{"id":11469,"date":"2015-09-27T14:36:47","date_gmt":"2015-09-27T18:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11469"},"modified":"2015-09-27T14:36:47","modified_gmt":"2015-09-27T18:36:47","slug":"nasa-news-briefing-to-announce-mars-mystery-solved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11469","title":{"rendered":"NASA news briefing to &#8220;Announce Mars Mystery Solved&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASA is holding a press briefing on Monday to announce that a &#8220;Mars Mystery&#8221; has been &#8220;solved&#8221;. (See NASA statement below.) Here are some articles speculating as to what the announcement is about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inverse.com\/article\/6450-what-s-behind-nasa-s-upcoming-mystery-announcement-about-mars\" target=\"_d\">What\u2019s Behind NASA\u2019s Upcoming Mystery Announcement About Mars? &#8211; Inverse<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/technology\/science\/speculation-rampant-over-major-mars-announcement\" target=\"_d\">Speculation rampant over major Mars announcement &#8211;\u00a0Ottawa Citizen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/news\/world\/nasa-mars-announcement\" target=\"_d\">NASA expected to announce evidence for liquid water on Mars at press conference about \u2018major science finding\u2019 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0National Post<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is NASA&#8217;s posting:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-to-announce-mars-mystery-solved\" target=\"_d\">NASA to Announce Mars Mystery Solved <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NASA will detail a major science finding from the agency\u2019s ongoing exploration of Mars during a news briefing at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 28 at the James Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The event will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<p>News conference participants will be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jim Green, director of planetary science at NASA Headquarters<\/li>\n<li>Lujendra Ojha of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta<\/li>\n<li>Mary Beth Wilhelm of NASA\u2019s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California and the Georgia Institute of Technology<\/li>\n<li>Alfred McEwen, principal investigator for the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) at the University of Arizona in Tucson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A brief question-and-answer session will take place during the event with reporters on site and by phone. Members of the public also can ask questions during the briefing using #AskNASA.<\/p>\n<p>To participate in the briefing by phone, reporters must email their name, media affiliation and telephone number to Steve Cole at <a href=\"mailto:stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov\">stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov<\/a>\u00a0by 9 a.m. EDT on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and to view the news briefing, visit:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasatv\">http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasatv<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information about NASA&#8217;s journey to Mars:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/topics\/journeytomars\"><strong>https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/topics\/journeytomars<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA is holding a press briefing on Monday to announce that a &#8220;Mars Mystery&#8221; has been &#8220;solved&#8221;. (See NASA statement below.) Here are some articles speculating as to what the announcement is about: What\u2019s Behind NASA\u2019s Upcoming Mystery Announcement About Mars? &#8211; Inverse Speculation rampant over major Mars announcement &#8211;\u00a0Ottawa Citizen NASA expected to announce &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11469\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NASA news briefing to &#8220;Announce Mars Mystery Solved&#8221;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mars","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2YZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19560,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19560","url_meta":{"origin":11469,"position":0},"title":"NASA opens contest to name next Mars rover","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 29, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"NASA has opened Name the Rover Contest for the Mars 2020 mission, which is set to launch in July of next year.\u00a0 Here is the announcement from NASA: NASA Invites Students to Name Next Mars Rover Red rover, red rover, send a name for Mars 2020 right over! 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