NASA to Announce New Findings on Fate of Mars' Atmosphere

NASA to Announce New Findings on Fate of Mars' Atmosphere

(Science and Geophysical Research Letters embargoed details until 2 p.m. EST Nov. 5)

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will provide details of key science findings from the agency's ongoing exploration of Mars during a news briefing at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Nov. 5 in the James Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

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The event will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's website.

The news conference participants will be:


-- Jim Green, director of planetary science at NASA Headquarters
-- Bruce Jakosky, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) principal
investigator at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP)
at the University of Colorado, Boulder
-- Jasper Halekas, MAVEN Solar Wind Ion Analyzer instrument lead at the
University of Iowa, Iowa City
-- Yaxue Dong, MAVEN science team member at LASP
-- Dave Brain, MAVEN co-investigator at LASP
A brief question-and-answer session will take place during the event with media on site and by phone. Members of the public also can ask questions during the briefing on social media using #AskNASA.

To participate in the briefing by phone, media must email their name, media affiliation and phone number to Laurie Cantillo at laura.l.cantillo@nasa.gov by noon EST on Thursday.

For NASA TV downlink information and schedules, and to view the news briefing, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

For more information about NASA's journey to Mars:
https://www.nasa.gov/journeytomars

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CONTACT: Dwayne Brown / Laurie Cantillo, Headquarters, Washington, 202-358-1726 / 202-358-1077, dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov / laura.l.cantillo@nasa.gov; Nancy Neal-Jones / Bill SteigerwaldGoddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., 301-286-0039 / 301-286-5017, nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov / william.a.steigerwald@nasa.gov

Web Site: http://www.nasa.gov


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