WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will host a media teleconference 3 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 25, to provide details of a summary report provided by the Mars Program Planning Group (MPPG).

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The MPPG was established to aid with planning for the agency's future Mars Program within available future budgets.

The teleconference participants are:

• John Grunsfeld, astronaut and associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington
• Orlando Figueroa, MPPG team lead

Media representatives can request dial-in information by sending their name, affiliation and phone number to stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov by 2:30 p.m. Sept. 25.

The summary report will be posted an hour before the teleconference on NASA's MPPG webpage, at: 

http://www.nasa.gov/offices/marsplanning/home/index.html

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

For information about NASA's Mars Program, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/mars

SOURCE NASA