NASA Announces News Briefing On Mars Orbiter Science Finding Science Journal Has Embargoed Details Until 2 p.m. EDT on Aug. 4 WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news briefing on Thursday, Aug. 4, at 2 p.m. EDT about a significant new Mars science finding. The briefing will be held in the NASA Headquarters James E. Webb Auditorium, 300 E St. SW in Washington. The new finding is based on observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), which has been orbiting the Red Planet since 2006. MRO is managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The briefing panelists are: - Philip Christensen, geophysicist, Arizona State University, Tempe - Colin Dundas, research geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Ariz. - Alfred McEwen, planetary geologist, University of Arizona, Tucson - Michael Meyer, Mars Exploration Program lead scientist, NASA Headquarters - Lisa Pratt, biogeochemist, Indiana University, Bloomington Reporters unable to attend in person may ask questions from participating NASA centers or by telephone. To participate by phone, reporters must contact Grey Hautaluoma at 202-358-0668 or [email protected] by 11 a.m. on Aug. 4. The news briefing will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website. For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntvThe event also will be carried live on Ustream, with a live chat box available, at: http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2
PASADENA, Calif. -- Observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed possible flowing water during the warmest months on Mars."NASA's Mars Exploration Program keeps bringing us closer to determining whether the Red Planet could harbor life in some form,” NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said, “and it reaffirms Mars as an important future destination for human exploration."Dark, finger-like features appear and extend down some Martian slopes during late spring through summer, fade in winter, and return during the next spring. Repeated observations have tracked the seasonal changes in these recurring features on several steep slopes in the middle latitudes of Mars' southern hemisphere."The best explanation for these observations so far is the flow of briny water," said Alfred McEwen of the University of Arizona, Tucson. McEwen is the principal investigator for the orbiter's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) and lead author of a report about the recurring flows published in Thursday's edition of the journal Science....
"Repeated, predictable water on Mars."
Pardon my bad memory and inability to watch the presser - but didn't they conclude a few years ago that the rockslides were caused by water getting to the surface?
Very cool!Anyone know offhand if any candidate MSL sites are near those locations?