Oct. 2, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@xxxxxxxx DC Agle/Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011/818-354-6278 agle@xxxxxxxxxxxx / guy.webster@xxxxxxxxxxxx MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-197 NASA HOSTS OCT. 4 TELECONFERENCE ABOUT MARS CURIOSITY ROVER PROGRESS PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) Thursday, Oct. 4, to provide a status update on the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater. Curiosity, also known as the Mars Science Laboratory, is 56 days into a two-year mission to investigate whether conditions may have been favorable for microbial life. For teleconference dial-in information, reporters must send their name, media affiliation and telephone number to Elena Mejia at elena.mejia@xxxxxxxxxxxx or call the Media Relations Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at 818-354-5011. Audio and visuals of the event will be streamed live online at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio and http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl Visuals will be available at the start of the event at: http://go.nasa.gov/curiositytelecon For information about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mars and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl -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
