Andrew Yee[_1_]
February 24th 07, 12:20 PM
Nancy Neal-Jones / Rani Gran
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. Feb. 23, 2007
301-286-0039 / 2483
Release: 07-04
NEW SOLAR IMAGES HERALDS BETTER SOLAR STORM TRACKING
NASA will host a media teleconference about the Solar TErrestrial RElations
Observatory (STEREO) mission on Thursday, March 1 at 11:00 am to discuss
remarkable imagery from NASAs recently launched STEREO spacecraft. For the
first time, scientists are now able to track solar storms from the sun to
Earth using the latest images from NASA's twin STEREO spacecraft.
The new view from the STEREO spacecraft greatly improves scientists ability
to forecast the arrival time of severe space weather. Previous imagery did
not show the front of a solar disturbance as it traveled toward Earth, so
scientists had to make estimates of when the storm would arrive.
During the media telecon, new panoramic images from Sun to Earth will be
unveiled including a coronal mass ejection (CME) moving though wide-angle
view. In addition updates on the spacecraft will be given.
Briefing participants:
* Madhulika Guhathakurta, STEREO program scientist, NASA headquarters,
Washington
* Michael Kaiser, STEREO project scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, Md.
* Russ Howard, SECCHI Principal Investigator, Naval Research Laboratory,
Washington
* Ron Dennison, STEREO project manager, Johns Hopkins University Applied
Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md.
The nearly identical twin observatories will provide 3-D views of the sun
and solar wind, perspectives critical to improving understanding of space
weather, its impact on astronauts and Earth systems. The satellites launched
aboard a Delta II rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on October 25, for
a two-year mission.
Reporters should call: 888-791-1856 and use the pass code "STEREO" to
participate in the teleconference. International media callers should call:
210-234-0006. Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at:
http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio
Related images will be available at:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stereo/news/panorama_media.html
For interviews with Kaiser, contact Rani Gran at 301-286-2483. Video of the
panorama will be available on March 1 on NASA TV at noon EDT. For NASA TV
streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. Feb. 23, 2007
301-286-0039 / 2483
Release: 07-04
NEW SOLAR IMAGES HERALDS BETTER SOLAR STORM TRACKING
NASA will host a media teleconference about the Solar TErrestrial RElations
Observatory (STEREO) mission on Thursday, March 1 at 11:00 am to discuss
remarkable imagery from NASAs recently launched STEREO spacecraft. For the
first time, scientists are now able to track solar storms from the sun to
Earth using the latest images from NASA's twin STEREO spacecraft.
The new view from the STEREO spacecraft greatly improves scientists ability
to forecast the arrival time of severe space weather. Previous imagery did
not show the front of a solar disturbance as it traveled toward Earth, so
scientists had to make estimates of when the storm would arrive.
During the media telecon, new panoramic images from Sun to Earth will be
unveiled including a coronal mass ejection (CME) moving though wide-angle
view. In addition updates on the spacecraft will be given.
Briefing participants:
* Madhulika Guhathakurta, STEREO program scientist, NASA headquarters,
Washington
* Michael Kaiser, STEREO project scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, Md.
* Russ Howard, SECCHI Principal Investigator, Naval Research Laboratory,
Washington
* Ron Dennison, STEREO project manager, Johns Hopkins University Applied
Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md.
The nearly identical twin observatories will provide 3-D views of the sun
and solar wind, perspectives critical to improving understanding of space
weather, its impact on astronauts and Earth systems. The satellites launched
aboard a Delta II rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on October 25, for
a two-year mission.
Reporters should call: 888-791-1856 and use the pass code "STEREO" to
participate in the teleconference. International media callers should call:
210-234-0006. Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at:
http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio
Related images will be available at:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stereo/news/panorama_media.html
For interviews with Kaiser, contact Rani Gran at 301-286-2483. Video of the
panorama will be available on March 1 on NASA TV at noon EDT. For NASA TV
streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv