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OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIFORNlA. TELEPHONE (213) 354-5Oll
NOTE TO EDITORS MONDAY, JUNE
7, 1976
The NASA press room for the Viking Mars landing
mission will
open Monday, June 14, in the von Karman auditorium at the Jet
Propul-
sion Laboratory, 48OO Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena.
A mission briefing will be held at 9:OO am,
Tuesday, June 15.
AGENDA
Mission Overview------Jim S. Martin, Jr., Project
Manager
Planetary-Operations--Tom Young, Mission Director
Science---------------Dr. Gerald Soffen, Project
Scientist
(Contact the JPL Public Information Office for a
complete
schedule of daily briefings.)
Viking 1 will be inserted into Mars orbit on June
19. The
Viking 1 landing is scheduled for July 4th.
Viking 2 will orbit Mars on August 7 with the
landing scheduled
for September 4.
The Viking mission is conducted by the Langley
Research Center,
Hampton, VA. JPL is responsible for the Orbiter spacecraftand tracking
and communications. Martin Marietta, Denver, Colorado, is
responsible
to Langley for the Lander.
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OFFICE TELEPHONES
JPL Public Information Office 354-5Oll
Viking Press Room 354-6OOO
HOME TELEPHONEF
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Frank Colella 79O-165Z
Maurice Parker 796-6518
Frank Bristow 848-8464
Bob Mac Millin 243-5O72
Alan Wood 355-1814
Bill Becker 454-O217
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