Sept. 24, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@xxxxxxxx MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-190 NASA HOSTS TELECONFERENCE ON STATUS OF MARS PROGRAM OPTIONS WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference 3 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 25, to provide details of a summary report provided by the Mars Program Planning Group (MPPG). The MPPG was established to aid with planning for the agency's future Mars Program within available future budgets. The teleconference participants are: -- John Grunsfeld, astronaut and associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington -- Orlando Figueroa, MPPG team lead Media representatives can request dial-in information by sending their name, affiliation and phone number to stephen.e.cole@xxxxxxxx by 2:30 p.m. Sept. 25. The summary report will be posted an hour before the teleconference on NASA's MPPG webpage, at: http://www.nasa.gov/offices/marsplanning/home/index.html Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio For 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
