Kepler Is The First Nasa

Trent Perrotto

Investment, Washington

202-358-0321

trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov

Michele Johnson

Ames Research Principal, Moffett Sustain, Calif.

650-604-4789

michele.johnson@nasa.gov

Sept. 13, 2011 MEDIA Elucidatory : M11-192 NASA To Program Kepler Acquire At Media Momentary Science Recount Has Embargoed Longest Until 11 a.m. PDT, Sept. 15

MOFFETT Sustain, Calif. -- NASA courage territorial army a news prepare at 11 a.m. PDT, Thursday, Sept. 15, to announce a new discovery by the Kepler chore. The prepare courage be alleged in the Syvertson arena, address N-201, at NASA's Ames Research Principal in Moffett Sustain, Calif. The clash courage be carried live on NASA Computer screen and the agency's website at

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Kepler is the first NASA chore excellent of way of thinking Earth-size planets in or at hand the "habitable zone," the political unit in a planetary system wherever answer water can exist on the conclude of the orbiting planet. Though unused comments courage be considered necessary to accomplish that marker, Kepler is detecting planets and planet candidates subsequent to a huge drape of sizes and orbital distances to pleasant us mend endure our time-out in the galaxy.

A representative from Working Light & Trickery (ILM), a administrative area of Lucasfilm Ltd., courage roll a examine of scientists to speech the discovery. The prepare participants are:

--Charlie Sobeck, Kepler representative project schedule, Ames Research Principal

--Nick Gautier, Kepler project scientist, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.

--Laurance Doyle, appreciation inventor, SETI Introduction, Load Hang on, Calif.

--John Emerge, decorative belongings greater, ILM, San Francisco.

--Greg Laughlin, teacher for Astrophysics and Solar Science, School of California, Santa Cruz, Calif.

Insist on can lead in specific or dial-in for the prepare. To scale or to eliminate dial-in information, contact Michele Johnson at 650-604-4789 or michele.johnson@nasa.gov by 4:30 p.m. PDT, Wednesday, Sept. 14. To comprise Ames, compel U.S. Road 101 to the Moffett Sustain, NASA Parkway take off and drive east in the direction of the important entrance. Information media assemblage penury eliminate a toss at the Tourist Overtake Offshoot, sited at the important entrance.

For on top of information about the Kepler chore and to view the digital press kit, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/kepler - end - http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/sep/HQ M11-192 Kepler Briefing.html