DEEP IMPACT PRELAUNCH WEBCAST, LAUNCH COVERAGE SET FOR JAN. 10-12

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01.05.05

Bruce Buckingham 
Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 
321/867-2468 
RELEASE: 03-05

DEEP IMPACT PRELAUNCH WEBCAST, LAUNCH COVERAGE SET FOR JAN. 10-12

NASA Direct, NASA Kennedy Space Center's Web broadcast network, is 
featuring a prelaunch webcast and launch day coverage of NASA's Deep 
Impact spacecraft. The launch is set for Wednesday, Jan. 12, with an 
instantaneous launch opportunity at 1:48 p.m. EST. All coverage can 
be viewed through the NASA portal Web site at 
http://www.nasa.gov/deepimpact. 

Web coverage of the Deep Impact mission begins with a prelaunch 
webcast discussing the mission's journey to the Tempel 1 comet at 
2:30 p.m. EST on Monday, Jan. 10. The webcast includes informative 
interviews and question-and-answer sessions with NASA experts about 
the spacecraft, the science of the mission and what they hope to 
learn from the impact with the comet. 

Live launch coverage begins at 11:30 a.m. EST on Jan. 12. NASA updates 
its Virtual Launch Control Center throughout launch countdown 
coverage. 

Deep Impact Prelaunch Webcast Participants 



Tiffany Nail, KSC Launch Services support specialist, hosts the 
program focusing on Deep Impact's science and technology. 

Mike Stelzer, Launch Services Program mission integration manager at 
Kennedy Space Center, provides an overview of the integration of the 
launch vehicle and spacecraft. He is joined by Tom Shaw, launch 
vehicle integration manager at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 
California. 

Joel Tumbiolo, Delta weather officer, offers a briefing on the weather 
conditions surrounding the launch. 

Omar Baez, NASA launch manager, provides a launch countdown overview. 

Dr. Lucy McFadden, Professor of Astronomy at the University of 
Maryland, gives an overview of the mission and the science it 
involves. 

DEEP IMPACT WEB COVERAGE SCHEDULE 
(All times are EST and subject to change) 

Monday, Jan. 10, at 2:30 p.m. EST 
NASA Direct webcast: "Deep Impact - Mission to a Comet" 
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/nasadirect.html

NASA Direct Question Board: Program guests will answer questions 
submitted on the board, which can be viewed online. 
Deep Impact Science and Spacecraft: 
http://webcast.ksc.nasa.gov/vidapp/?event=48 
NOTE: The Deep Impact question board closes at 2 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 
7. 

Launch Day (Wednesday, Jan. 12) beginning at 11:30 a.m. EST 
Live countdown coverage from the Virtual Launch Control Center, 
located at 
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/launch/vlcc.html. 
Coverage will feature real-time updates as milestones occur during 
the countdown, as well as streaming video clips of countdown events. 
All videos are provided in Real Video format. 

For the latest information on this mission, go to NASA's Deep Impact 
Web site at: 


http://www.nasa.gov/deepimpact  For more information about the Deep 
Impact Web events, contact Dennis Armstrong at 321/867-2468.

	
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