NASA Announces Web and TV Coverage of New Horizons Mission

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:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

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:

http://www.nasa.gov/newhorizons