From: NASANews@hq.nasa.gov (by way of Jan Wee <jwee@mail.arc.nasa.gov>)
Subject: Media Briefing on New Hubble Views of Mars Set for May 20
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 14:32:31 -0500
JUST ANNOUNCED!! Donald Savage Headquarters, Washington, DC May 15, 1997 (Phone: 202/358-1547) Tammy Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (Phone: 301/286-5566) Ray Villard Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD (Phone: 410/338-4514) Diane Ainsworth Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA (Phone: 818/354-5011) NOTE TO EDITORS: N97-34 MEDIA BRIEFING ON NEW HUBBLE VIEWS OF MARS SET FOR MAY 20 Dramatic new Hubble Space Telescope images of Mars clearly showing atmospheric activity and weather changes important to planners of two spacecraft nearing the red planet will be released in a Space Science Update at 1 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, May 20. The Update will be held at the NASA Headquarters auditorium, 300 E St. SW, Washington, DC, and will be carried live on NASA TV with two- way Q & A capability for reporters covering from participating NASA centers. Panelists for the Space Science Update will be: Dr. Ed Weiler, Hubble Space Telescope Program Scientist, NASA Headquarters Dr. Phil James, University of Toledo, OH Dr. Todd Clancy, Space Science Inst., Boulder, CO Dr. Steve Lee, University of Colorado, Boulder Matthew Golombeck, Mars Pathfinder Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA NASA Television is available through the GE2 satellite which is located on Transponder 9C, at 85 degrees West longitude, frequency 3880.0 Mhz, audio 6.8 MHz. -end-