Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1726
dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov
DC Agle
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
818-393-9011
agle@jpl.nasa.gov
Whitney Lawrence Mullen
Sally Ride Science, San Diego
858-638-1432
wmullen@sallyridescience.com
MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-005
NASA AND STUDENTS TO ANNOUNCE NEW NAMES FOR TWIN LUNAR PROBES
WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news conference at 1 p.m. EST, Tuesday,
Jan. 17, to announce the names selected from a nationwide student
contest for twin spacecraft that will study the moon in unprecedented
detail. The event will be held in the James E. Webb Memorial
Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, located at 300 E Street SW, in
Washington.
Nine hundred schools and more than 11,000 students from 45 states, as
well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, participated in the
contest that began in October 2011.
The agency's twin Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL A/B)
spacecraft successfully achieved lunar orbit on New Year's Eve and
New Year's Day, respectively. The status of the spacecraft and
upcoming plans for science operations also will be discussed.
NASA Television and the agency's website will broadcast the live
event. Journalists can participate from NASA centers or join by
phone. To obtain dial-in information, media representatives must
contact Steve Cole at stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov, by noon EST, Tuesday,
Jan. 17.
The participants are:
-- John Grunsfeld, associate administrator, Science Mission
Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington
-- Leland Melvin, associate administrator for Education, NASA
Headquarters
-- Maria Zuber, GRAIL principal investigator, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
-- Sally Ride, president and CEO, Sally Ride Science, San Diego
-- Teacher and students submitting the selected names
The event will be carried live on Ustream, with a live chat box
available, at:
http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2
For more information about GRAIL visit:
or
For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and schedule information, visit:
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