Nov 15, 2010

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

Jia-Rui Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory 818-354-0850 jccook@jpl nasa gov

Lee Tune University of Maryland, College Park 301-405-4679 ltune@umd edu

MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-161

NASA ANNOUNCES COMET ENCOUNTER NEWS CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p m EST on Thursday, Nov 18, to discuss new scientific findings from the recent EPOXI mission spacecraft encounter with comet Hartley 2

The news conference will originate from the NASA Headquarters auditorium at 300 E St SW in Washington It will be carried live on NASA Television

Media representatives may attend the conference, ask questions by phone or from participating NASA locations To RSVP or obtain dial-in information, journalists must send their name, affiliation and telephone number to Steve Cole at stephen e cole@nasa gov or call 202-358-0918 by 11 a m EST on Nov 18

The news conference participants are: -- Michael A'Hearn, EPOXI principal investigator, University of Maryland -- Jessica Sunshine, EPOXI deputy principal investigator, University of Maryland -- Tim Larson, EPOXI project manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif -- Pete Schultz, EPOXI scientist, Brown University

NASA's EPOXI spacecraft successfully flew past comet Hartley 2 on Nov 4, providing scientists the most extensive observations of a comet in history

For NASA TV streaming video and downlink information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about NASA's EPOXI mission visit:

http://www nasa gov/epoxi

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