Oct 5, 2011

Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0918 stephen e cole@nasa gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-208

NASA ANNOUNCES NEWS BRIEFING ON NEXT EARTH SCIENCE LAUNCH

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news briefing on Wednesday, Oct 12, at 1 p m EDT, on the agency's next Earth-observing satellite mission, the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (NPP), scheduled to launch on Oct 27 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif

NPP is the first of a new generation of satellites that will observe many facets of our changing Earth The mission will collect critical data to improve our understanding of long-term climate change and short-term weather conditions With NPP, NASA continues many key data records of Earth's atmosphere, oceans, vegetation, and ice initiated by the agency's Earth Observing System satellites

The panelists are: - Andrew Carson, NPP program executive, NASA Headquarters - Ken Schwer, NPP project manager, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md - Dr Jim Gleason, NPP project scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center - Dr Louis Uccellini, director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Camp Springs, Md

The briefing will be held in the James E Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St SW, Washington Reporters unable to attend in person may ask questions from participating NASA centers or by telephone To participate by phone, reporters must contact Dwayne Brown at 202-358-1726 or dwayne c brown@nasa gov by 9 a m on Oct 12

The news conference will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about the NPP mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/npp

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