[meteorite-list] NASA Announces Aug. 27 Mars News Conference

[Ron Baalke]

Aug. 24, 2012

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

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-159

NASA ANNOUNCES AUG. 27 MARS NEWS CONFERENCE

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will hold a televised news conference at 2 
p.m. PDT (5 p.m. EDT), Monday, Aug. 27, at NASA's Jet Propulsion 
Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., about the activities of its 
Curiosity rover mission on Mars. The event will feature new images, 
an update of the rover's progress, and a special greeting by NASA 
Administrator Charles Bolden. 

Members of the media who want to attend in person must arrange access 
by contacting the JPL Media Relations Office at 818-354-5011 by 10 
a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT), Aug. 27. Valid media credentials are required. 
Non-U.S. citizens also must bring a passport. 

Media representatives who cannot attend in person may ask questions 
from other participating NASA centers or by telephone. To participate 
by phone, reporters also must contact the JPL Media Relations Office. 

Televised news conferences are broadcast live on NASA TV and online 
at: 

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 

and 

http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl 

The Mars Curiosity team is operating on Mars time. The Martian day is 
about 40 minutes longer than an Earth day. Media events are scheduled 
based on team availability and are subject to change. Updates of 
event times will be posted at: 

http://go.nasa.gov/curiositytelecon 

For information about NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, 
including the Curiosity rover, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/msl 

and 

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

-end-