PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) tomorrow (Wednesday, Sept. 19), to provide a status update on the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory, is 43 days into a two-year mission to investigate whether conditions may have been favorable for microbial life.Audio and visuals from the telecon will be streamed live to one of JPL's Ustream.tv channels, at http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl Visuals only will be available at the start of the telecon at: http://go.nasa.gov/curiositytelecon For more information about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/msl and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl

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DC Agle / Guy Webster 818-393-9011/818-354-6278Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.agle@jpl.nasa.gov / guy.webster@jpl.nasa.govDwayne Brown 202-358-1726NASA Headquarters, WashingtonDwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov2012-292b