[meteorite-list] NASA Hosts Sept. 19 Teleconference About Mars Curiosity Rover Progress

[Ron Baalke]

Sept. 18, 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: M12-185

NASA HOSTS SEPT. 19 TELECONFERENCE ABOUT MARS CURIOSITY ROVER PROGRESS

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. 
PDT (2 p.m. EDT) on Wednesday, Sept. 19, to provide a status update 
on the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater. 

Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory, is 43 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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