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

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:57:30 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <201302201657.r1KGvUhI028793_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

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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Received on Wed 20 Feb 2013 11:57:30 AM PST