Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1726
dwyane.c.brown@nasa.gov
Keith Koehler
Wallops Flight Facility, Va.
757-824-1579
keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-036
NASA HOSTS TELECONFERENCE ON UPCOMING LAUNCH OF FIVE ROCKETS
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m.
EST on Wednesday, March 7, to discuss the upcoming launch of five
rockets in slightly more than five minutes from the Wallops Flight
Facility in Virginia. The rocket launches will be visible from most
of the local coastline. The launch window begins March 14 and runs
through April 4.
The Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment (ATREX) mission will gather
data to help scientists better understand the high-altitude jet
stream winds located 60-65 miles above Earth's surface. This region
can cause electrical turbulence adversely affecting satellite and
radio communications.
The experiment will use a chemical tracer released from each rocket to
help observe the winds. The tracers may be visible to the public
along the mid-Atlantic region and possibly the northeastern United
States.
Participants are:
-- Miguel Larsen, ATREX principal investigator at Clemson University
-- Jack Vieira, ATREX project manager at Wallops Flight Facility
To participate in the media teleconference, journalists must contact
Keith Koehler at 757-824-1579 or keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov by 3 p.m.,
Tuesday, March 6.
Audio of the event will be streamed live at:
Related images and video will be posted at the time of the
teleconference at:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/missions/atrex.html
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