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Posted by baalke on July 7, 2007, 9:05 pm
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July 7, 2007
Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1726
RELEASE: 07-150
NASA MISSION TO ASTEROID BELT RESCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER LAUNCH
WASHINGTON - The launch of NASA's Dawn spacecraft, a mission that
will
explore the two largest objects in the asteroid belt in an effort to
answer questions about the formation of our solar system, has been
rescheduled to September.
The decision was made Saturday to move the launch to September after
careful review by NASA's Science Mission Directorate officials,
working with Dawn mission managers, the Dawn principal investigator,
and with the concurrence of the NASA Administrator.
Primary reasons for the move were a combination of highly limited
launch opportunities for Dawn in July and the potential impact to
launch preparations for the upcoming Phoenix Mars Lander mission, set
for early August. A September launch for Dawn maintains all of the
science mission goals a July launch would have provided.
NASA will hold a news briefing at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Monday, July 9,
to
preview the launch of the Phoenix Mars Lander. Prior to the Phoenix
presentations, media will have the opportunity to learn in more
detail about the rescheduled Dawn launch. The briefing will originate
from the NASA Headquarters auditorium, 300 E St., S.W., Washington.
It will air live on NASA Television and be streamed online at:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
The Phoenix mission, scheduled for liftoff in early August from Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., will examine whether the icy soil
on Mars could have been a habitable environment for microbial life.
For more information about the Phoenix mission, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/phoenix
For more information about Dawn, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/dawn
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