June 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: M11-119

CORRECTION - NASA RELEASING NEW SPACECRAFT ORBITAL VIEWS OF MERCURY

Corrected to remove reference to "first ever" images

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news conference at 1 p m EDT on Thursday, June 16, to reveal new images and science findings from the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury The event will be held in the NASA Headquarters auditorium located at 300 E St SW, in Washington NASA Television and the agency's website will broadcast the event

NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging, or MESSENGER spacecraft conducted more than a dozen laps through the inner solar system for six years prior to achieving the historic orbit insertion on March 17

Briefing participants are: -- Brett Denevi, scientist, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) , Laurel, Md -- Ralph McNutt, Jr , MESSENGER project scientist, APL -- Larry Nittler, scientist, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington -- Sean Solomon, MESSENGER principal investigator, Carnegie Institution

Reporters may attend the event, ask questions from participating NASA locations, or join by phone To obtain dial-in information, journalists must email Dwayne Brown at dwayne c brown@nasa gov with their name, media affiliation and work telephone number by 9 a m on June 16

For more information about the mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/mission_pages/messenger/main/index html

For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and schedule information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

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