NASA Hosts Nov. 2 Teleconference About Mars Rover Progress

Oct. 31, 2012

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

DC Agle / Guy Webster
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
818-354-5011
agle@jpl.nasa.gov guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov



MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-211

NASA HOSTS NOV. 2 TELECONFERENCE ABOUT MARS ROVER PROGRESS

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m.
PDT (1 p.m. EDT) Friday, Nov. 2, to provide an update on Curiosity's
studies of the Martian atmosphere.

The Mars Science Laboratory Project and its Curiosity rover are about
three months into a two-year prime mission to investigate whether
conditions in Mars' Gale Crater 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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