NASA to Host June 7 Mars Rover Opportunity Teleconference

June 06, 2013

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

Guy Webster
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
818-354-6278
guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov


MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-094

NASA TO HOST JUNE 7 MARS ROVER OPPORTUNITY TELECONFERENCE

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 9 a.m.
PDT (noon EDT) on Friday, June 7, to provide an update about the
long-lived Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. The 10th anniversary
of this rover's launch is next month.

The briefing participants will be:
-- John Callas, project manager for Opportunity, NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
-- Steve Squyres, principal investigator for Opportunity, Cornell
University, Ithaca, N.Y.
-- Ray Arvidson, deputy principal investigator, Washington University,
St. Louis, Mo.

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 818-393-5467.

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

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

and


http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2

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

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/telecon/20130607.html

For information about NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Project and the
twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/rovers

and


http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov


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