NASA Announces Aug. 27 Mars News Conference

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Aug 24, 2012, 12:30 ET

PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will hold a televised news conference at 2 p.m. PDT (5 p.m. EDT), Monday, Aug. 27, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., about the activities of its Curiosity rover mission on Mars. The event will feature new images, an update of the rover's progress, and a special greeting by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden

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Televised news conferences are broadcast live on NASA TV and online at:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

and

http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl

The Mars Curiosity team is operating on Mars time. The Martian day is about 40 minutes longer than an Earth day. Media events are scheduled based on team availability and are subject to change. Updates of event times will be posted at:

http://go.nasa.gov/curiositytelecon

For information about NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, including the Curiosity rover, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/msl

and

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

SOURCE NASA