[meteorite-list] NASA Hosts Teleconference Today About Curiosity Rover

[Ron Baalke]

Feb. 20, 2013

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

Guy Webster 
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 
818-354-6278 
guy.webster at jpl.nasa.gov 

MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-034

NASA HOSTS TELECONFERENCE TODAY ABOUT CURIOSITY ROVER

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 3 p.m. EST 
(noon PST) today, Feb. 20, to provide an update on the Mars rover 
Curiosity mission. This morning, Curiosity engineers confirmed the 
rover had collected the first-ever sample from inside a rock on Mars. 

The Mars Science Laboratory project and its Curiosity rover are 
investigating whether conditions on Mars ever 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 teleconference at: 

http://go.nasa.gov/curiositytelecon 

For information about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/msl 

and 

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

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