May 15, 2013

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

Michele Johnson Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif 650-604-6982 michele johnson@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-078

NASA HOSTS KEPLER SPACECRAFT STATUS TELECONFERENCE TODAY

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news teleconference at 4 p m EDT, today, May 15, to discuss the status of the agency's Kepler Space Telescope

Kepler is the first NASA mission capable of finding Earth-size planets in or near the habitable zone, which is the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature of an orbiting planet might be suitable for liquid water Launched in 2009, Kepler has been detecting planets and planet candidates with a wide range of sizes and orbital distances to help scientists better understand our place in the galaxy

The briefing participants are: -- John Grunsfeld, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington -- Paul Hertz, astrophysics director, NASA Headquarters, Washington -- William Borucki, Kepler science principal investigator, Ames Research Center, Calif -- Charles Sobeck, deputy project manager, Ames Research Center, Calif

For dial-in information, journalists should e-mail their name, affiliation and telephone number to J D Harrington at j d harrington@nasa gov Media representatives and the public also can questions via Twitter to #AskNASA

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

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

For more information about the Kepler mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/kepler

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