NASA will be hosting a televised media briefing at 1 pm EDT on September 17 to outline activities around the upcoming orbital insertion of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft. The briefing will be held in NASA’s Headquarters’ auditorium in Washington DC, and broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency’s website.

The public will be able to ask questions on social media using the hashtag #askNASA.

Panelists include: Lisa May (lead program executive, Mars Exploration Program, NASA HQ), Bruce Jakosky (MAVEN principal investigator, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, U of Colorado, Boulder), David Mitchell (MAVEN project manager, NASA’s GSFC), and Guy Beutelschies (Lockheed Martin MAVEN program manager).