NASA to Announce Mars Mystery Solved

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Sep 24, 2015, 04:44 ET

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will detail a major science finding from the agency's ongoing exploration of Mars during a news briefing at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 28 at the James Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The event will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's website.

News conference participants will be:

Jim Green, director of planetary science at NASA Headquarters
Michael Meyer, lead scientist for the Mars Exploration Program at NASA Headquarters
Lujendra Ojha of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta
Mary Beth Wilhelm of NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California and the Georgia Institute of Technology
Alfred McEwen, principal investigator for the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) at the University of Arizona in Tucson

A brief question-and-answer session will take place during the event with reporters on site and by phone. Members of the public also can ask questions during the briefing using #AskNASA.

To participate in the briefing by phone, reporters must email their name, media affiliation and telephone number to Steve Cole at [email protected] by 9 a.m. EDT on Monday.

For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and to view the news briefing, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

For more information about NASA's journey to Mars:

https://www.nasa.gov/topics/journeytomars

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