Oct. 2, 2012

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

DC Agle/Guy Webster 
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 
818-393-9011/818-354-6278 
agle@jpl.nasa.gov / guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov 

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@jpl.nasa.gov 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 

	
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