November 24, 2003

Donald Savage
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-1727)

Guy Webster
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
(Phone: 818/354-6278)

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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 more 
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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