[meteorite-list] NASA'S John Grunsfeld Speaks With Media About New Mars Mission

[Ron Baalke]

Dec. 04, 2012

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


MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-234

NASA'S JOHN GRUNSFELD SPEAKS WITH MEDIA ABOUT NEW MARS MISSION

WASHINGTON -- NASA's associate administrator for science, astronaut 
John Grunsfeld, today announced plans for a robust multi-year Mars 
program, including a new robotic science rover to launch in 2020. 
Grunsfeld will host a media briefing on these plans at 7 p.m. EST (4 
p.m. PST) today at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical 
Union meeting in San Francisco. 

The briefing will be held in the Moscone Convention Center West, 747 
Howard St., Room 3000. Reporters attending must be registered as 
press for the meeting. 

The briefing will be streamed live online and reporters will be able 
to ask questions via an online chat. Instructions are available from 
the meeting website at: 

http://go.nasa.gov/QEQeAU 

Media also may e-mail questions in advance of or during the briefing. 
Send e-mails with name and media affiliation to Steve Cole at 

stephen.e.cole at nasa.gov. 

The briefing will also be broadcast via UStream at: 

http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2 

For information about NASA Mars activities, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/mars 
	
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