March 8, 2013

Image Caption: This artist's concept features NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile robot for investigating Mars' past or present ability to sustain microbial life. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT), Tuesday, March 12, to discuss the Curiosity rovers analysis of the first sample of rock powder ever collected on Mars.

The briefing, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, will be broadcast live on NASA Television and streamed on the agencys website.

The participants will be:

Michael Meyer, lead scientist, Mars Exploration Program, NASA Headquarters, Washington John Grotzinger, Curiosity project scientist, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. David Blake, principal investigator for Curiositys Chemistry and Mineralogy investigation, NASAs Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. Paul Mahaffy, principal investigator for Curiositys Sample Analysis at Mars investigation, NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.

During a two-year prime mission, researchers are using Curiositys 10 science instruments to assess whether the Gale Crater area on Mars ever offered environmental conditions favorable for microbial life.

For NASA TV streaming video, scheduling and downlink information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv .The event will also be streamed live on Ustream at: http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl .

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