Nov 20, 2006

Erica Hupp/Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1237/1726

Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif 818-354-6278

MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-179

NASA PROVIDES MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR UPDATE

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 1 p m EST, Tuesday, Nov 21, to discuss the status and science accomplishments of the Mars Global Surveyor The 10-year old spacecraft is the oldest of five NASA spacecraft currently active at the red planet

Reporters must call the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif , media relations office at 818-354-5011 for participation information Images supporting the briefing will be posted online at the start of the briefing at:

http://www nasa gov/mission_pages/mgs/20061121 html

Briefing participants: --Michael Meyer, Lead Scientist, Mars Explorations Program, NASA Headquarters --Fuk Li, Mars Program Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif

Supporting participants: --Tom Thorpe, Project Manager, Mars Global Surveyor, JPL, Pasadena, Calif -- Phil Christensen, Principal Investigator, Thermal Emission Spectrometer, Arizona State Univ, Tempe -- Michael Malin, Principal Investigator, Mars Orbiter Camera, Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego

Audio of the event will be available on the Internet at:

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about Mars Global Surveyor visit:

http://marsprogram jpl nasa gov/mgs/

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