Steve Cole
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0918
stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-208
NASA ANNOUNCES NEWS BRIEFING ON NEXT EARTH SCIENCE LAUNCH
WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news briefing on Wednesday, Oct. 12, at
1 p.m. EDT, on the agency's next Earth-observing satellite mission,
the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite
System Preparatory Project (NPP), scheduled to launch on Oct. 27 from
Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
NPP is the first of a new generation of satellites that will observe
many facets of our changing Earth. The mission will collect critical
data to improve our understanding of long-term climate change and
short-term weather conditions. With NPP, NASA continues many key data
records of Earth's atmosphere, oceans, vegetation, and ice initiated
by the agency's Earth Observing System satellites.
The panelists are:
- Andrew Carson, NPP program executive, NASA Headquarters
- Ken Schwer, NPP project manager, Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, Md.
- Dr. Jim Gleason, NPP project scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center
- Dr. Louis Uccellini, director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration's National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Camp
Springs, Md.
The briefing will be held in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA
Headquarters, 300 E St. SW, Washington. Reporters unable to attend in
person may ask questions from participating NASA centers or by
telephone. To participate by phone, reporters must contact Dwayne
Brown at 202-358-1726 or dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov by 9 a.m. on Oct.
12.
The news conference will air live on NASA Television and the agency's
website. For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling
information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv For more information about the NPP mission, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/npp
