[meteorite-list] NASA News Conference to Preview August Mars Rover Landing

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:28:28 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201207112228.q6BMSSCl025181_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

July, 11, 2012

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: M12-128

NASA NEWS CONFERENCE TO PREVIEW AUGUST MARS ROVER LANDING

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT Monday,
July 16, to discuss the upcoming August landing of the most advanced
robot ever sent to another world. A new public-engagement
collaboration based on the mission also will be debuted.

The event for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft will be
held in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St.
SW, Washington. The event will be broadcast live on NASA Television
and streamed on the agency's website.

MSL will deliver Curiosity to Mars at approximately 1:31 a.m. EDT Aug.
6. The rover, carrying laboratory instruments to analyze samples of
rocks, soil and atmosphere, will investigate whether Mars has ever
offered environmental conditions favorable for microbial life.

Participants will be:

-- Doug McCuistion, director, Mars Exploration Program, NASA
Headquarters
-- Michael Meyer, lead scientist, Mars Exploration Program, NASA
Headquarters
-- John Grotzinger, MSL project scientist, California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena, Calif.
-- Pete Theisinger, MSL project manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Pasadena
-- Jeff Norris, manager, planning and execution systems, Jet
Propulsion Laboratory

Media representatives may ask questions from participating NASA
centers or by telephone. To participate by phone, reporters must
contact Steve Cole at 202-358-0918 or stephen.e.cole at nasa.gov by 10
a.m. July 16.

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

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

To view a Jet Propulsion Laboratory live stream with a moderated chat,
visit:

http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl

For more information about the mission and to view or submit events
surrounding the landing, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/mars

The public can follow the mission on Facebook and Twitter at:

http://www.facebook.com/marscuriosity

and

http://www.twitter.com/marscuriosity
        
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Received on Wed 11 Jul 2012 06:28:28 PM PDT