[meteorite-list] President Obama to Call NASA Curiosity Mars Rover Team Today

[Ron Baalke]

Aug. 13, 2012

Michael Cabbage 
Headquarters, Washington 
202-358-1600 
mcabbage at nasa.gov 

Veronica McGregor 
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 
818-354-9452 
veronica.mcgregor at jpl.nasa.gov 

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-149

PRESIDENT OBAMA TO CALL NASA CURIOSITY MARS ROVER TEAM TODAY

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will congratulate members of 
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover team at the agency's Jet Propulsion 
Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., at 11 a.m. EDT (8 a.m. PDT) 
this morning. 

Audio of the call and video of the JPL team's portion of the call will 
be carried live on NASA Television and the agency's website. 

President Obama's call comes a week after Curiosity landed on the Red 
Planet. Curiosity carries the most advanced science payload ever used 
on Mars' surface. During the next 2 years, it will use its 10 
instruments to investigate whether conditions have been favorable for 
microbial life and for preserving clues in the rocks about possible 
past life. 

Curiosity was designed, developed and assembled at JPL, which also is 
where the rover's mission control is located. 

For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming 
video, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 

For more information about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/mars 

and 

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