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Next Science Briefings Set For Two Mars Missions

Douglas Isbell
Headquarters, Washington, DC                September 30, 1997 
(Phone:  202/358-1753)

Franklin O'Donnell/Diane Ainsworth
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 
(Phone:  818/354-5011)

NOTE TO EDITORS:  N97-70

NEXT SCIENCE BRIEFINGS SET FOR TWO MARS MISSIONS

    New science findings from NASA's two active Mars missions 
will be presented in news briefings during the next week.

    Scientists from the Mars Global Surveyor mission will 
discuss initial results from their investigations in a news 
briefing at Noon EDT on Thursday, Oct. 2.  Global Surveyor 
entered orbit around Mars on Sept. 11.

    Representatives of the science team on Mars Pathfinder will 
participate in a news briefing at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 
8.  After landing on Mars on July 4, Pathfinder's lander and 
rover are currently active during an extended mission.

    Both briefings will originate from NASA's Jet Propulsion 
Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, and will be carried live on NASA 
Television.  In the event that activities on the current Space 
Shuttle mission preempt Thursday's briefing, the Global 
Surveyor briefing will be held locally as scheduled and will be 
replayed later on NASA Television.

NASA Television is broadcast on GE-2, transponder 9C, C-
Band, 85 degrees west longitude, frequency 3880.0 MHz, vertical 
polarization, with audio at 6.8 MHz.

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