Aug 13, 2012

Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen e cole@nasa gov

Guy Webster / DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif 818-354-6278 / 818-393-9011 guy webster@jpl nasa gov / agle@jpl nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-151

NASA HOSTS TELECONFERENCE ABOUT CURIOSITY ROVER PROGRESS

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p m EDT (10 a m PDT), Aug 14, to provide a status update on the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater

The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft delivered Curiosity to its target area on Mars at 1:31 a m EDT, Aug 6 (10:31 p m PDT, Aug 5) Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif , spent last week beginning initial checks of Curiosity's 10 instruments and updating software for its two-year mission to investigate whether conditions have been favorable for microbial life and preserving clues in the rocks about possible past 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 the JPL media office at 818-354-5011

Audio of the event will be streamed live online at:

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

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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