NASA Hosts Teleconference About Curiosity Rover Progress

Aug. 13, 2012

Steve Cole
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0918
stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov

Guy Webster / DC Agle
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
818-354-6278 / 818-393-9011
guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov / agle@jpl.nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-151

NASA HOSTS TELECONFERENCE ABOUT CURIOSITY ROVER PROGRESS

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT (10
a.m. PDT), Aug. 14, to provide a status update on the Curiosity
rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.

The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft delivered Curiosity to its
target area on Mars at 1:31 a.m. EDT, Aug. 6 (10:31 p.m. PDT, Aug.
5). Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in
Pasadena, Calif., spent last week beginning initial checks of
Curiosity's 10 instruments and updating software for its two-year
mission to investigate whether conditions have been favorable for
microbial life and preserving clues in the rocks about possible past
life.

For teleconference dial-in information, reporters must send their
name, media affiliation and telephone number to Elena Mejia at
elena.mejia@jpl.nasa.gov or call the JPL media office at
818-354-5011.

Audio of the event will be streamed live online at:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

For more information about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/mars

and

http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl


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