March 28, 2011

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: M11-069

NASA TO RELEASE MESSENGER'S FIRST ORBITAL IMAGES OF MERCURY MEDIA TELECONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR 2 P M EDT WEDNESDAY

WASHINGTON -- NASA will release the first orbital image of Mercury's surface, including previously unseen terrain, on Tuesday afternoon, March 29 Several other images will be available Wednesday, March 30, in conjunction with a media teleconference at 2 p m EDT to discuss these initial orbital images taken from the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury

NASA's MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging, or MESSENGER, entered orbit March 17 after completing more than a dozen laps within the inner solar system during the past 6 6 years

Media teleconference participants are: -- Sean Solomon, MESSENGER principal investigator, Carnegie Institution of Washington -- Eric Finnegan, MESSENGER mission systems engineer, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel Md

To participate in the teleconference, reporters must contact Dwayne Brown at dwayne c brown@nasa gov or 202-358-1726 for dial-in instructions

For MESSENGER information and images, visit:

http://www nasa gov/messenger

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live on NASA's website at:

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

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