Donald Savage
 Headquarters, Washington, DC              March 14, 2001
 (Phone: 202/358-1547)
 
 Mary Hardin
 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
 (Phone: 818/354-0344)
 
 NOTE TO EDITORS: N01-13
 
 NASA'S 2001 MARS ODYSSEY MISSION BRIEFING SET FOR MARCH 19
 
       The mission and scientific goals of NASA's next mission
 to Mars, the 2001 Mars Odyssey, will be the subject of a news
 briefing Monday, March 19, at 1 p.m. EST. Odyssey is scheduled
 for launch April 7 on a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral
 Air Force Station, FL.
 
 Participants will be:
 *  Dr. Edward Weiler, Associate Administrator, Office of Space
 Science, Washington, DC
 *  Scott Hubbard, Mars Program Director, NASA Headquarters,
 Washington, DC
 *  Dr. Jim Garvin, Mars Program Scientist, NASA Headquarters,
 Washington, DC
 *  George Pace, 2001 Mars Odyssey Project Manager, Jet
 Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, CA
 *  Dr. Steve Saunders, 2001 Mars Odyssey Project Scientist,
 JPL
 
 The press briefing will originate from the James E. Webb
 Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW, Washington, DC,
 and will be carried live on NASA Television with two-way
 question-and-answer capability for reporters covering the
 event from participating NASA centers.
 
 NASA TV is broadcast on GE-2, transponder 9C, C-Band, located
 at 85 degrees West longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz.
 Polarization is vertical and audio is monaural at 6.8 MHz.
 Audio of the broadcast will be available by calling 321/867-
 1220.
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