PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 10 a.m. PST (1 p.m. EST) Tuesday, Jan. 15, to provide an update about the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater.

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The Mars Science Laboratory Project and its Curiosity rover are five months into a two-year prime mission to investigate whether conditions may have been favorable for microbial life.

For teleconference dial-in information, reporters must send their name, media affiliation and telephone number to Elena Mejia at elena.mejia@jpl.nasa.gov [2] or call NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Media Relations Office at 818-354-5011.

Audio and visuals of the event will be streamed live online at:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio [3]

and

http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl [4]

Visuals will be available at the start of the event at:

http://go.nasa.gov/curiositytelecon [5]

For information about NASA's Curiosity mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/msl [6]

and

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl [7]

SOURCE NASA