Press Release: NASA Hosting Science Update About Jupiter's Icy Moon Europa

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Dwayne Brown 
Headquarters, Washington  

202-358-1726  

dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov 



Nov. 15, 2011












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NASA Hosting Science Update About Jupiter's Icy Moon Europa






WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a Science Update at 1 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Nov. 16, to discuss new theories concerning Jupiter's icy moon Europa. The event will be in NASA's James E. Webb Auditorium at 300 E St. SW in Washington. 

NASA Television and the agency's website will broadcast the event live. Reporters may attend the event or ask questions from participating NASA centers or by phone. For dial-in information, reporters must contact Dwayne Brown at: dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov with their name, media affiliation and telephone number by noon Wednesday. 

Europa, which is slightly smaller than Earth's moon, is thought to have an iron core, a rocky mantle and an ocean of salty water beneath its frozen surface. 

Briefing participants are: 
- Britney Schmidt, postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin 
- Tori Hoehler, astrobiologist and senior research scientist, NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 
- Louise Prockter, planetary scientist, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 
- Tom Wagner, program scientist, cryospheric sciences, Earth Science Division, NASA Headquarters 


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Press Release: Media Teleconference About Mars Rover Opportunity Set for Sept 1

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Dwayne Brown     
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1726
dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov
 
Guy Webster
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
818-354-5011
guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov  

Aug. 30, 2011

 

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NASA Announces Media Teleconference About Opportunity Rover

 

 

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a media teleconference on Thursday, Sept. 1, at 12:30 p.m. PDT to discuss progress of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. Opportunity reached the Martian Endeavour crater earlier this month after years of driving.

The teleconference participants are:

-- Dave Lavery, program executive, Mars Exploration Rovers, NASA Headquarters, Washington
-- Steve Squyres, principal investigator, Mars Exploration Rovers, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
-- Ray Arvidson, deputy principal investigator, Mars Exploration Rovers, Washington University in St. Louis.
-- John Callas, project manager, Mars Exploration Rovers, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif.

To participate in the teleconference, reporters must contact the JPL Media Relations Office at 818-354-5011 not later than 11 a.m. on Thursday for the call-in number and passcode.

Opportunity and its twin, Spirit, completed their three-month prime missions on Mars in April 2004. They continued to work for years in bonus mission extensions. Spirit finished communicating in 2010, after six years of operation.

Opportunity, still very active, reached the rim of Endeavour crater on Aug. 9. The arrival gives the rover access to geology different from any it explored during its first 90 months on Mars.

For live audio streaming of the teleconference, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

More information about the twin rovers, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/rovers  

 

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Press Release: NASA Creates New Department for Deep Space Missions

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Below is a press release in which NASA announces the creation of a New Department for Deep Space Missions.

Joshua Buck
Headquarters, Washington  
202-358-1100
jbuck@nasa.gov 

August 12, 2011

RELEASE : 11-264

NASA Creates Human Exploration And Operations Directorate

WASHINGTON -- NASA has announced the creation of the Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Mission Directorate. The new organization, which combines the Space Operations and Exploration Systems mission directorates, will focus on International Space Station operations and human exploration beyond low Earth orbit.

"America is opening a bold new chapter in human space exploration," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said. "By combining the resources of Space Operations and Exploration Systems, and creating the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, we are recommitting ourselves to American leadership in space for years to come."

The new organization combines the talents, skills and experiences of the two previous directorates. It more fully integrates the operation of NASA's in-space assets and current capabilities with planning for the agency's future, including the size and type of the work force, facilities and contracts.

While the transition and personnel assignments will take several weeks to finalize, the HEO Mission Directorate already is supporting space station operations. The directorate also will manage commercial crew and cargo developmental programs; construction of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, a spacecraft designed to travel beyond low Earth orbit; development of a new heavy lift rocket, known as the Space Launch System; and other programs within the directorates.

Associate Administrator Bill Gerstenmaier will head the new organization. He previously served as the associate administrator for Space Operations.

For more information about NASA and agency programs, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov  

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