[meteorite-list] NASA Hosts Teleconference About Curiosity Rover Progress

[Ron Baalke]

Aug. 13, 2012

Steve Cole 
Headquarters, Washington 
202-358-0918 
stephen.e.cole at nasa.gov 

Guy Webster / DC Agle 
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 
818-354-6278 / 818-393-9011 
guy.webster at jpl.nasa.gov / agle at jpl.nasa.gov 

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-151

NASA HOSTS TELECONFERENCE ABOUT CURIOSITY ROVER PROGRESS

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT (10 
a.m. PDT), Aug. 14, to provide a status update on the Curiosity 
rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater. 

The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft delivered Curiosity to its 
target area on Mars at 1:31 a.m. EDT, Aug. 6 (10:31 p.m. PDT, Aug. 
5). Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in 
Pasadena, Calif., spent last week beginning initial checks of 
Curiosity's 10 instruments and updating software for its two-year 
mission to investigate whether conditions have been favorable for 
microbial life and preserving clues in the rocks about possible past 
life. 

For teleconference dial-in information, reporters must send their 
name, media affiliation and telephone number to Elena Mejia at 
elena.mejia at jpl.nasa.gov or call the JPL media office at 
818-354-5011. 

Audio of the event will be streamed live online at: 

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio 

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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