NASA ANNOUNCES WEB AND TV COVERAGE OF NEW HORIZONS MISSION

Technicians install strips of the New Horizons mission decal on the spacecraft fairing in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The last strip was installed on the fairing after the spacecraft was delivered to Pad 41 on Dec. 17. Image Credit: NASA/KSC

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NASA via BBSNews - 2006-01-12 -- 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: NASA TV.

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: New Horizons.

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