[meteorite-list] NASA Hosts Oct. 11 Teleconference About Mars Curiosity Rover Progress

[Ron Baalke]

Oct. 9, 2012

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

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-199

NASA HOSTS OCT. 11 TELECONFERENCE ABOUT MARS CURIOSITY ROVER PROGRESS

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. 
PDT (2 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, Oct. 11, to provide a status update on 
the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater. 

The Mars Science Laboratory is 63 days into a two-year mission to 
investigate whether conditions may have been favorable for microbial 
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 NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory 
Media Relations Office at 818-354-5011. 

Audio and visuals of the event will be streamed live online at: 

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio 

and 

http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl 

Visuals will be available at the start of the event at: 

http://go.nasa.gov/curiositytelecon 

For information about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/mars 

and 

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

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