March 07, 2013

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

DC Agle Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif 818-393-9011 agle@jpl nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-045

NASA TV BRIEFING DISCUSSES CURIOSITY ROVER ANALYSIS OF MARS ROCK

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p m EDT, Tuesday, March 12, to discuss the Curiosity rover's analysis of the first sample of rock powder ever collected on Mars

The briefing will be held in the James E Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters at 300 E St SW in Washington It will be broadcast live on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's website

The participants will be: -- Michael Meyer, lead scientist, Mars Exploration Program, NASA Headquarters, Washington -- John Grotzinger, Curiosity project scientist, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif -- David Blake, principal investigator for Curiosity's Chemistry and Mineralogy investigation, NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif -- Paul Mahaffy, principal investigator for Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars investigation, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md

Media representatives may ask questions from participating NASA centers or by telephone To participate by phone, reporters must contact Dwayne Brown at 202-358-1726 or dwayne c brown@nasa gov by noon, March 12

During a two-year prime mission, researchers are using Curiosity's 10 science instruments to assess whether the Gale Crater area on Mars ever offered environmental conditions favorable for microbial life

For NASA TV streaming video, scheduling and downlink information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

The event will also be streamed live on Ustream at:

http://www ustream tv/nasajpl

More information about Curiosity is online at:

http://www nasa gov/msl

and http://mars jpl nasa gov/msl/

Follow Curiosity on Facebook and Twitter at:

http://www facebook com/marscuriosity and

http://www twitter com/marscuriosity

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