Feb 10 2011

From The Space Library

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-027 GLORY CLIMATE SATELLITE READY FOR CALIFORNIA LAUNCH ON FEB. 23

WASHINGTON -- NASA's Glory mission is scheduled to launch Wednesday, Feb. 23, from Space Launch Complex 576-E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Liftoff is targeted for 5:09 a.m. EST (2:09 a.m. PST) in the middle of a 48-second launch window. Data from the Glory mission will allow scientists to better understand how the sun and tiny atmospheric particles called aerosols affect Earth's climate. Both aerosols and solar energy influence the planet's energy budget - the amount of energy entering and exiting Earth's atmosphere. An accurate measurement of these impacts is important to anticipate future changes to our climate. The first of NASA's Educational Launch of Nanosatellite, or ELaNa, missions also will be launched on the Taurus XL rocket. These auxiliary payloads are three small satellites called CubeSats, each designed and created by university and college students. NASA Television will carry prelaunch media briefings on the Glory and ELaNa missions on Monday, Feb. 21 starting at 4 p.m. EST (1 p.m. PST) from Vandenberg.

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-031 NASA ANNOUNCES PLAN TO WIN THE FUTURE WITH FISCAL YEAR 2012 BUDGET

WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will brief reporters about the agency's fiscal year 2012 budget at 2 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 14. The news conference will take place in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, located at 300 E St. S.W., in Washington. Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson will join Bolden. The news conference will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's web site.

'

'