NASA Press Conf on Mercury's Polar Regions, 2:00 pm ET, DC

29-Nov-2012 through 29-Nov-2012

NASA will hold a press conference at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC on November 29, 2012 at 2:00 pm ET on new observations of the planet Mercury's polar regions by the MESSENGER spacecraft.    Participants are:

- Jim Green, director, Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters

- Sean Solomon, MESSENGER Principal Investigator, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University

- David Lawrence, MESSENGER Participating Scientist, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

- Gregory Neumann, Mercury Laser Altimeter Instrument Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

- David Paige, MESSENGER Participating Scientist, University of California, Los Angeles

More details are in the NASA press release, which is reproduced below.   NASA TV will cover the event live.

Nov. 26, 2012

Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1726
dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov

Paulette Campbell
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md.
240-228-6792
paulette.campbell@jhuapl.edu

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NASA HOSTS NOV. 29 NEWS CONFERENCE ABOUT MERCURY POLAR REGIONS

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on
Thursday, Nov, 29, to reveal new observations from the first
spacecraft to orbit the planet Mercury. The briefing will be held in
the NASA Headquarters auditorium, located at 300 E St. SW in
Washington.

Science Journal has embargoed details until 2 p.m. on Nov. 29. The
news conference will be carried live on NASA Television and the
agency's website.

NASA's Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging,
or MESSENGER spacecraft has been studying Mercury in unprecedented
detail since its historic arrival there in March 2011.

The news conference participants are:

- Jim Green, director, Planetary Science Division, NASA
Headquarters, Washington
- Sean Solomon, MESSENGER Principal Investigator, Lamont-Doherty
Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, N.Y.
- David Lawrence, MESSENGER Participating Scientist, The Johns
Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md.
- Gregory Neumann, Mercury Laser Altimeter Instrument Scientist,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
- David Paige, MESSENGER Participating Scientist, University of
California, Los Angeles

Journalists may attend the briefing in-person, ask questions from
participating NASA locations and join by phone or via Twitter using
the hashtag #askNASA.

For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and schedule information, visit:


http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For more information about NASA's MESSENGER mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/messenger

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