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1/3/94: MARS OBSERVER INVESTIGATION REPORT MEDIA BRIEFING
Donald L. Savage
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
January 3, 1994
EDITORS NOTE: N94-1
The final report of the independent board named to investigate the failure
of the Mars Observer mission will be presented at a media briefing at the NASA
Headquarters auditorium, 300 E Street, S.W., Washington, D.C., at 1 p.m. EST,
Jan. 5.
Dr. Timothy Coffey, Director of Research at the Naval Research
Laboratory, Washington, D.C., will present the board's findings,
recommendations and the process by which they reached their conclusions. The
Mars Observer Mission Failure Review Board report will be available to news
media representatives at the briefing.
Also on the panel will be Dr. Wesley Huntress, Jr., Associate
Administrator for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. and Dr.
Edward Stone, Jr., Director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),
Pasadena, Calif. The Mars Observer mission was managed by JPL for the Office of
Space Science.
Dr. Coffey was appointed Chairman of the board by NASA Administrator
Daniel Goldin following the loss of communication with the Mars Observer
spacecraft on Aug. 21. Coffey named the five board members who began their
investigation in September.
The briefing will be carried live on NASA Select television with two-way
question and answer capability at NASA centers. NASA Select television is
available on SATCOM F2R, 72 degrees West longitude, audio 3600 MHz.
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