NASA Presents New Solar Findings (Update)

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

NOTE TO EDITORS:  n03-132

NASA PRESENTS NEW SOLAR FINDINGS (UPDATE)

     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 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. Media may listen to the briefing by calling: 
321/867-1220/12401260.

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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