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Donald Savage
Headquarters, Washington November 25, 2003
(Phone: 202/358-1727)
Guy Webster
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
(Phone: 818/354-6278)
NOTE TO EDITORS: N03-128
NASA SCHEDULES MARS EXPLORATION ROVER BRIEFING
Preparations for the January Mars landings by NASA's two
mobile robotic geologists, Spirit and Opportunity, will be
discussed at a press briefing 1:00 p.m. EST, Dec. 2, 2003.
The briefing is in the NASA Headquarters Webb Auditorium, 300
E Street SW, Washington. NASA TV will broadcast the briefing
live with two-way media question-and-answer capability from
participating agency centers. Panelists will discuss
preparations to accomplish the challenging Mars landings.
Panelists:
Dr. Ed Weiler, NASA associate administrator for space science,
NASA Headquarters
Dr. Charles Elachi, director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),
Pasadena, Calif.
Peter Theisinger, Mars Exploration Rover project manager, JPL
Dr. Cathy Weitz, Mars Exploration Rover (MER) program
scientist, NASA Headquarters.
Dr. Steve Squyres, MER principal investigator, Cornell
University, Ithaca, N.Y.
Dr. Joy Crisp, Mars Exploration Rover project scientist, JPL
NASA Television is available on AMC-9, transponder 9C, C-Band,
located at 85 degrees west longitude. The frequency is 3880.0
MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80
MHz. For information about NASA on the Internet, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov
For information about the Mars Exploration Rovers on the
Internet, visit:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mer
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