Don Savage
Headquarters, Washington, DC                  March 28, 2001
(Phone: 202/358-1547)

Nancy Neal
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
(Phone: 301/286-0039)

Ray Villard
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD
(Phone: 410/338-4514)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N01-16

UNIQUE BLAST FROM THE PAST TOPIC OF NEXT
SPACE SCIENCE UPDATE

     One of the most important discoveries made by NASA's Hubble 
Space Telescope in the past few years will be the subject of 
the next Space Science Update, scheduled for Monday, April 2, 
at 1 p.m. EDT, at NASA Headquarters. Called "Blast from The 
Past," the Update will feature a discussion of why this 
particular exploding star, seen at extreme distance from 
Earth, is causing a stir in scientific circles.

Panelists will be:
* Dr. Adam G. Riess, astronomer, Space Telescope Science 
Institute (STScI), Baltimore, MD
* Dr. Peter Nugent, staff scientist, Lawrence Berkeley 
National Laboratory's National Energy Research Scientific 
Computing Center, Berkeley, CA
* Dr. Michael S. Turner is the Bruce V. and Diana M. Rauner 
Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of the Department 
of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago 
in Chicago, IL
* Dr. Meg Urry, astronomer, STScI
* Dr. Anne L. Kinney, Director of NASA's Origins Program, is 
panel moderator

The update will originate from the James E. Webb Auditorium at 
NASA Headquarters, 300 E St., S.W., Washington, DC, and will 
be carried live on NASA Television with two-way question-and-
answer capability for reporters covering the event from 
participating NASA centers. NASA TV is broadcast on  the GE2 
satellite which is located on Transponder 9C, at 85 degrees 
West longitude, frequency 3880.0 MHz, audio 6.8 MHz. Audio of 
the broadcast will also be available by calling the Kennedy 
Space Center, FL, at 321/867-1220 and the event will be 
webcast live at: http://www.nasa.gov

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