NASA Invites Media to Soffen Memorial Panel Session June 12

[KSC News Center <ksc@mediaservices.nasa.gov>]

June 8, 2012

Tracy Young 
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
tracy.g.young@nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M28-12

NASA INVITES MEDIA TO SOFFEN MEMORIAL PANEL SESSION JUNE 12

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Reporters are invited to attend a panel 
session for the International Space University's Space Studies 
Program 2012 participants at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida 
at 8 p.m. on June 12.

The Soffen Memorial Panel session will provide the opportunity for SSP 
participants to engage with today's leaders in the planetary science 
field. The panel session is in honor of Gerald Soffen, NASA scientist 
and leader of NASA's Viking Mars mission. Reporters planning to 
attend need to meet Tracy Young in the lobby of the Operations 
Support Building II at 7:30 p.m. The OSB II is the five-story 
building adjacent to the Press Site.

The session will be moderated by George Tahu, NASA program executive, 
Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters.

Panelists include:
--Pete Worden, director, NASA Ames Research Center
--Claudia Alexander, project scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
--Scott Hubbard, professor, Stanford University
--Bill Nye, CEO, The Planetary Society

Reporters without permanent Kennedy credentials need to apply for 
accreditation online at:

https://media.ksc.nasa.gov  

U.S. reporters must apply by noon, Tuesday, June 12. Accreditation for 
international journalists is closed.

Credentials need to be picked up by 2:45 p.m. on June 12. The Kennedy 
Badging Office closes promptly at 3 p.m.

For more information about the International Space University, visit:

http://www.isunet.edu

For more information about NASA's Kennedy Space Center, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy  

	
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