[FPSPACE] FW: MESSENGER News: NASA TO REVEAL NEW DISCOVERIES FROM MERCURY

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>Subject: MESSENGER News: NASA TO REVEAL NEW DISCOVERIES FROM MERCURY
>Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:26:39 -0400
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>J. D. Harrington
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>NASA Headquarters, Washington
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>1-202-358-5241
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>j.d.harrington at nasa.gov
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>Paulette Campbell
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>Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md.
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>1-240-228-6792
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>paulette.campbell at jhuapl.edu
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>MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-128
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>NASA TO REVEAL NEW DISCOVERIES FROM MERCURY
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>WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference Thursday, July 3, at
>2 p.m. EDT, to discuss analysis of data from the Mercury Surface, Space
>Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft's flyby of
>Mercury earlier this year.
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>The spacecraft is the first designed to orbit the planet closest to the
>sun. It flew past Mercury on Jan. 14, 2008, and made the first up-close
>measurements since Mariner 10's final flyby in 1975.
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>Analyses of the data show volcanoes were involved in the formation of
>plains. The data also suggest the planet's magnetic field is actively
>produced in its core. In addition, the mission has provided the first
>look at the chemical composition of Mercury's surface. The results will
>be reported in a series of 11 papers published July 4 in a special
>section of Science magazine.
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>The teleconference participants are:
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>- Marilyn Lindstrom, program scientist, NASA Headquarters
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>- Sean Solomon, principal investigator, Carnegie Institution of
>Washington
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>- James W. Head III, professor of geological sciences, Brown University,
>Providence, R.I.
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>- William McClintock, senior research associate, Laboratory for
>Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder
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>- Thomas H. Zurbuchen, associate professor, Department of Atmospheric,
>Oceanic and Space Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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>Reporters may access the embargoed science press package materials by
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>To participate in the teleconference, reporters in the United States
>should call 1-888-455-3616 and use the passcode "messenger."
>International reporters should call 1-517-623-4705. Audio of the
>teleconference will be streamed live at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio.
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>When the briefing begins, related images will be available at:
>http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/telecon4.html.
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