Galileo Briefings Set for Jupiter Arrival

Galileo Briefings Set for Jupiter Arrival

Douglas Isbell
Headquarters, Washington, DC               November 7, 1995
(Phone: 202/358-1753)

Franklin O'Donnell
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
(Phone:  818/354-5011)

Ann Hutchison
Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA
(Phone: 415/604-4968)

NOTE TO EDITORS:  N95-74

BRIEFINGS SET TO PREVIEW GALILEO'S ARRIVAL AT JUPITER

News briefings for the upcoming arrival of NASA's Galileo spacecraft to the planet Jupiter will be broadcast on NASA Television during the next two weeks. The planned briefings are:

Thursday, Nov. 9, 1 p.m. EST
(originating from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA)

Mission engineers and scientists will describe mission events set for Dec. 7 when Galileo's atmospheric probe will parachute into the clouds of the giant planet. The Galileo orbiter spacecraft will then fire an onboard rocket engine to slow itself down enough to be captured into orbit around Jupiter. Press room arrangements, news updates, television schedules and other media services planned for Dec. 7 also will be described.

Wednesday, Nov. 15, 1:30 p.m. EST
(originating from NASA's Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA)

Scientific investigations to be conducted by Galileo's atmospheric probe will be explained.

A day-long Jupiter atmospheric science workshop will be held at Ames on Thursday, Nov. 16, from 1-7:30 p.m. EST. This workshop will not be televised.

The briefings will be carried live on NASA Television via Spacenet 2 Transponder 5, Channel 9, at 69 degrees west longitude frequency at 3880.0 megahertz, audio at 6.8 megahertz.

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