Aug 13, 2012

Michael Cabbage Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 mcabbage@nasa gov

Veronica McGregor Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif 818-354-9452 veronica mcgregor@jpl nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-149

PRESIDENT OBAMA TO CALL NASA CURIOSITY MARS ROVER TEAM TODAY

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will congratulate members of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover team at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif , at 11 a m EDT (8 a m PDT) this morning

Audio of the call and video of the JPL team's portion of the call will be carried live on NASA Television and the agency's website

President Obama's call comes a week after Curiosity landed on the Red Planet Curiosity carries the most advanced science payload ever used on Mars' surface During the next 2 years, it will use its 10 instruments to investigate whether conditions have been favorable for microbial life and for preserving clues in the rocks about possible past life

Curiosity was designed, developed and assembled at JPL, which also is where the rover's mission control is located

For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and links to streaming video, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/mars

and

http://marsprogram jpl nasa gov/msl

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