NASA Announces News Briefing on Mars Orbiter Science Finding

Science Journal Has Embargoed Details Until 2 p.m. EDT on Aug. 4

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will host a news briefing on Thursday, Aug. 4, at 2 p.m. EDT about a significant new Mars science finding. The briefing will be held in the NASA Headquarters James E. Webb Auditorium, 300 E St. SW in Washington.

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The new finding is based on observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), which has been orbiting the Red Planet since 2006. MRO is managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

The briefing panelists are:

• Philip Christensen, geophysicist, Arizona State University, Tempe
• Colin Dundas, research geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Ariz.
• Alfred McEwen, planetary geologist, University of Arizona, Tucson
• Michael Meyer, Mars Exploration Program lead scientist, NASA Headquarters
• Lisa Pratt, biogeochemist, Indiana University, Bloomington

The news briefing will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website. For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

The event also will be carried live on Ustream, with a live chat box available, at:

http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2

SOURCE NASA

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