NASA to Announce New Science Results About Moon

NASA News Releases <hqnews@xxxxxxxx> · Wed, 21 Oct 2020 18:03:08 +0000 (UTC)

October 21, 2020 
MEDIA ADVISORY M20-114
NASA to Announce New Science Results About Moon

NASA will announce an exciting new discovery about the Moon from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) at a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EDT Monday, Oct. 26. Audio of the teleconference will stream live on the agency’s website.

This new discovery contributes to NASA’s efforts to learn about the Moon in support of deep space exploration. Under NASA’s Artemis program, the agency will send the first woman and next man to the lunar surface in 2024 to prepare for our next giant leap – human exploration of Mars as early as the 2030s. Understanding the science of the Moon also helps piece together the broader history of the inner solar system.

Briefing participants are:

Paul Hertz, Astrophysics division director at NASA Headquarters, Washington
	Jacob Bleacher, chief exploration scientist for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters
	Casey Honniball, postdoctoral fellow at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
	Naseem Rangwala, project scientist for the SOFIA mission, NASA’s Ames Research Center, Silicon Valley, California

To participate in the teleconference, members of the news media should contact Felicia Chou at felicia.chou@xxxxxxxx by 9 a.m. Monday, Oct. 26, to receive the dial-in information.

As the world’s largest airborne observatory, SOFIA is a modified 747 that flies high in the atmosphere to provide its nearly 9-foot telescope with a clear view of the universe and objects in our solar system. Flying above 99% of the atmosphere’s obscuring water vapor, SOFIA observes in infrared wavelengths and can pick up phenomenon impossible to see with visible light.

For more information about NASA’s Artemis program, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/

For more information about the SOFIA mission, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/SOFIA/index.html

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Press Contacts

Headquarters, Washington

202-358-0257
felicia.chou@xxxxxxxx

Alison Hawkes

Ames Research Center, Silicon Valley, Calif.

650-604-4789

alison.hawkes@xxxxxxxx

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	October 21, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-114 NASA to Announce New Science Results About Moon NASA will announce an exciting new discovery about the Moon from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) at a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EDT Monday, Oct. 26. Audio of the teleconference will stream live on the agency’s website. This new discovery contributes to NASA’s efforts to learn about the Moon in support of deep space exploration. Under NASA’s Artemis program, the agency will send the first woman and next man to the lunar surface in 2024 to prepare for our next giant leap – human exploration of Mars as early as the 2030s. Understanding the science of the Moon also helps piece together the broader history of the inner solar system. Briefing participants are: Paul Hertz, Astrophysics division director at NASA Headquarters, Washington Jacob Bleacher, chief exploration scientist for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters Casey Honniball, postdoctoral fellow at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Naseem Rangwala, project scientist for the SOFIA mission, NASA’s Ames Research Center, Silicon Valley, California To participate in the teleconference, members of the news media should contact Felicia Chou at felicia.chou@xxxxxxxx by 9 a.m. Monday, Oct. 26, to receive the dial-in information. As the world’s largest airborne observatory, SOFIA is a modified 747 that flies high in the atmosphere to provide its nearly 9-foot telescope with a clear view of the universe and objects in our solar system. Flying above 99% of the atmosphere’s obscuring water vapor, SOFIA observes in infrared wavelengths and can pick up phenomenon impossible to see with visible light. For more information about NASA’s Artemis program, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/ For more information about the SOFIA mission, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/SOFIA/index.html -end-
	Press Contacts Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0257 felicia.chou@xxxxxxxx Alison Hawkes Ames Research Center, Silicon Valley, Calif. 650-604-4789 alison.hawkes@xxxxxxxx
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