April 02, 2009

J D Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j d harrington@nasa gov

RELEASE: 09-076

NASA JOINS "AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 TELESCOPES"

WASHINGTON -- A collection of NASA missions will be involved in a live event April 3 that will allow the public to get an inside look at how these missions are run "Around the World in 80 Telescopes" is a 24-hour webcast that is part of the "100 Hours of Astronomy" event for the International Year of Astronomy 2009

During the webcast, viewers will be able to visit some of the most advanced telescopes on and off the planet For NASA's space-based missions, the webcast will be broadcast from control centers throughout the United States To view the webcast, visit:

http://100hoursofastronomy org/webcast

As part of the webcast, each mission will release a never-before-seen image from the telescope or observatory The new images can be found on the websites listed below Please note these times correspond to the beginning of each mission's segment on the live webcast and when each new image will be available

The NASA missions participating in the Webcast, in chronological order, are (times EDT, April 3):

Hubble Space Telescope: 1:20 p m

http://hubblesite org/news/2009/04

Swift Gamma-ray Burst Explorer: 1:40 p m

http://www nasa gov/swift

Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope: 2 p m

http://www nasa gov/fermi

SOHO and TRACE: 3:20 p m

http://sohowww nascom nasa gov

and

http://sunland gsfc nasa gov/smex/trace

STEREO: 3:40 p m

http://stereo gsfc nasa gov

Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX): 4:20 p m

http://www galex caltech edu

Chandra X-ray Observatory: 4:40 p m

http://www chandra harvard edu/photo/2009

Spitzer Space Telescope: 5:20 p m

http://www spitzer caltech edu/spitzer/index shtml

Kepler 3:05 a m (April 4)

http://kepler nasa gov

For information about the International Year of Astronomy, visit:

http://astronomy2009 nasa gov

For more information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov

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