PLANETARY EXPLORATION NEWSLETTER - SPECIAL EDITION
Volume 5, Number 3 (January 10, 2011)

PEN Website: http://planetarynews.org
Editor: Mark V. Sykes
Co-Editors: Susan Benecchi, Melissa Lane
Email: pen_editor at psi.edu

o------------------------------NASA SPECIAL---------------------------o

MARS PROGRAM UPDATE: FROM 'FOLLOW THE WATER' TO 'SEEKING SIGNS OF LIFE'

From: James L. Green, Director Planetary Science Division, NASA
Headquarters.

The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) in Washington, DC and NASA's
Planetary Science Division welcomes you to a Mars Program Update 
starting at 10:30AM Eastern this Thursday, January 13, 2011 at NASM. 
The event will conclude by 12:30PM.
 
Several prominent planetary scientists and the head of the Mars 
Exploration Program will discuss our evidence for past and present 
water on Mars; current Mars Program status, including the 7th 
Anniversary of the Mars rovers and the upcoming Mars Science 
Laboratory mission; and give previews of the exciting potential 
discoveries to come.
 
It's free and open to the public, and if you're in the area stop by, 
but if you're not, it will also be carried live on NASA TV and on the 
web at:
 
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

http://www.livestream.com/mars
 
Hope to see you there.


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