Teleconference Update on NASA Curiosity Rover's Mission to Mars' Gale Crater

NASA will host a media teleconference at 11:30 a.m. PDT Tuesday, Oct. 30, to provide an update about the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.

The Mars Science Laboratory Project and its Curiosity rover are almost three months into a two-year prime mission to investigate whether conditions may have been favorable for microbial life.

Reporters interested in participating in the media telecon must send requests to Rachel Hoover, [email protected], DC Agle [email protected] or Guy Webster [email protected].

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

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio and 

http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl

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

http://go.nasa.gov/curiositytelecon

For information about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit:

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

For information about NASA’s Ames Research Center’s contributions to the mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/research/ames-msl-contributions.html

Source: http://www.nasa.gov/