Dr. Alain Berinstain, Director of Planetary Exploration and Space Astronomy at the Canadian Space Agency will be available, July 4, 2005, for interviews on NASA’s ‘Deep Impact’ mission, whereby an enormous copper projectile weighing 370 kg will strike the 9P/Tempel 1 comet, allowing scientists to analyze its composition. This research will help better understand the formation of the solar system.
For more information on NASA’s ‘Deep Impact’ mission, please visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/multimedia/di-animation.html
http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/main/
For more information:
Nicholas Girard
Media Relations
Canadian Space Agency
6767, route de l’Aéroport, St-Hubert (Québec) J3Y 8Y9
Tel : (450) 926-4972| Fax : (450) 926-4352
