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UPCOMING EVENT

LIVE PRESS BRIEFING FROM AGU 2013

Curiosity Rover Update
Dec. 9, 2013, 9 a.m. PT (1700 UT)

NASA’s robotic explorer is examining evidence about ancient Martian environmental conditions that were favorable for microbial life. Findings are also pertinent to future searches for Martian biosignatures and for future human missions to Mars.

Participants:
John Grotzinger, Project Scientist for Curiosity, Caltech
Joel Hurowitz, Curiosity Science Team Member, Stony Brook University
Jennifer Eigenbrode, Participating Scientist for Curiosity, NASA Goddard
Robert Wimmer-Schweingruber, Co-investigator for Radiation Assessment Detector on Curiosity, Christian Albrechts University
Kenneth Farley, Participating Scientist for Curiosity, Caltech

For information about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/msl and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl

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Get answers to some of the most common questions about Curiosity: http://bit.ly/h56pie

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MISSION


FAST FACTS
Mission name: Mars Science Laboratory
Rover name: Curiosity rover
Size: About the size of a car -- 10 feet long (not including the arm), 9 feet wide and 7 feet tall!
Weight: 900 kilograms (2,000 pounds)
Features: Geology lab, rocker-bogie suspension, rock-vaporizing laser and lots of cameras
Mission: To search areas of Mars for past or present conditions favorable for life, and conditions capable of preserving a record of life
Launch: Nov. 26, 2011, from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Arrival: August 5, 2012 PDT
Length of mission on Mars: The prime mission will last one Mars year or about 23 Earth months.
Mission Fact sheet: Download the PDF

For information about Curiosity’s power source and to obtain high-resolution images, visit:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/newsroom/

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