June 06, 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: M13-094

NASA TO HOST JUNE 7 MARS ROVER OPPORTUNITY TELECONFERENCE

PASADENA, Calif -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 9 a m PDT (noon EDT) on Friday, June 7, to provide an update about the long-lived Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity The 10th anniversary of this rover's launch is next month

The briefing participants will be: -- John Callas, project manager for Opportunity, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif -- Steve Squyres, principal investigator for Opportunity, Cornell University, Ithaca, N Y -- Ray Arvidson, deputy principal investigator, Washington University, St Louis, Mo

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 818-393-5467

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

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

and

http://www ustream tv/nasajpl2

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

http://www nasa gov/mission_pages/mer/telecon/20130607 html

For information about NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Project and the twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity, visit:

http://www nasa gov/rovers

and

http://marsrovers jpl nasa gov

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