April 12, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@xxxxxxxx MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-065 NASA HOSTS TELECONFERENCE ON STATUS OF NEW MARS PROGRAM PLANS WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT on Friday, April 13, to provide an update about the framework and schedule of the newly formed Mars Program Planning Group (MPPG). The MPPG was established to construct a coordinated strategy and continue America's leadership role in the exploration of Mars within available future budgets. Participants are: -- John Grunsfeld, associate administrator, NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington -- Doug McCuistion, director, Mars Exploration Program, NASA Headquarters, Washington -- Orlando Figueroa, MPPG team lead Media representatives can request dial-in information by sending their name, affiliation and phone number to j.d.harrington@xxxxxxxx by 12:30 p.m. Friday, April 13. Audio of the event will be streamed live at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio For more information about NASA's Mars Program, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mars -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
