NASA Hosts Teleconference on Status of Mars Program Options

Sept. 24, 2012

Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1726
dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-190

NASA HOSTS TELECONFERENCE ON STATUS OF MARS PROGRAM OPTIONS

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference 3 p.m. EDT
Tuesday, Sept. 25, to provide details of a summary report provided by
the Mars Program Planning Group (MPPG).

The MPPG was established to aid with planning for the agency's future
Mars Program within available future budgets.

The teleconference participants are:
-- John Grunsfeld, astronaut and associate administrator for NASA's
Science Mission Directorate, Washington
-- Orlando Figueroa, MPPG team lead

Media representatives can request dial-in information by sending their
name, affiliation and phone number to stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov by 2:30
p.m. Sept. 25.

The summary report will be posted an hour before the teleconference on
NASA's MPPG webpage, at:

http://www.nasa.gov/offices/marsplanning/home/index.html

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

For information about NASA's Mars Program, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/mars


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