September 25, 2012

Teleconference On Status Of Mars Program Options Hosted By NASA

NASA will host a media teleconference 3 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 25, to provide details of a summary report provided by the Mars Program Planning Group (MPPG).

The MPPG was established to aid with planning for the agency's future Mars Program within available future budgets.

The teleconference participants are:
-- John Grunsfeld, astronaut and associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington
-- Orlando Figueroa, MPPG team lead

Media representatives can request dial-in information by sending their name, affiliation and phone number to [email protected] by 2:30 p.m. Sept. 25.

The summary report will be posted an hour before the teleconference on NASA's MPPG webpage, at: http://www.nasa.gov/offices/marsplanning/home/index.html

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

For information about NASA's Mars Program, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mars