NASA To Present New Solar Findings

Donald Savage/Nancy Neal Dec. 1, 2003
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-1547)

NOTE TO EDITORS: n03-129

NASA PRESENTS NEW SOLAR FINDINGS

Scientists using NASA's IMAGE mission and the
joint ESA/NASA Cluster mission will present new
findings that resolve a long-standing controversy
into how the solar wind interacts with the Earth's
magnetosphere and how this interaction affects space
weather. The findings will be presented during a
Space Science Update (SSU) at 1:00 p.m. EST, Dec. 3,
2003. The SSU is in NASA's Webb Auditorium, 300 E
Street S.W., Washington. The briefing will be
carried live on NASA Television with two-way
question-and-answer capability from participating
NASA centers.

Panelists:
Dr. Harald Frey, associate research physicist,
University of California at Berkeley
Dr. Tai Phan, associate research physicist,
University of California at Berkeley
Dr. Nancy Crooker, research professor, Boston
University, Mass.
Dr. Janet Kozyra, research professor, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Dr. Richard Fisher, director, Sun-Earth Connection
division, NASA HQ, Washington

NASA Television is available on AMC-9, transponder
9C, C-Band, located at 85 degrees west longitude.
The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is
vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz. For
information about NASA TV on the Internet,
visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

For information about NASA on the Internet, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov

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