From NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Some events subject to change and might be accompanied by a news release or media advisory. To cover events at JPL, RSVP to Media Relations at 818-354-5011 or numbers listed below.
The JPL Media Relations Office will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, Nov. 25 and Friday, Nov. 26.
NOV. 2: FREE LECTURE SERIES -- NASA’S GOING TO MY COMET
Back on March 15, 1986, while observing in Siding Spring, Australia, astronomer Malcolm Hartley discovered the comet that would officially be designated Comet 103P/Hartley2 (Hartley 2). On Nov. 4th, 2010, NASA's EPOXI mission, the extended mission of the Deep Impact spacecraft, will capture close-up images and other data as it flies within 700 kilometers (435 miles) of the 1.2-kilometer-wide (0.8-mile-wide) comet. Malcolm Hartley, comet discoverer and astronomer, and EPOXI Project Manager Tim Larson of JPL are the Nov. 2 lecture speakers. The lecture is also carried live atwww.ustream.tv/nasajpl2.
Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, 7 p.m., at JPL
Contact: DC Agle 818-393-9011
NOV. 4: NASA SPACECRAFT CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH COMET HARTLEY 2
NASA's EPOXI mission will make its closest approach to comet Hartley 2 at about 7 a.m. PDT (10 a.m. EDT) on Nov. 4. The mission will provide the best, extended view of a comet in history.
EPOXI mission and science team members, along with comet discoverer Malcolm Hartley, will share the excitement of the Hartley 2 flyby during live commentary, which will be carried on NASA TV’s website and JPL’s Ustream channel: www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2, beginning at 6:30 a.m. PDT (9:30 a.m. EDT). Live coverage of a post-encounter media briefing to be held in the von Karman Auditorium at JPL will begin at 1 p.m. PDT (4 p.m. EDT).
The EPOXI mission, which uses the already “in-flight” Deep Impact spacecraft, will pass within approximately 700 kilometers (435 miles) of the kilometer-wide (half-mile-wide) comet. The spacecraft will use two telescopes with digital color cameras and an infrared spectrometer to examine the dusty, icy body in detail during the flyby. http://epoxi.umd.edu
Contact: DC Agle 818-393-9011
NOV. 11 AND 12: FREE LECTURE SERIES -- THE JUNO MISSION TO JUPITER
Peering down through the clouds and deep into Jupiter's atmosphere, Juno will reveal fundamental processes of the formation and early evolution of our solar system. Using a solar-powered, spinning spacecraft in a highly elliptical polar orbit skimming within 4,828 kilometers (3,000 miles) of the cloud tops, Juno avoids Jupiter's highest radiation regions. Juno launches in August 2011 and arrives at Jupiter in July 2016. Juno Mission Operations Manager Steve Matousek is the speaker.
Nov. 11 at JPL, Nov. 12 at Pasadena City College; both at 7 p.m.
Contact: Jia-Rui C. Cook 818-354-0850
NOV. 17 AND 18: LEONIDS METEOR SHOWER
November stargazers will be able to see shooting stars from Nov. 7-Nov. 28. Peak activity will occur the night of Nov. 17-18 at a rate of 15 meteors per hour for some viewers. This year, a half moon sets after midnight, allowing for a dark sky. Best viewing time will be just before dawn. Viewing tips and information on other upcoming meteor showers can be found here:
Contact: DC Agle 818-393-9011
NOV. 25: ONE YEAR TILL LAUNCH OF NEXT MARS ROVER
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, managed by JPL, is preparing for launch from Florida between Nov. 25 and Dec. 18, 2011. The mission will land a rover named Curiosity on Mars in August 2012 for a two-year mission to investigate whether one of the most intriguing areas on Mars has had conditions favorable for microbial life and favorable for preserving evidence about whether life has existed there. JPL is currently assembling and testing the rover and other components of the spacecraft in Pasadena. A live webcam of Curiosity being assembled and tested in a JPL clean room is at:http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2.
For more about the mission, visit: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl.
Contact: Guy Webster 818-354-6278
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