News advisory: 2012-276b Sept. 5, 2012
NASA to Host Telecon About Curiosity Rover Progress
The full version of this story with accompanying images is at:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-276&cid=release_2012-276
PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, Sept. 6, to provide a status update on the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.
The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft is one month into a two-year mission to investigate whether conditions have been favorable for microbial life and preserving clues in the rocks about possible past life.
Audio and visuals of the event will be streamed live online at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio and www.ustream.tv/nasajpl.
Visuals will be available at the start of the event at: http://go.nasa.gov/curiositytelecon.
For more information about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/msl, http://www.nasa.gov/msl and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl .
DC Agle / Guy Webster 818-393-9011/818-354-6278
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
agle@xxxxxxxxxxxx / guy.webster@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Dwayne Brown 202-358-1726
NASA Headquarters, Washington
Dwayne.c.brown@xxxxxxxx
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