Night Sky Network members are invited to join Dr. Kelly Korreck on Monday, August 22, 2022 at 6:00 PM Pacific / 9:00 PM Eastern, when she will give us an update on the Parker Solar Probe.

What’s up with the Sun? Recent results from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe

What is faster than a speeding bullet?  What can fly through turbulence without fastening its seat belt?  What can tell us about the origins of our solar system at the same time performing its main mission to understand our closest star?  NASA’s Parker Solar Probe! The Parker Solar Probe (PSP) spacecraft was designed to solve 3 mysteries of the sun as well as the very practical goal of furthering our understanding of space weather.  The talk will cover Parker’s measurements of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs- billions of tons of material hurling through space at millions of miles an hour - part of space weather), as well as recent Venus encounters and a few other surprises that Parker has discovered!

About Our Speaker

Dr. Kelly Korreck is a scientist in the Heliophysics Division at NASA Headquarters, where she works with a host of NASA missions and works on science activation and education. Over 20 years working with NASA missions at various institutions, her research has ranged from the Sun’s coronal mass ejections to the remnant shock waves from supernovae. Kelly has also been involved in building spaceflight hardware, worked on a sounding rocket, and, most recently, co-led an instrument suite onboard NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission.


Public Livestream & Recording (YouTube)
The talk will be streamed live at the YouTube link below. Please note that questions submitted via the Zoom QA feature will have priority over YouTube chat.
The recording will be available afterwards on this page and also at the same link. 
Link: https://youtu.be/WsIbP7PE3E8

After the event, this recording will join past webinars featuring NASA Speakers on the NSN YouTube page.


Webinar Registration Link  for NSN Members (Zoom):
Night Sky Network members can join live, ask questions, and get up-to-date information about the resource via the Zoom platform. Members may register in advance for this webinar on its Outreach Resource page (member login required).
Link: https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/download-view.cfm?Doc_ID=710


Additional Information and Resources
Parker Solar Probe -Official Homepage;
Link: https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/parker-solar-probe


NSN Webinar Series Page: Current & Upcoming Event Schedule:
https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/news-display.cfm?News_ID=707

Night Sky Network 
https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/

Astronomical Society of the Pacific
https://astrosociety.org/

Last Updated: July 8, 2022