President Obama to Call NASA Curiosity Mars Rover Team Today

Aug. 13, 2012

Michael Cabbage
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1600
mcabbage@nasa.gov

Veronica McGregor
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
818-354-9452
veronica.mcgregor@jpl.nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-149

PRESIDENT OBAMA TO CALL NASA CURIOSITY MARS ROVER TEAM TODAY



WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will congratulate members of
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover team at the agency's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., at 11 a.m. EDT (8 a.m. PDT)
this morning.

Audio of the call and video of the JPL team's portion of the call will
be carried live on NASA Television and the agency's website.

President Obama's call comes a week after Curiosity landed on the Red
Planet. Curiosity carries the most advanced science payload ever used
on Mars' surface. During the next 2 years, it will use its 10
instruments to investigate whether conditions have been favorable for
microbial life and for preserving clues in the rocks about possible
past life.

Curiosity was designed, developed and assembled at JPL, which also is
where the rover's mission control is located.

For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming
video, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

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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