At 1 p.m. EST on December 6th, Wednesday, NASA will be bringing some big news to us folks here in the blue planet about their new findings on the red planet, Mars.

This important finding will be brought to us from the ever-reliable Mars Global Surveyor. Now, the agency just announced last week that the spacecraft's mission just might be at its end. Could this announcement signal the final hurrah for this seasoned spacecraft? We don't know. We'd have to tune in to find out.

The panelists will include the following bigwigs:

• 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.