NASA will host a media teleconference at 2:30 p.m. EDT (18:30 UTC) Thursday, May 30, to present new findings from the Mars Science Laboratory Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) aboard the rover Curiosity. <\/p>\n
The journal Science has embargoed details until 2 p.m. May 30. <\/p>\n
Briefing participants: <\/p>\n
-- Donald M. Hassler, RAD principal investigator and program director, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), San Antonio -- Cary Zeitlin, principal scientist, SwRI -- Eddie Semones, spaceflight radiation health officer, NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston -- Chris Moore, deputy director of advanced exploration systems, NASA Headquarters, Washington <\/p>\n
For dial-in information, media representatives should e-mail their name, affiliation and telephone number to Trent Perrotto at trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov<\/a> by noon EDT May 30. <\/p>\n Visuals will be posted at the start of the teleconference on NASA's Mars Science Laboratory website: http:\/\/go.nasa.gov\/curiositytelecon<\/a> <\/p>\n Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live on NASA's website: http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/newsaudio<\/a> <\/p>\n Contact: Trent J. Perrotto NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. +1 202-358-1100 trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov<\/a> <\/p>\n SwRI and Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany, built RAD with funding from NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate and Germany's national aerospace research center, Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project. NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington manages the Mars Exploration Program. <\/p>\n Please follow SpaceRef on Twitter and Like us on Facebook. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Originally posted here: <\/p>\n NASA Discusses Curiosity Radiation FIndings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NASA will host a media teleconference at 2:30 p.m. Continue reading