NASA Announces News Briefing on Mars Orbiter Science Finding

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Event advisory: 2011-238b Aug. 3, 2011

NASA Announces News Briefing on Mars Orbiter Science Finding

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http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-238&cid=release_2011-238

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news briefing on Thursday, Aug. 4, at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m.
EDT) about a significant new Mars science finding. The briefing will be held at NASA Headquarters
in Washington.

The new finding is based on observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has
been orbiting the Red Planet since 2006. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is managed by NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., for
NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

The briefing panelists are:
-- Philip Christensen, geophysicist, Arizona State University, Tempe
-- Colin Dundas, research geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Ariz.
-- Alfred McEwen, planetary geologist, University of Arizona, Tucson
-- Michael Meyer, Mars Exploration Program lead scientist, NASA Headquarters
-- Lisa Pratt, biogeochemist, Indiana University, Bloomington

The news briefing will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website. For NASA TV
streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv . The event
will also be carried live, with a live chat box available, at http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2 .

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