Nov. 15, 2011 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@xxxxxxxx MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-233 NASA HOSTING SCIENCE UPDATE ABOUT JUPITER'S ICY MOON EUROPA WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a Science Update at 1 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Nov. 16, to discuss new theories concerning Jupiter's icy moon Europa. The event will be in NASA's James E. Webb Auditorium at 300 E St. SW in Washington. NASA Television and the agency's website will broadcast the event live. Reporters may attend the event or ask questions from participating NASA centers or by phone. For dial-in information, reporters must contact Dwayne Brown at: dwayne.c.brown@xxxxxxxx with their name, media affiliation and telephone number by noon Wednesday. Europa, which is slightly smaller than Earth's moon, is thought to have an iron core, a rocky mantle and an ocean of salty water beneath its frozen surface. Briefing participants are: - Britney Schmidt, postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin - Tori Hoehler, astrobiologist and senior research scientist, NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. - Louise Prockter, planetary scientist, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. - Tom Wagner, program scientist, cryospheric sciences, Earth Science Division, NASA Headquarters For NASA TV streaming video, scheduling and downlink information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv For more information about NASA and agency programs, visit: http://www.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
