[meteorite-list] NASA to Announce New Findings on Fate of Mars' Atmosphere (MAVEN)

[Ron Baalke]

November 02, 2015

MEDIA ADVISORY M15-158

NASA to Announce New Findings on Fate of Mars' Atmosphere
(Science and Geophysical Research Letters embargoed details until 2 p.m. EST Nov. 5)

NASA will provide details of key science findings from the agency's ongoing 
exploration of Mars during a news briefing at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Nov. 5 
in the James Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

The event will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's website.

The news conference participants will be:

 * Jim Green, director of planetary science at NASA Headquarters
 * Bruce Jakosky, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN)
   principal investigator at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
   (LASP) at the University of Colorado, Boulder
 * Jasper Halekas, MAVEN Solar Wind Ion Analyzer instrument lead at the
   University of Iowa, Iowa City
 * Yaxue Dong, MAVEN science team member at LASP
 * Dave Brain, MAVEN co-investigator at LASP

A brief question-and-answer session will take place during the event with 
media on site and by phone. Members of the public also can ask questions 
during the briefing on social media using #AskNASA.

To participate in the briefing by phone, media must email their name, media 
affiliation and phone number to Laurie Cantillo at laura.l.cantillo at nasa.gov 
by noon EST on Thursday.

For NASA TV downlink information and schedules, and to view the news 
briefing, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

For more information about NASA's journey to Mars:

https://www.nasa.gov/journeytomars

-end-