NASA Hosts Sept. 19 Teleconference About Mars Curiosity Rover Progress

by NASA

(WireNews+Co) - Pasadena, CA - 19 September 2012

NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) on Wednesday, Sept. 19, to provide a status update on the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.

Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory, is 43 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 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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