Oct. 16 , 2012

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

DC Agle / Guy Webster 
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 
818-354-5011 
agle@jpl.nasa.gov / guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov 

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-203

NASA TO HOST MARS CURIOSITY ROVER TELECONFERENCE OCT. 18

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 3 p.m. EDT on 
Thursday, Oct. 18, about the latest status of the Curiosity rover's 
mission to Mars. 

The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover is 10 weeks 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 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 

	
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