NASA and ESA scientists will present Solar Orbiter, the ESA/NASA collaboration soon to start its journey to the Sun, during a media teleconference on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020 at 2 p.m. EST.
Mission experts will discuss Solar Obiter’s uniquely tilted orbit, how the mission will capture the first images of the Sun’s North and South poles, and its ability to tackle major solar mysteries with its comprehensive suite of ten different instruments.
• Nicola Fox, director of the Heliophysics Division in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington • Chris St. Cyr, former NASA project scientist for the mission at NASA Goddard • Yannis Zouganelis, ESA deputy project scientist for Solar Orbiter at the European Space Astronomy Centre in Madrid, Spain • Anne Pacros, ESA Mission and Payload Manager