Mars Exploration Rovers - Spirit and Opportunity coming 3 Jan to a planet near you...

On Jan. 3, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Project will deliver the first mobile laboratory to the surface of Mars. The rover will perform robotic geological fieldwork that may reveal a history of water on Mars. On Jan. 2, 2004, NASA's Stardust spacecraft will have a close encounter with comet Wild 2, deploying a collector to catch particles for return to Earth.

NASA's first rover, Spirit, will arrive at Mars at approximately 11:35 p.m. EST Jan. 3. Information about the Mars Exploration Rover mission is available online at:

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JPL NEWSROOM OPERATING HOURS (ALL TIMES EST) Dec. 31closed Jan. 1, 2004closed Jan. 2, 200410 a.m. to midnight Jan. 3, 200410 a.m. thru 3 a.m. Jan. 5 Jan. 5, 20049 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Press conferences will be conducted at JPL starting today on the Stardust and Mars missions. Information about both missions is available at:

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Briefing Schedule (ALL TIMES EST): Today:

- News briefing, Stardust pre-flyby overview, 2 to 3 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 2

-- News briefing, Mars science overview, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

-- Live coverage of Stardust flyby, 2 p.m.

-- News briefing, Mars rover mission overview, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

-- News briefing, Stardust flyby, 6 to 7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 3

-- News briefing, Spirit landing status, 3 to 4 p.m.

-- News briefing, Mars program overview, 6 to 7 p.m.

-- Live Mars rover mission coverage begins, 9:45 p.m.

-- Spirit Mars landing, NET 11:35 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 4

-- News briefing, Spirit landing, 12:30 to 1:30 a.m.

-- Other news briefings, times TBD

NASA TV will provide extensive mission coverage. NASA TV is available on AMC-9, transponder 9C, C-Band, located at 85 degrees west longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz. Audio only of coverage is available by calling: 321/867-

1220/1240/1260/7135. TV schedule:

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Visit the multimedia "M2K4" Mars mission Web site for photos, videos and extensive information about NASA's quest to explore the dangerous and mysterious red planet:

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JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages the Mars Exploration Rover project for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington.

For information about NASA and agency missions on the Internet, visit:

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Jacques :-)

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Jet Red
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I pray this one makes it and they did not confuse metric and English figures again.

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Dale Martin

wonder if the MER can find the beagle too (2?)

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tater schuld

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