NASA
Briefing to Preview Jupiter Flyby of Pluto Mission
WASHINGTON - NASA will host a news briefing at 1 p.m. EST, Thursday,
Jan. 18, to preview the flight of the Pluto-bound New Horizons
spacecraft through the Jupiter system. The briefing will take place
in the NASA Headquarters auditorium, 300 E St., S.W., Washington.
The briefing will air live on NASA Television and streamed at
www.nasa.gov.
New Horizons will use Jupiter's gravity to boost its speed toward
the outer solar system, while training its cameras and sensors on
the giant planet and its moons during a six-month encounter.
Briefing participants:
- James Green, acting director, Solar System Division, NASA
Headquarters, Washington
- Alan Stern, New Horizons principal investigator, Southwest
Research Institute, Boulder, Colo.
- John Spencer, New Horizons Jupiter Encounter science team deputy
lead, Southwest Research Institute
- Glen Fountain, New Horizons project manager, Johns Hopkins
University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md.
Reporters at participating agency field centers will be able to ask
questions. For more information about NASA TV, streaming video,
downlink and schedule information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
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