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NASA to Hold Media Teleconference on Martian Dust Storm, Mars Opportunity Rover

Jun 12, 2018
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the four large Tharsis volcanoes on Mars: Olympus Mons, Ascraeus Mons, Pavonis Mons, and Arsia Mons.
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the four large Tharsis volcanoes on Mars: Olympus Mons, Ascraeus Mons, Pavonis Mons, and Arsia Mons.
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NASA will host a media telecon on Wednesday, June 13, about a massive Martian dust storm affecting the Opportunity rover, and how various missions can obtain unique science.

NASA will host a media teleconference at 10:30 a.m. PDT (1:30 p.m. EDT) Wednesday, June 13, to discuss a massive Martian dust storm affecting operations of the agency's Opportunity rover and what scientists can learn from the various missions studying this unprecedented event.

The storm is one of the most intense ever observed on the Red Planet. As of June 10, it covered more than 15.8 million square miles (41 million square kilometers) -- about the area of North America and Russia combined. It has blocked out so much sunlight, it has effectively turned day into night for Opportunity, which is located near the center of the storm, inside Mars' Perseverance Valley.

Participants in the teleconference will include:

  • John Callas, Opportunity project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California
  • Rich Zurek, Mars Program Office chief scientist at JPL
  • Jim Watzin, director of the Mars Exploration Program at NASA Headquarters, Washington
  • Dave Lavery, program executive at NASA Headquarters for the Opportunity and Curiosity rovers

Visuals accompanying the teleconference will be posted at the start of the event at:

https://www.nasa.gov/marsduststormtelecon

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at:

https://www.nasa.gov/live

The teleconference and visuals will be carried live and archived on:

https://youtube.com/nasajpl/live

To ask questions via social media during the televised event, use the hashtag #askNASA

http://mars.nasa.gov

News Media Contact

Andrew Good

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.

818-393-2433

andrew.c.good@jpl.nasa.gov

Dwayne Brown / JoAnna Wendel

202-358-1726 / 202-358-1003

dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov / joanna.r.wendel@nasa.gov

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