Jan. 25, 2010

Dwayne Brown 
Headquarters, Washington 
202-358-1726 
dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov 

Guy Webster 
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 
818-354-6278 
guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov   



MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-014

NASA'S MARS ROVER SPIRIT TOPIC OF MEDIA CALL JAN. 26

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST on 
Tuesday, Jan. 26 to discuss the status of the agency's Mars rover 
Spirit. The robotic explorer has been stuck in sandy soil on Mars for 
the past eight months. 

The participants are: 
- Doug McCuistion, director of the Mars Exploration Program, NASA 
Headquarters in Washington 
- John Callas, project manager, Mars Exploration Rovers, NASA's Jet 
Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. 
- Ashley Stroupe, rover driver, Mars Exploration Rovers, JPL 
- Steve Squyres, principal investigator, Mars Exploration Rovers, 
Cornell University 

For call in information, journalists should e-mail a request with 
their name, media affiliation and telephone number to J.D. Harrington 
at: 


j.d.harrington@nasa.gov 



Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at: 


http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio   

	
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