NASA Media Briefing on Mission to Study Earth's Highest Clouds

April 5, 2007

Dwayne Brown/Tabatha Thompson
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1726/3895

Cynthia O'Carroll
Goddard Space Flight Center, Md.
301-286-4647

MEDIA ADVISORY: M07-36

NASA MEDIA BRIEFING ON MISSION TO STUDY EARTH'S HIGHEST CLOUDS

WASHINGTON - NASA will host a media teleconference on Wednesday, April
11 at 2 p.m. EDT to discuss science objectives of the Aeronomy of Ice
in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission.

AIM is scheduled to launch April 25 from Vandenberg Air Force Base,
Calif., aboard a Pegasus launch vehicle. It will measure high
altitude noctilucent ("night shining") clouds to determine why they
form and vary, which may be linked to climate change.

Briefing participants are:
-- Vicki Elsbernd, AIM Program Executive, NASA Headquarters,
Washington
-- Jim Russell, AIM Principal Investigator, Hampton University,
Hampton, Va.
-- Chris Savinell, AIM mission manager, Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, Md.

Reporters should call 1-888-398-6118 and use the pass code "clouds" to
participate in the teleconference. International media should call
1-210-234-0007.

Audio of the teleconference will stream live at:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

Supporting images will be posted concurrent with the briefing at:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/aim/AIM_L14_media.html

For more information about the AIM mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/aim

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