NASA Telecon to Discuss Mars Curiosity Science Plans

NASA will host a telecon at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT) Thursday, Sept. 11, to discuss mission status and the future science campaign for the Mars rover Curiosity mission.

Participants in the teleconference will be:

— Jim Green, director, Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters, Washington

— John Grotzinger, Curiosity project scientist, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

— Kathryn Stack, Curiosity Rover mission scientist, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena. California

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

Visuals for this telecon will be posted at the start of the event at:

http://go.nasa.gov/curiositytelecon

The telecon, with visuals, will also be streamed live at:

http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl

For information about NASA’s Curiosity mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/msl