NASA To Host October 30 Teleconference About Mars Curiosity Rover Progress

by NASA

(WireNews+Co) - Pasadena, CA - 26 October 2012

NASA will host a media teleconference at 11:30 a.m. PDT (2:30 p.m. EDT) on Tuesday, Oct. 30, to provide an update about the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.

The Mars Science Laboratory Project and its Curiosity rover are almost three 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@jpl.nasa.gov (http://www.wirenews.co/mailto: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 (http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio) and http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl (http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl).

Visuals will be available at the start of the event at: http://go.nasa.gov/curiositytelecon (http://go.nasa.gov/curiositytelecon).

For information about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mars (http://www.nasa.gov/mars) and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl (http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl).

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