Donald Savage

Headquarters, Washington August 22, 2002

(Phone: 202/358-1727)

Helen Worth/Michael Buckley

Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md.
(Phone: 240-228-5113)

NOTE TO EDITORS: N02-58

MEDIA OPPORTUNITY MONDAY FOR CONTOUR SEARCH UPDATE

CONTOUR mission managers at the Applied Physics

Laboratory will participate in a second teleconference with
reporters to discuss the status of the search for the
spacecraft on Monday, August 26, starting at 2 p.m. EDT.

Participants will be:

* Dr. Robert Farquhar, CONTOUR Mission Director, Johns
Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), Laurel,
Md. (JHUAPL)
* Edward L. Reynolds, CONTOUR Project Manager, JHUAPL

The teleconference is reserved for media representatives. To

receive dial-in instructions, contact Helen Worth or Michael
Buckley at the APL Public Affairs Office at 240/228-5113.

Additional information about CONTOUR is available on the

Internet at:

http://www.contour2002.org

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