March 5, 2012

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

Keith Koehler
Wallops Flight Facility, Va
757-824-1579 keith a koehler@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-036

NASA HOSTS TELECONFERENCE ON UPCOMING LAUNCH OF FIVE ROCKETS

WALLOPS ISLAND, Va -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p m EST on Wednesday, March 7, to discuss the upcoming launch of five rockets in slightly more than five minutes from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia The rocket launches will be visible from most of the local coastline The launch window begins March 14 and runs through April 4

The Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment (ATREX) mission will gather data to help scientists better understand the high-altitude jet stream winds located 60-65 miles above Earth's surface This region can cause electrical turbulence adversely affecting satellite and radio communications

The experiment will use a chemical tracer released from each rocket to help observe the winds The tracers may be visible to the public along the mid-Atlantic region and possibly the northeastern United States

Participants are:

-- Miguel Larsen, ATREX principal investigator at Clemson University -- Jack Vieira, ATREX project manager at Wallops Flight Facility

To participate in the media teleconference, journalists must contact Keith Koehler at 757-824-1579 or keith a koehler@nasa gov by 3 p m , Tuesday, March 6

Audio of the event will be streamed live at:

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

Related images and video will be posted at the time of the teleconference at:

http://www nasa gov/mission_pages/sunearth/missions/atrex html

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