEW FEBRUARY COMET ENCOUNTER WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news briefing at 1 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 19, to discuss the Feb. 14 Stardust-NExT mission flyby of comet Tempel 1. The encounter will mark the first time scientists can look for changes on a comet's surface caused by a close flyby of the sun. The news conference will be in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters at 300 E St. SW in Washington. It will be broadcast live on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's website. The briefing participants are: -- Joe Veverka, Stardust-NExT principal investigator, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. -- Tim Larson, Stardust-NExT project manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. -- Pete Schultz, Stardust-NExT co-investigator, Brown University, Providence, R.I. -- Steve Chesley, Stardust-NExT co-investigator, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena Media representatives unable to attend in person may ask questions from participating NASA locations or by telephone. For dial-in information, journalists must send their name, affiliation and telephone number to Steve Cole at stephen.e.cole@xxxxxxxx or call 202-358-0918 by 11 a.m. Jan. 19. For NASA TV streaming video and downlink information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv For more information about NASA's Stardust-NExt mission, visit: http://www.stardustnext.jpl.nasa.gov -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
