June 3, 2013

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

Guy Webster Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif 818-354-6278 guy webster@jpl nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-091

NASA TO HOST JUNE 5 TELECONFERENCE ON CURIOSITY MARS ROVER

PASADENA, Calif -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11:30 a m PDT (2:30 p m EDT), Wednesday, June 5, to provide an update about the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission and activities of the Curiosity rover

The briefing participants will be:

-- Jim Erickson, MSL project manager, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif -- Joy Crisp, MSL deputy project scientist, JPL -- Joe Melko, MSL sampling activity lead, JPL

The NASA Mars rover Curiosity is approximately 10 months into a two-year prime mission to investigate the environmental history of an area inside Mars' Gale Crater Curiosity already has found evidence of ancient environmental conditions favorable for microbial life in the crater

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 818-354-5011

Audio and visuals of the event will be streamed live online at:

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

and

http://www ustream tv/nasajpl

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

http://go nasa gov/curiositytelecon

For information about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/msl

and

http://mars jpl nasa gov/msl

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