NASA EDGE talks to Troy Cline, Technology Integration Specialist, about the purpose and goals of the annual Sun-Earth Day Conference. Also, solar physicist, Holly Gilbert, provides a description of our current understanding of solar activity and solar storms.
Chris and Blair sit down with Curriculum Development Specialist, Elaine Lewis, as she describes educational activities and lesson plans available to students and educators on the Sun-Earth Day website. Deputy Project Scientist, Nicola Fox, describes the future of NASAs solar and space weather research.
Steele Hill, SOHO/STEREO Media Specialist, describes the objectives of these future missions and what kind of solar data they are expected to return. Steele Hill and Deputy Project Manager, Nicola Fox, answer questions from NASA EDGE viewers about space weather and the future of research in this area.
5 solar discoveries featured in the Sun-Earth Day 2009 web cast. These include the discoveries of sunspots, the solar cycle, the heliosphere, aurora formation, and space weather.
5 solar discoveries featured in the Sun-Earth Day 2009 web cast. These include the discoveries of sunspots, the solar cycle, the heliosphere, aurora formation, and space weather.
5 solar discoveries featured in the Sun-Earth Day 2009 web cast. These include the discoveries of sunspots, the solar cycle, the heliosphere, aurora formation, and space weather.
5 solar discoveries featured in the Sun-Earth Day 2009 web cast. These include the discoveries of sunspots, the solar cycle, the heliosphere, aurora formation, and space weather.
5 solar discoveries featured in the Sun-Earth Day 2009 web cast. These include the discoveries of sunspots, the solar cycle, the heliosphere, aurora formation, and space weather.
Gemini 12 witnessed a total solar eclipse in 1966 and the International Space Station, in 2006. The Hubble Space Telescope will be aimed at the moon to detect dips in brightness during the 2012 transit of Venus. The Solar Dynamic Observatory will capture the Sun during the 2012 transit in unprecedented detail.