Sept. 07, 2011 Dwayne Brown/Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726/2087 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov beth.dickey-1@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-186 NASA ANNOUNCES MEDIA TELECONFERENCE ABOUT SATELLITE RE-ENTRY WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT on Friday, Sept. 9, to discuss the anticipated re-entry of the agency's decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS). Re-entry is expected late this month or early October. The teleconference participants are: -- Paul Hertz, chief scientist, NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington -- Nick Johnson, chief scientist, NASA's Orbital Debris Program, Johnson Space Center, Houston -- U.S. Air Force Maj. Michael W. Duncan, deputy chief, space situational awareness, U.S. Strategic Command, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. To participate in the teleconference, reporters must contact the NASA Headquarters newsroom at 202-358-1600 no later than 9 a.m. Friday for the call-in number and passcode. UARS was launched Sept. 12, 1991, aboard space shuttle mission STS-48 and deployed on Sept. 15, 1991. It was the first multi-instrumented satellite to observe numerous chemical components of the atmosphere for better understanding of photochemistry. UARS data marked the beginning of many long-term records for key chemicals in the atmosphere. The satellite also provided key data on the amount of light that comes from the sun at ultraviolet and visible wavelengths. UARS ceased its productive scientific life in 2005. For live audio streaming of the teleconference, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio For more information about UARS, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/uars -end- __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) RECENT ACTIVITY: . New Members 3 Visit Your Group ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Posts to this list or information found within may be freely used, with the stipulation that MPML and the originating author are cited as the source of the information. MARKETPLACE A bad score is 598. A bad idea is not checking yours, at freecreditscore.com. ________________________________________ Stay on top of your group activity without leaving the page you're on - Get the Yahoo! Toolbar now. Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest . Unsubscribe . Terms of Use . __,_._,___ ________________________________________ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1392 / Virus Database: 1520/3882 - Release Date: 09/07/11 _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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