[NASA HQ News] NASA to Host Live Discussion on New Mars Science Results

	June 04, 2018  MEDIA ADVISORY M18-090 NASA to Host Live Discussion on New Mars Science Results NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover snaps a self-portrait on Vera Rubin Ridge back in February. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS The media and public are invited to ask questions during a live discussion at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 7, on new science results from NASA's Mars Curiosity rover. The results are embargoed by the journal Science until then. The event will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website. Michelle Thaller, assistant director of science for communications, in NASA's Planetary Science Division will host the chat. Participants include:  Paul Mahaffy, director of the Solar System Exploration Division at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland Jen Eigenbrode, research scientist at Goddard Chris Webster, senior research fellow, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California Ashwin Vasavada, Mars Science Laboratory project scientist, JPL  Media who would like to participate by phone must email their name, media affiliation and phone number to Nancy Jones at nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov by 1 p.m. on June 7.  The public can send questions on social media by using #askNASA. The event can also be watched on Facebook Live, Twitch TV, Ustream, YouTube and Twitter/Periscope. For information about NASA's Curiorsity rover, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/msl -end-
	Press Contacts Dwayne Brown / JoAnna Wendel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 / 202-358-1003 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov / joanna.r.wendel@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov Andrew Good Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-2433 andrew.c.good@jpl.nasa.gov
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