[meteorite-list] NASA to Host Oct. 30 Teleconference About Mars Curiosity Rover Progress

[Ron Baalke]

Oct. 26, 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: M12-208

NASA TO HOST OCT. 30 TELECONFERENCE ABOUT MARS CURIOSITY ROVER PROGRESS

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 11:30 
a.m. PDT (2:30 p.m. EDT) on Tuesday, Oct. 30, to provide an update 
about the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater. 

The Mars Science Laboratory Project and its Curiosity rover are almost 
three months into a two-year prime 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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