NASA to Host Mars Curiosity Rover Progress Teleconference Sept. 12

Sept. 11, 2012

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

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-180

NASA TO HOST MARS CURIOSITY ROVER PROGRESS TELECONFERENCE SEPT. 12

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT,
Wednesday, Sept. 12, to provide a status update on the Curiosity
rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater. The Mars Science Laboratory is
one month into a two-year mission to investigate whether conditions
may have been favorable for microbial 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 NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Media Relations Office at 818-354-5011.

Audio and visuals of the event will be streamed live online at:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

and

http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl

Visuals will be available at the start of the event at:

http://go.nasa.gov/curiositytelecon

For information about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/mars

and

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


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