Jan. 12, 2006

Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-3749

Bruce Buckingham
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(321) 867-2468 

MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-007

NASA ANNOUNCES WEB AND TV COVERAGE OF NEW HORIZONS MISSION

NASA TV and NASA Direct, Kennedy Space Center's Internet broadcasting 
network, will provide live New Horizons launch coverage on Jan. 17. 
TV and Web coverage starts at 11 a.m. EST; lift-off is scheduled for 
1:24 p.m. EST. For information about NASA TV and digital downlink 
information on the Web, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 

On Sunday at 3:30 p.m. EST, NASA presents a webcast about the mission. 
The program includes interviews with NASA launch managers and mission 
scientists. They will answer questions about the science and 
technologies involved in the mission. 

Participants: Kennedy Space Center Director Jim Kennedy; Launch 
Weather Officer Joel Tumbiolo; Omar Baez, NASA launch manager; New 
Horizons Mission Project Manager Glen Fountain; Fran Bagenal, mission 
co-investigator; Mission System Engineer David Kusnierkiewicz; 
Project Scientist Hal Weaver; and Tiffany Nail, Launch Services 
Specialist. Program guests will answer questions submitted by the 
public. 

All mission events are available through the NASA Web Portal at: 

http://www.nasa.gov/newhorizons 

For more information about New Horizons Web events, contact Dennis 
Armstrong at: (321) 867-4493. 

For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/home 

	
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