Sept. 11, 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: M12-180

NASA TO HOST MARS CURIOSITY ROVER PROGRESS TELECONFERENCE SEPT. 12

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT, 
Wednesday, Sept. 12, to provide a status update on the Curiosity 
rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater. The Mars Science Laboratory is 
one month 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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