Jan 11, 2007

Dwayne Brown/Tabatha Thompson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/3895

Cynthia O'Carroll/Rani Gran Goddard Space Flight Center, Md 301-286-4647/2483

MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-003

NASA MEDIA BRIEFING ON MISSION TO STUDY AURORAS

GREENBELT, Md - NASA will host a media teleconference to discuss the Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS) mission on Wednesday, Jan 17, at 1 p m EST

THEMIS consists of five identical probes that will study the violent colorful eruptions of the Earth auroras The satellites will to launch aboard a Delta II rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla , on Thursday, Feb 15, for a two-year mission

Briefing participants: -- Craig Pollock, THEMIS program scientist, NASA Headquarters, Washington -- Vassilis Angelopoulos, THEMIS principal investigator, University of California, Berkeley -- Peter Harvey, THEMIS project manager, University of California, Berkeley -- Jim Slavin, director, Goddard Space Flight Center Heliophysics Division, Greenbelt, Md

Reporters should call 888-455-0031 and use the pass code "THEMIS" to participate in the teleconference International media should call +1-210-234-0007 Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at:

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio Related images will be available at::

http://www nasa gov/mission_pages/themis/news/prelaunch_briefing html For more information about the THEMIS mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/themis

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