Aug 30, 2011

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

Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif 818-354-5011 guy webster@jpl nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-181

NASA ANNOUNCES MEDIA TELECONFERENCE ABOUT OPPORTUNITY ROVER

PASADENA, Calif -- NASA will host a media teleconference on Thursday, Sept 1, at 12:30 p m PDT to discuss progress of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity Opportunity reached the Martian Endeavour crater earlier this month after years of driving

The teleconference participants are:

-- Dave Lavery, program executive, Mars Exploration Rovers, NASA Headquarters, Washington -- Steve Squyres, principal investigator, Mars Exploration Rovers, Cornell University, Ithaca, N Y -- Ray Arvidson, deputy principal investigator, Mars Exploration Rovers, Washington University in St Louis -- John Callas, project manager, Mars Exploration Rovers, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif

To participate in the teleconference, reporters must contact the JPL Media Relations Office at 818-354-5011 not later than 11 a m on Thursday for the call-in number and passcode

Opportunity and its twin, Spirit, completed their three-month prime missions on Mars in April 2004 They continued to work for years in bonus mission extensions Spirit finished communicating in 2010, after six years of operation

Opportunity, still very active, reached the rim of Endeavour crater on Aug 9 The arrival gives the rover access to geology different from any it explored during its first 90 months on Mars

For live audio streaming of the teleconference, visit:

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

More information about the twin rovers, visit:

http://www nasa gov/rovers

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