[meteorite-list] NASA To Hold Media Briefing About Upcoming Mars Rover Launch (MSL)

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 12:14:45 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <201111082014.pA8KEjEp010480_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

Nov. 8, 2011

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

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


MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-230

NASA TO HOLD MEDIA BRIEFING ABOUT UPCOMING MARS ROVER LAUNCH

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media briefing at 1 p.m. EST on
Thursday, Nov. 10, to discuss the upcoming launch of the Mars Science
Laboratory (MSL), the largest and most capable rover to be sent to
another planet. The televised briefing will take place in the
agency's television studio at NASA Headquarters, located at 300 E St.
S.W. in Washington.

The MSL mission is scheduled to launch at 10:25 a.m. EST on Nov. 25.
The launch period extends to Dec. 18. The spacecraft will deliver a
car-size rover named Curiosity to the surface of Mars in August 2012.


Briefing Participants are:
-- Doug McCuistion, director, Mars Program, NASA Headquarters,
Washington
-- Ashwin Vasavada, MSL deputy project scientist, NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif.
-- Pete Theisinger, MSL project manager, JPL

Media planning to attend the briefing must contact
dwayne.c.brown at nasa.gov to gain access to the event. Reporters may
ask questions from participating NASA locations or by telephone. To
reserve a telephone line, contact steve.e.cole at nasa.gov.

For NASA TV streaming video, scheduling and downlink information,
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For more information about the mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/msl
        
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Received on Tue 08 Nov 2011 03:14:45 PM PST