Aug 16, 2012

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

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-152

NASA TO HOST CURIOSITY ROVER UPDATE TELECONFERENCE AUG 17

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1:30 p m EDT, Friday, Aug 17, to provide a status update on the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater

Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif , are checking out Curiosity's subsystems and 10 instruments Curiosity is in the opening days of a two-year mission to investigate whether conditions have been favorable for microbial life and preserving clues in the rocks about possible past life

Mission team members are "living" on Mars time A Martian day is approximately 40 minutes longer than an Earth day, meaning team members start their shift 40 minutes later each day The scheduling of this teleconference and other Curiosity media events is determined by their availability

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 Relations Office at 818-354-5011

Audio of the event will be streamed live online at:

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

Visuals will be available at the start of the teleconference at:

http://go nasa gov/curiositytelecon

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

http://www nasa gov/msl

and

http://mars jpl nasa gov/msl

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