JPL to Stream Mars Curiosity Telecon

NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) tomorrow (Wednesday, Sept. 19), to provide a status update on the Curiosity rover’s mission to Mars’ Gale Crater.

Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory, is 43 days into a two-year mission to investigate whether conditions may have been favorable for microbial life.

Audio and visuals from the telecon will be streamed live to one of JPL’s Ustream.tv channels, at http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl .

Visuals only will be available at the start of the telecon at: http://go.nasa.gov/curiositytelecon .

For more information about NASA’s Curiosity mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/msl and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl .