Nov 29, 2010

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

Cathy Weselby Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif 650-604-2791 cathy weselby@nasa gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-167

NASA SETS NEWS CONFERENCE ON ASTROBIOLOGY DISCOVERY; SCIENCE JOURNAL HAS EMBARGOED DETAILS UNTIL 2 P M EST ON DEC 2

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p m EST on Thursday, Dec 2, to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe

The news conference will be held at the NASA Headquarters auditorium at 300 E St SW, in Washington It will be broadcast live on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's website at http://www nasa gov

Participants are: - Mary Voytek, director, Astrobiology Program, NASA Headquarters, Washington - Felisa Wolfe-Simon, NASA astrobiology research fellow, U S Geological Survey, Menlo Park, Calif - Pamela Conrad, astrobiologist, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md - Steven Benner, distinguished fellow, Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, Gainesville, Fla - James Elser, professor, Arizona State University, Tempe

Media representatives may attend the conference or ask questions by phone or from participating NASA locations To 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 noon Dec 2

For NASA TV streaming video and downlink information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about NASA astrobiology activities, visit:

http://astrobiology nasa gov

-end-

To subscribe to the list, send a message to: hqnews-subscribe@mediaservices nasa gov To remove your address from the list, send a message to: hqnews-unsubscribe@mediaservices nasa gov

The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscription:

You are subscribed to the following list: [list_name]

using the following email: example@example.com

You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL:

https://aus-city com/cgi-bin/dada/mail cgi/u/NASA_REPORTS/example/example com/

If the above URL is inoperable, make sure that you have copied the entire address Some mail readers will wrap a long URL and thus break this automatic unsubscribe mechanism

You may also change your subscription by visiting this list's main screen:

<[program_url]/list/[list]>

If you're still having trouble, please contact the list owner at:

<mailto:[list_owner_email]>

The following physical address is associated with this mailing list:

[physical_address]