Feb. 25, 2013
Steve Cole
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0918
stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-036
NASA ANNOUNCES MEDIA BRIEFING ON NEW VAN ALLEN PROBES RESULTS
WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST,
Thursday, Feb. 28, to discuss new observations from NASA's twin Van
Allen Probes, which are studying Earth's radiation belts. The
briefing will be held at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics
Laboratory, Kossiakoff Center, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd., in Laurel,
Md.
The new observations have been embargoed by the journal Science until
the start of the news conference, which will air live on NASA
Television and the agency's website.
The briefing panelists are:
-- Mona Kessel, Van Allen Probes program scientist, NASA Headquarters,
Washington
-- Dan Baker, director of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space
Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder
-- Nicola Fox, Van Allen Probes deputy project scientist, the Johns
Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md.
-- Joe Kunches, space scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, Colo.
Journalists unable to attend in-person can ask questions via Twitter
after 2 p.m. Feb. 28 using the hashtag #askNASA. To participate by
phone, reporters must contact Geoff Brown at 240-228-5618 or
Geoffrey.Brown@jhuapl.edu with their media affiliation no later than
10 a.m., Feb. 28.
For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information,
visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
For more information about NASA's Van Allen Probes mission, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/vanallenprobes
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