[meteorite-list] NASA to Host Curiosity Rover Teleconference Aug. 17

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:46:22 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201208161846.q7GIkMpq023986_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-244

NASA to Host Curiosity Rover Teleconference Aug. 17
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
August 16, 2012

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 10:30 a.m.
PDT (1:30 p.m. EDT), Friday, Aug. 17, to provide a status update on the
Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.

Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena,
Calif., are checking out Curiosity's subsystems and 10 instruments.
Curiosity is in the opening days of a two-year mission to investigate
whether conditions have been favorable for microbial life and preserving
clues in the rocks about possible past life.

Mission team members are "living" on Mars time. A Martian day is
approximately 40 minutes longer than an Earth day, meaning team members
start their shift 40 minutes later each day. The scheduling of this
teleconference and other Curiosity media events is determined by their
availability.

Audio of the event will be streamed live online at:
http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio .

Visuals will be available at the start of the teleconference at:
http://go.nasa.gov/curiositytelecon .

For more information about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl .

DC Agle / Guy Webster 818-393-9011 / 818-354-6278
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
agle at jpl.nasa.gov / guy.webster at jpl.nasa.gov

Stephen Cole 202-358-0918
NASA Headquarters, Washington
Stephen.e.cole at nasa.gov

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