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NASA will host a teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 11, to discuss mission status and the future science campaign for the Mars rover Curiosity mission.

Participants in the teleconference will be:

-- Jim Green, director, Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters, Washington

-- John Grotzinger, Curiosity project scientist, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California

-- Kathryn Stack, Curiosity Rover Mission Scientist, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena

To participate, reporters must contact Gina Fontes at 818-354-5011 or georgina.d.fontes@jpl.nasa.gov and provide their media affiliation not later than noon Thursday.

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

Visuals for this teleconference will be available at the start of the event at:

http://go.nasa.gov/curiositytelecon

The teleconference, with visuals, will also be streamed live at:

http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl

For information about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/msl

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