NASA researchers will meet with the media and present findings on Earth and space science topics at the American Geophysical Union’s 2006 Joint Assembly meeting, May 23-26 at the Baltimore Convention Center, One West Pratt Street, Baltimore.

For more information, media should call the Goddard Space Flight Center Office of Public Affairs at (301) 286-4044, or the meeting’s press room at (410) 649-7373. Reporters off-site can join all of these events by calling 1-866-785-0537 and entering passcode 7525439.

Press Conference: Measuring Earthshine to Illuminate Earth’s History, Climate Change, and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Time: May 23, 10:00 a.m. EDT, Room 323
Related Session: A21A
Robotic telescopes being developed to better understand climate and search for life.

Press Conference: New Discoveries at the Edges of the Solar System
Time: May 23, 2:00 p.m. EDT, Room 323
Related Session: SH21A
New findings from Voyagers 1 and 2 at the edge of the solar system.

Press Conference: New Observations from Space Poised to Offer Cost-Effective Early Warning Flood and Landslide Detection
Time: May 24, 1:00 p.m. EDT, Room 323
Related Session: H23A
New observations from space may be used to develop early warning systems.

Press Conference: Revolutionizing Space Exploration With Onboard Computers
Time: May 25, 9:00 a.m. EDT, Room 323
Related Session: IN43A
Learn about current and future missions that will use new software technology.

Science Writer’s Workshop: Upcoming AIM and THEMIS Missions to Study Earth’s Atmosphere
Time: May 25, 10:00 a.m. EDT, Room 323
Related Sessions: ED33A, SM41A, IN43A, SA52A
Two upcoming NASA missions will help understand how solar activity affects the Earth.

For more information and related Web links, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/2006_joint_assembly.html

For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/home