May 15, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@xxxxxxxx Michele Johnson Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-6982 michele.johnson@xxxxxxxx MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-078 NASA HOSTS KEPLER SPACECRAFT STATUS TELECONFERENCE TODAY WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, today, May 15, to discuss the status of the agency's Kepler Space Telescope. Kepler is the first NASA mission capable of finding Earth-size planets in or near the habitable zone, which is the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature of an orbiting planet might be suitable for liquid water. Launched in 2009, Kepler has been detecting planets and planet candidates with a wide range of sizes and orbital distances to help scientists better understand our place in the galaxy. The briefing participants are: -- John Grunsfeld, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington -- Paul Hertz, astrophysics director, NASA Headquarters, Washington -- William Borucki, Kepler science principal investigator, Ames Research Center, Calif. -- Charles Sobeck, deputy project manager, Ames Research Center, Calif. For dial-in information, journalists should e-mail their name, affiliation and telephone number to J.D. Harrington at j.d.harrington@xxxxxxxx. Media representatives and the public also can questions via Twitter to #AskNASA. Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live on NASA's website at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio For more information about the Kepler mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/kepler -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
