JPL/NASA News
News release: 2012-307 Oct. 2, 2012
NASA Hosts Teleconference About Mars Curiosity Rover Progress
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http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-307&cid=release_2012-307
PASADENA, Calif. — NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, Oct. 4, to provide a status update on the Curiosity rover’s mission to Mars’ Gale Crater.
Curiosity, also known as the Mars Science Laboratory, is 56 days into a two-year mission to investigate whether conditions may have been favorable for microbial life.
Audio and visuals of the event will be streamed live online at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio and http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl .
Visuals will be available at the start of the event at: http://go.nasa.gov/curiositytelecon .
For information about NASA’s Curiosity mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mars and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl .
DC Agle / Guy Webster 818-354-5011
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
agle@jpl.nasa.gov / guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov
Dwayne Brown 202-358-1726
NASA Headquarters, Washington
Dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov
It’s actually about 12 kielrotems (about 7 miles) to Endurance. From NASA: The rover team estimates Opportunity may be able to travel about 110 yards each day it is driven toward the Endeavour crater. Even at that pace, the journey could take two [Earth] years. Part of the reason is that there will be a lot of stopping for science along the way. Plus you have to factor in the inevitable mechanical troubles, solar conjunctions, etc.