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Don Savage/Nancy Neal
Headquarters, Washington          June 27, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-1547)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N03-063

NASA REVEALS DISCOVERY ABOUT PULSARS AT SPACE SCIENCE UPDATE

     Recent findings about the fundamental properties of 
rapidly spinning pulsars, from observations using NASA's 
Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer, will be the topic of the next 
Space Science Update (SSU). The SSU is at 1 p.m. EDT, 
Wednesday, July 2, 2003, in the James E. Webb Auditorium at 
NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street S.W., Washington. 

Panelists include:

Dr. Deepto Chakrabarty, assistant professor of physics, 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
Dr. Rudy Wijnands, research and teaching fellow, University 
of St. Andrews, Scotland
Dr. Lars Bildsten, professor of physics, University of 
California, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Dr. Barry Barish, professor of physics, California Institute 
of Technology, Pasadena
Dr. Anne Kinney, director of astronomy and physics, NASA 
Headquarters, Washington

The SSU will be carried live on NASA Television with two-way 
question-and-answer capability for reporters covering the 
event from participating NASA centers.

NASA Television is broadcast on AMC-2, transponder 9C, C-
Band, located at 85 degrees west longitude. The frequency is 
3880.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio is monaural 
at 6.8 MHz.

Audio of the broadcast will be available on voice circuit at 
NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., by calling 321/867-
1220/1240/1260.

For information about NASA and Space Science on the Internet 
visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov

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