NASA's Stuck Martian Rover Spirit Topic of Media Call Nov. 12

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will host a media
teleconference at 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, Nov. 12, to discuss attempts to free
the Mars rover Spirit from sandy soil where the venerable robot has been stuck
for the past six months.

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The participants are:
- Doug McCuistion, director of the Mars Exploration Program, NASA Headquarters
in Washington
- John Callas, project manager, Mars Exploration Rovers, NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.
- Ashley Stroupe, rover driver, Mars Exploration Rovers, JPL
- Ray Arvidson, deputy principal investigator, Mars Exploration Rovers,
Washington University in St. Louis

To participate in the teleconference, reporters must contact the JPL media
relations office at 818-354-5011 for the call-in number and passcode.

At the beginning of the briefing, related images and supporting material will
be available online at:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/news/telecon/tel20091110.html

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

SOURCE NASA

Dwayne Brown, Headquarters, Washington, +1-202-358-1726,
dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov, or Guy Webster, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena,
Calif., +1-818-354-6278, guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov, both of NASA