NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Monday, April 15, to debate the company’s response to a Mars Pattern Return Impartial Overview Board report from September 2023, together with subsequent steps for this system.
The teleconference will livestream at:
Mars Pattern Return has been a serious long-term aim of worldwide planetary exploration for the previous twenty years. NASA’s Perseverance rover is gathering compelling science samples that may assist scientists perceive the geological historical past of Mars, the evolution of its local weather, and put together for future human explorers. The return of the samples can even assist NASA’s seek for indicators of historical life.
The media teleconference will share the company’s suggestions concerning a path ahead for Mars Pattern Return inside a balanced general science program. The audio system embrace:
- NASA Administrator Invoice Nelson
- Nicky Fox, affiliate administrator, Science Mission Directorate
Media who want to take part within the teleconference ought to RSVP by 11 a.m. on April 15 by emailing dewayne.a.washington@nasa.gov.
For extra data on NASA’s Mars exploration, go to:
http://nasa.gov/mars
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Dewayne Washington / Karen Fox
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
dewayne.a.washington@nasa.gov / karen.fox@nasa.gov
