UND space scientist to participate in NASA news conference Thursday on major asteroid research
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will host a news conference on Thursday, May 10, at 2 p.m. EDT (3 p.m. Central) to present a new analysis of the giant asteroid Vesta using data from the agency's Dawn spacecraft.
The event will be broadcast live on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's Web site.
The panelists are scientists involved in the Dawn project; the group includes University of North Dakota Space Studies faculty member Vishnu Reddy, well-known for his research on asteroids and his discovery of an asteroid later named "North Dakota." Reddy is a Dawn framing camera team member, currently working at Germany's Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research.
For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, please see http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
The event will be streamed live on Ustream with a moderated chat available at http://www.ustream.com/nasajpl2
For more information about Dawn, visit http://www.nasa.gov/dawn
Contact:
Juan Miguel Pedraza, writer/editor, Office of University Relations, University of North Dakota, 701.777.6571, juan.pedraza@und.edu
