June 7, 2012

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: M12-108

NASA HOSTS TELECONFERENCE ABOUT ROVER EN ROUTE TO MARS LANDING

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at noon EDT, June 11, to provide a status update on the Aug 5, 2012, landing of the most advanced rover ever to be sent to Mars

NASA's Curiosity rover, carried by the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft, will land near the Martian equator at approximately 10:31 p m PDT, Aug 5, (1:31 a m EDT, Aug 6)

Panelists include: -- Dave Lavery, MSL program executive, NASA Headquarters, Washington -- Michael Meyer, lead scientist, Mars Exploration Program, NASA Headquarters -- Pete Theisinger, MSL project manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif -- John Grotzinger, MSL project scientist, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif

For dial-in information, reporters must e-mail their name, media affiliation and telephone number to Dwayne Brown at dwayne c brown@nasa gov by 11:30 a m EDT, June 11

Audio of the event will be streamed live online at:

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

The public can follow the mission on Facebook and Twitter at:

http://www facebook com/marscuriosity

http://www twitter com/marscuriosity

For more information about the mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/msl

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