Aug 20 2018
From The Space Library
M18-124 NASA Hosts Live Science Chat: One Year After Eclipse 2017
On the one-year anniversary of the historic 2017 Eclipse Across America, NASA will host a Science Chat at 10:30 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, Aug. 21, to discuss new science data and the public impact of the celestial event experienced by millions. Scientists also will take a look ahead at upcoming eclipses and missions that will reveal more of our solar system’s secrets. The event will air live on the agency's website and NASA’s Facebook Live, Twitch, Ustream, YouTube, Periscope and Twitter channels.
The briefing participants are:
- Jim Green, NASA Chief Scientist, Headquarters, Washington
- Yari Collado-Vega, space weather scientist, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
- Jon Miller, director and professor, International Center for the Advancement of Scientific Literacy at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Alex Young, solar scientist, Goddard
Media who would like to ask questions during the event must email their name, media affiliation and phone number to Felicia Chouat felicia.chou@nasa.govby 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21. Members of the public can ask questions with the hashtag #askNASA on Twitter or in the comment section of the NASA Sun Facebook page.
On Aug. 21, 2017, for the first time in 99 years, a total solar eclipse occurred across the entire continental United States. NASA and its partners provided a wealth of images and information captured before, during, and after the eclipse by spacecraft, NASA aircraft, ground-based observatories, citizen scientists, more than 50 high-altitude balloons, and astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
MEDIA ADVISORY M18-123 NASA to Host Media Briefing on Mission to Return Asteroid Sample to Earth
NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 24, to provide an update on upcoming activities related to the agency’s first mission to return a sample of an asteroid to Earth.
The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft, which launched on Sept. 8, 2016, started asteroid science operations last week, began imaging asteroid Bennu for the first time, and is now preparing to conduct the necessary approach maneuvers to rendezvous with Bennu on Dec. 3.
The mission represents a valuable opportunity to learn more about the origins of our solar system, the sources of water and organic molecules on Earth, and the hazards and resources in near-Earth space.
The briefing participants are:
- Lori Glaze, acting director of the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters
- Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx principal investigator at the University of Arizona, Tucson
- Michael Moreau, OSIRIS-REx flight dynamics system manager at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
- Sandy Freund, OSIRIS-REx mission support area manager at Lockheed Martin Space
Media who would like to ask questions by phone must send an email with their name and affiliation to Lonnie Shekhtman at lonnie.shekhtman@nasa.gov by noon Aug. 24. Questions also can be submitted during the teleconference via Twitter using the hashtag #askNASA.
