April 5, 2007

Dwayne Brown/Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/3895

Cynthia O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Md 301-286-4647

MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-36

NASA MEDIA BRIEFING ON MISSION TO STUDY EARTH'S HIGHEST CLOUDS

WASHINGTON - NASA will host a media teleconference on Wednesday, April 11 at 2 p m EDT to discuss science objectives of the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission

AIM is scheduled to launch April 25 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif , aboard a Pegasus launch vehicle It will measure high altitude noctilucent ("night shining") clouds to determine why they form and vary, which may be linked to climate change

Briefing participants are: -- Vicki Elsbernd, AIM Program Executive, NASA Headquarters, Washington -- Jim Russell, AIM Principal Investigator, Hampton University, Hampton, Va -- Chris Savinell, AIM mission manager, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md

Reporters should call 1-888-398-6118 and use the pass code "clouds" to participate in the teleconference International media should call 1-210-234-0007

Audio of the teleconference will stream live at:

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

Supporting images will be posted concurrent with the briefing at:

http://www nasa gov/mission_pages/aim/AIM_L14_media html

For more information about the AIM mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/aim

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