[meteorite-list] NASA to Host June 5 Teleconference on Curiosity Mars Rover

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 16:23:49 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201306032323.r53NNnCu005771_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

June 3, 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: M13-091

NASA TO HOST JUNE 5 TELECONFERENCE ON CURIOSITY MARS ROVER

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11:30
a.m. PDT (2:30 p.m. EDT), Wednesday, June 5, to provide an update
about the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission and activities of the
Curiosity rover.

The briefing participants will be:

-- Jim Erickson, MSL project manager, NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
-- Joy Crisp, MSL deputy project scientist, JPL
-- Joe Melko, MSL sampling activity lead, JPL

The NASA Mars rover Curiosity is approximately 10 months into a
two-year prime mission to investigate the environmental history of an
area inside Mars' Gale Crater. Curiosity already has found evidence
of ancient environmental conditions favorable for microbial life in
the crater.

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 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 event 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 Mon 03 Jun 2013 07:23:49 PM PDT


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