Oct. 31, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@xxxxxxxx DC Agle / Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-5011 agle@xxxxxxxxxxxx guy.webster@xxxxxxxxxxxx MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-211 NASA HOSTS NOV. 2 TELECONFERENCE ABOUT MARS ROVER PROGRESS PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) Friday, Nov. 2, to provide an update on Curiosity's studies of the Martian atmosphere. The Mars Science Laboratory Project and its Curiosity rover are about three months into a two-year prime mission to investigate whether conditions in Mars' Gale Crater 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 NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Media Relations Office 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
