This image of the moon crossing in front of the sun was captured
on Jan. 30, 2014, by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory observing an eclipse
from its vantage point in space.
Credits: NASA
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For the first time in 99 years, a total solar eclipse will cross
the entire nation Aug. 21. Representatives from NASA, other federal agencies,
and science organizations, will provide important viewing safety, travel and
science information during two briefings at the Newseum in Washington starting
at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, June 21.
The event will air live on NASA Television and stream on the
agency’s website.
Over the course of 100 minutes, 14 states across the United States
will experience more than two minutes of darkness in the middle of the day.
Additionally, a partial eclipse will be viewable across all of North America.
The eclipse will provide a unique opportunity to study the sun, Earth, moon and
their interaction because of the eclipse’s long path over land coast to coast.
Scientists will be able to take ground-based and airborne observations over a
period of an hour and a half to complement the wealth of data and images
provided by space assets.
The June 21 briefings are:
Logistics Briefing: 1 to 2 p.m.
·
Thomas Zurbuchen,
associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate at the agency’s
headquarters in Washington
·
Vanessa Griffin,
director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office
of Satellite and Product Operations in Suitland, Maryland
·
Brian Carlstrom, deputy
associate director of Natural Resource Stewardship and Science at the National
Park Service in Washington
·
Martin Knopp, associate
administrator of the Office of Operations in the Federal Highway Administration
at the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington
Science Briefing: 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
·
Thomas Zurbuchen
·
Angela Des Jardins,
principal investigator of the Eclipse Ballooning Project at Montana State
University, Bozeman
·
Angela Speck, professor
of astrophysics and director of astronomy at the University of Missouri,
Columbia
·
Dave Boboltz, program
director of solar physics in the Division of Astronomical Sciences at the
National Science Foundation in Arlington, Virginia
·
Linda Shore, executive
director of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific in San Francisco
·
Matt Penn, astronomer at
the National Solar Observatory in Tucson, Arizona
The panels will take questions from media participating in person
and by phone. Reporters participating via telephone must send an email
providing their name, affiliation and telephone number to Steve Cole at stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov by noon June
21. The public also can ask questions via social media during the briefings
using #eclipse2017.
For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information,
visit:
For more information on the eclipse, and how to safely view it,
visit:
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