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

[Ron Baalke]

Sept. 5, 2012

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

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-174

NASA TO HOST TELECONFERENCE ABOUT MARS CURIOSITY ROVER PROGRESS

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m. 
PDT (1 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, Sept. 6, to provide a status update on 
the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater. 

The Mars Science Laboratory is one month 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 Gina Fontes at 
georgina.d.fontes 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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