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NASA will detail a major science finding from the agency's ongoing exploration of Mars during a news briefing at 8:30 a.m. PDT (11:30 a.m. EDT) on Monday, Sept. 28. 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
Members of the public can ask questions during the briefing using #AskNASA.
For NASA TV information, schedules and to view the news briefing, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv
The event will also be carried live on:
For more information about NASA's journey to Mars:
https://www.nasa.gov/topics/journeytomars
Guy Webster
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
818-354-6278
guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov
Dwayne Brown / Laurie Cantillo
NASA Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1726 / 202-358-1077
dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov / laura.l.cantillo@nasa.gov