Sept 22, 2009

Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1726 dwayne c brown@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-183

NASA TO REVEAL NEW SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS ABOUT THE MOON

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing at 2 p m EDT on Thursday, Sept 24, to discuss new science data from the moon collected during national and international space missions NASA Television and the agency's Web site will provide live coverage of the briefing from the James E Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St SW, in Washington

The briefing participants are: - Jim Green, director, Planetary Science Division, Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington - Carle Pieters, principal investigator, Moon Mineralogy Mapper, Brown University - Rob Green, project instrument scientist, Moon Mineralogy Mapper, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif - Roger Clark, team member, Cassini spacecraft Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer and co-investigator, Moon Mineralogy Mapper, U S Geological Survey in Denver - Jessica Sunshine, deputy principal investigator for NASA's Deep Impact extended mission and co-investigator for Moon Mineralogy Mapper, Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland

Reporters unable to attend the briefing may ask questions by telephone To reserve a telephone line, journalists should e-mail their name, media affiliation and telephone number to Steve Cole at:

stephen e cole@nasa gov

Papers supporting the briefing will be published online by the journal Science at its Science Express Web site Science will lift its embargo at 2 p m EDT, Sept 24

For more information about NASA TV downlinks and streaming video, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

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