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NASA TO HOST LIVE EVENTS FOR NOVEMBER 4 COMET ENCOUNTER

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a series of media and educational events
about the EPOXI mission's close encounter with comet Hartley 2 at
approximately 7 a.m. PDT on Thursday, Nov. 4. The spacecraft will
provide the most extensive observations of a comet in history.

Live coverage beginning at 6:30 a.m. from mission control at NASA's
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., will be
broadcast on NASA Television's Media Channel and the agency's
website. A post-flyby news briefing is planned for 1 p.m. PDT.

For NASA TV streaming video, scheduling and downlink information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html


The timeline for mission coverage is (all times PDT and subject to
change): 

6:30-8:30 a.m. -- NASA TV commentary begins from mission control and
includes coverage of closest approach, an educational segment, and
the return of close approach images.

1 p.m. -- News briefing following encounter. Participants may include:
* Ed Weiler, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate at
NASA 
Headquarters in Washington
* Michael A'Hearn, principal investigator, University of Maryland
* Jessica Sunshine, EPOXI scientist, University of Maryland
* Tim Larson, EPOXI project manager at JPL

Activities will also be carried live on one of JPL's Ustream channels
at: 
http://www.ustream.tv/user/NASAJPL2


The public can watch a real-time animation of the EPOXI comet flyby
using NASA's new "Eyes on the Solar System" Web tool. JPL created
this 3-D environment that allows people to explore the solar system
directly from their computers. Visit:

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes


EPOXI is an extended mission that utilizes the already "in-flight"
Deep Impact spacecraft to explore distinct celestial targets of
opportunity. The term EPOXI is a combination of the names for the two
extended mission components: the Extrasolar Planet Observations and
Characterization (EPOCh), and the Hartley 2 flyby, called the Deep
Impact eXtended Investigation (DIXI). For more information about
EPOXI, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/epoxi

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