March 10, 2011

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

Paulette Campbell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md 240-228-6792 paulette campbell@jhuapl edu

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-052

NASA MEDIA TELECON PREVIEWS FIRST SPACECRAFT TO ORBIT MERCURY

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p m EDT on Tuesday, March 15, to discuss the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury

NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging, or MESSENGER, will enter orbit at approximately 9 p m EDT on Thursday, March 17 The spacecraft has conducted more than a dozen laps through the inner solar system for the past 6 6 years

Media teleconference participants are: -- Andy Calloway, MESSENGER mission operations manager, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md -- Carl Engelbrecht, MESSENGER propulsion subsystem lead, APL -- Sean Solomon, MESSENGER principal investigator, Carnegie Institution of Washington

To participate and to receive dial-in instructions, reporters must contact Steve Cole at stephen e cole@nasa gov or 202-358-0918

During the briefing, related images will be available at:

http://www nasa gov/mission_pages/messenger/media/MOITelecon html

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live on NASA's website at:

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

At 10 a m EDT on Wednesday, March 16, NASA experts will hold a one-hour, live Web chat to answer questions about MESSENGER's orbital insertion The chat window will open at 9:30 a m To participate, visit:

http://www nasa gov/connect/chat/messenger_chat html

For more information about the mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/messenger

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