Jan. 25, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@xxxxxxxx Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-6278 guy.webster@xxxxxxxxxxxx MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-014 NASA'S MARS ROVER SPIRIT TOPIC OF MEDIA CALL JAN. 26 WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 26 to discuss the status of the agency's Mars rover Spirit. The robotic explorer has been stuck in sandy soil on Mars for the past eight months. The participants are: - Doug McCuistion, director of the Mars Exploration Program, NASA Headquarters in Washington - John Callas, project manager, Mars Exploration Rovers, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. - Ashley Stroupe, rover driver, Mars Exploration Rovers, JPL - Steve Squyres, principal investigator, Mars Exploration Rovers, Cornell University For call in information, journalists should e-mail a request with their name, media affiliation and telephone number to J.D. Harrington at: j.d.harrington@xxxxxxxx Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio -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
