NASA to Host Teleconference About Mars Curiosity Rover Progress

Sept. 5, 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: M12-174

NASA TO HOST TELECONFERENCE ABOUT MARS CURIOSITY ROVER PROGRESS

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m.
PDT (1 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, Sept. 6, 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 Gina Fontes at
georgina.d.fontes@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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