Dec. 4, 2006

Dwayne Brown/Erica Hupp
Headquarters, Washington
1-202-358-1726 / 1-202-358-1237
dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov / erica.hupp-1@nasa.gov

Guy Webster
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
1-818-354-6278
guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-186

NASA SCHEDULES BRIEFING TO ANNOUNCE SIGNIFICANT FIND ON MARS

WASHINGTON - NASA hosts a news briefing at 1 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Dec.
6, to present new science results from the Mars Global Surveyor. The
briefing will take place in the NASA Headquarters auditorium located
at 300 E Street, S.W. in Washington and carried live on NASA
Television and www.nasa.gov.

The agency last week announced the spacecraft's mission may be at its
end. Mars Global Surveyor has served the longest and been the most
productive of any spacecraft ever sent to the red planet. Data
gathered from the mission will continue to be analyzed by scientists.

Panelists include:

- Michael Meyer -- Lead Scientist, Mars Exploration Program, NASA
Headquarters, Washington

- Michael Malin -- President and Chief Scientist, Malin Space Science
Systems, San Diego, Calif.

- Kenneth Edgett -- Scientist, Malin Space Science Systems

- Philip Christensen -- Professor, Arizona State University, Tempe,
Ariz.

Reporters at participating agency field centers will be able to ask
questions. For more information about NASA TV streaming video,
downlink and schedule information, visit the web at:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov