NASA Hosts Teleconference About Mars Curiosity Rover Progress

MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
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DC Agle / Guy Webster 818-354-5011
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
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Dwayne Brown 202-358-1726
NASA Headquarters, Washington
Dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov

Advisory: 2012-307b                                                                           Oct. 2, 2012

NASA Hosts Teleconference About Mars Curiosity Rover Progress

The full version of this story with accompanying images is at:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-307&cid=release_2012-307

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, Oct. 4, to provide a status update on the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.

Curiosity, also known as the Mars Science Laboratory, is 56 days into a two-year mission to investigate whether conditions may have been favorable for microbial life.

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/mars and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl .

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