Jan. 14, 2013 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: M13-016 NASA HOSTS JAN. 15 TELECONFERENCE ON CURIOSITY ROVER PROGRESS PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST) Tuesday, Jan. 15, to provide an update about the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater. The Mars Science Laboratory Project and its Curiosity rover are five months into a two-year prime 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 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/msl 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
