Aug 19, 2008

J D Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 jharring@nasa gov

Rob Gutro Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md 301-286-4044 robert j gutro@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-156

NASA TO ANNOUNCE NEW NAME FOR GLAST, FIRST LIGHT FINDINGS

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference on Tuesday, Aug 26, at 2 p m EDT, to announce the first results from NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope and the observatory's new name The telecon also will include the Large Area Telescope's first light results, and a presentation of gamma-ray bursts that the GLAST Burst Monitor has seen since it went into operation

Briefing participants: - Jon Morse, director, Astrophysics Division, NASA Headquarters, Washington - Dennis Kovar, associate director of science for high energy physics, U S Department of Energy, Germantown, Md - Steve Ritz, GLAST project scientist, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md - Peter Michelson, Large Area Telescope principal investigator, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif - Chip Meegan, GLAST Burst Monitor principal investigator, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala

To participate in the teleconference, reporters should e-mail a request to J D Harrington by 1 p m , Aug 26 They must include their media affiliation and telephone number Supporting information for the briefing will be posted at 1 p m , Aug 26, at:

http://www nasa gov/mission_pages/GLAST/news/glast_findings_media html

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live on the Web at:

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

For more information about the GLAST mission on the Web, visit:

http://www nasa gov/glast

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