NASA Sets Launch Coverage Events for Mission to Jupiter

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NASA Sets Launch Coverage Events for Mission to Jupiter

NASA Sets Launch Coverage Events for Mission to Jupiter:

NASA's Juno spacecraft passes in front of Jupiter in this artist's depiction. Juno, the second mission in NASA's New Frontiers program, will improve our understanding of the solar system by advancing studies of the origin and evolution of Jupiter. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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July 26, 2011

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Juno spacecraft is set to launch toward Jupiter aboard a
United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Aug. 5. The launch window extends from 11:34 a.m. to
12:33 p.m. EDT (8:34 to 9:33 a.m. PDT), and the launch period extends through Aug. 26.

The spacecraft is expected to arrive at Jupiter in 2016, on a mission to investigate the gas giant's
origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere. Juno's color camera will provide close-up
images of Jupiter, including the first detailed views of the planets' poles.

NASA will host a prelaunch news conference in the News Center at the agency's Kennedy Space
Center in Florida on Wednesday, Aug. 3, at 1 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. PDT). Conference participants
are:

- Colleen Hartman, assistant associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate
NASA Headquarters, Washington

- Omar Baez, NASA launch director at Kennedy Space Center

- Vernon Thorp, program manager, NASA Missions
United Launch Alliance, Denver

- Jan Chodas, Juno project manager
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.

- Tim Gasparini, Juno program manager
Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver

- Clay Flinn, Atlas V launch weather officer
45th Weather Squadron, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

A Juno mission science briefing will follow the prelaunch news conference. Participants are:

- Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio

- Toby Owen, Juno co-investigator
University of Hawaii

- Jack Connerney, Juno instrument lead
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.

- Andy Ingersol, Juno co-investigator
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

- Fran Bagenal, Juno co-investigator
University of Colorado, Boulder

- Candy Hansen, Juno co-investigator
Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, Ariz.

A news conference will be held at the Kennedy News Center approximately 2.5 hours after launch,
and a news release will be issued as soon as Juno's condition is determined. Spokespersons will be
available for interviews.

NASA Television Coverage

On Aug. 3, NASA Television's Media and Education Channels will carry the Juno prelaunch news
conference live beginning at 1 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. PDT).

On Aug. 5, NASA Television coverage of the launch will begin at 9 a.m. EDT (6 a.m. PDT) and
conclude after spacecraft separation from the Atlas V occurs approximately 53 minutes and 49
seconds after launch.

For NASA Television downlink information, schedule information and streaming video, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv .

Audio only of the prelaunch news conference and the launch coverage will be carried on 321-867-
1220/1240/1260/7135. On launch day, mission audio of launch countdown activities, without
NASA TV commentary, will be carried on 321-867-7135 starting at 7 a.m. EDT (4 a.m. PDT).
Launch audio also will be available on local amateur VHF radio frequency 146.940 MHz heard
within Brevard County.

For extensive prelaunch and launch coverage online, visit: http://www.nasa.gov .

A prelaunch webcast will be streamed at noon EDT (9 a.m. PDT) on Aug. 4. Live countdown
coverage through NASA's Launch Blog begins at 9 a.m. EDT (6 a.m. PDT) on Aug. 5. Coverage
features live updates as countdown milestones occur, as well as streaming video clips highlighting
launch preparations and liftoff. For questions about countdown coverage, contact Jeanne Ryba at
321-867-7824.

To view the webcast and the blog or to learn more about the Juno mission, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/juno .

The news conferences and launch coverage will be streamed live, with a chat available, at
http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2 .

The NASA News Twitter feed will be updated throughout the launch countdown at
http://www.twitter.com/nasa .

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., manages the Juno mission for the principal
investigator, Scott Bolton, of Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. The Juno mission is part
of the New Frontiers Program managed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, built the spacecraft. Launch management for the mission
is the responsibility of NASA's Launch Services Program at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

DC Agle 818-393-9011

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.

agle@jpl.nasa.gov

Trent J. Perrotto 202-358-0321

NASA Headquarters, Washington

trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov

George H. Diller 321-867-2468

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

george.h.diller@nasa.gov

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