NASA Announces News Briefing On Next Earth Science Launch

[NASA News <hqnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oct. 5, 2011

Steve Cole 
Headquarters, Washington      
202-358-0918 
stephen.e.cole@xxxxxxxx 
MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-208

NASA ANNOUNCES NEWS BRIEFING ON NEXT EARTH SCIENCE LAUNCH

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news briefing on Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 
1 p.m. EDT, on the agency's next Earth-observing satellite mission, 
the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite 
System Preparatory Project (NPP), scheduled to launch on Oct. 27 from 
Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. 

NPP is the first of a new generation of satellites that will observe 
many facets of our changing Earth. The mission will collect critical 
data to improve our understanding of long-term climate change and 
short-term weather conditions. With NPP, NASA continues many key data 
records of Earth's atmosphere, oceans, vegetation, and ice initiated 
by the agency's Earth Observing System satellites. 

The panelists are: 
- Andrew Carson, NPP program executive, NASA Headquarters 
- Ken Schwer, NPP project manager, Goddard Space Flight Center, 
Greenbelt, Md. 
- Dr. Jim Gleason, NPP project scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center 
- Dr. Louis Uccellini, director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration's National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Camp 
Springs, Md. 

The briefing will be held in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA 
Headquarters, 300 E St. SW, Washington. Reporters unable to attend in 
person may ask questions from participating NASA centers or by 
telephone. To participate by phone, reporters must contact Dwayne 
Brown at 202-358-1726 or dwayne.c.brown@xxxxxxxx by 9 a.m. on Oct. 
12. 

The news conference will air live on NASA Television and the agency's 
website. For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling 
information, visit: 


http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 


For more information about the NPP mission, visit: 


http://www.nasa.gov/npp 

	
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