Nov 26, 2012

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: M12-219

NASA HOSTS NOV 29 NEWS CONFERENCE ABOUT MERCURY POLAR REGIONS

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news conference at 2 p m EST on Thursday, Nov, 29, to reveal new observations from the first spacecraft to orbit the planet Mercury The briefing will be held in the NASA Headquarters auditorium, located at 300 E St SW in Washington

Science Journal has embargoed details until 2 p m on Nov 29 The news conference will be carried live on NASA Television and the agency's website

NASA's Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging, or MESSENGER spacecraft has been studying Mercury in unprecedented detail since its historic arrival there in March 2011

The news conference participants are:

• Jim Green, director, Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters, Washington
• Sean Solomon, MESSENGER Principal Investigator, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, N Y
• David Lawrence, MESSENGER Participating Scientist, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md
• Gregory Neumann, Mercury Laser Altimeter Instrument Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md
• David Paige, MESSENGER Participating Scientist, University of California, Los Angeles

Journalists may attend the briefing in-person, ask questions from participating NASA locations and join by phone or via Twitter using the hashtag #askNASA

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

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about NASA's MESSENGER mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/messenger

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