Nov. 10, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@xxxxxxxx Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-5011 guy.webster@xxxxxxxxxxxx MEDIA ADVISORY: M08-231 NASA TELECONFERENCE TODAY ABOUT STATUS OF PHOENIX MARS LANDER WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EST today, Monday, Nov. 10, to discuss the status of the Phoenix Mars Lander. Phoenix has been operating on the Red Planet for more than five months. Participants will be: -- Barry Goldstein, Phoenix project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. -- Peter Smith, Phoenix principal investigator at the University of Arizona in Tucson -- Doug McCuistion, director of the Mars Exploration Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington Reporters should call 888-398-6118 and use the pass code "Mars" to participate in the teleconference. International media should call 1-517-308-9298. Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio For information about the Phoenix mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/phoenix -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: hqnews-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To remove your address from the list, send a message to: hqnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
