Jan 22, 2013

Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1726 dwayne c brown@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M13-018

NASA HOSTS JAN 23 MEDIA TELECONFERENCE ON SUN OBSERVATIONS

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p m EST Wednesday, Jan 23, to discuss new observations of a large active region in the sun's 1- million-degree atmosphere called the corona

Researchers have been studying detailed images from the High Resolution Coronal (Hi-C) Imager telescope with its 9 5-inch diameter mirror The instrument was launched aboard a sounding rocket in July 2012 from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico

The media teleconference participants are: -- Jeff Newmark, sounding rocket program scientist, Heliophysics Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington -- Jonathan Cirtain, Hi-C mission principal investigator, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala -- Karel Schrijver, senior fellow, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center, Palo Alto, Calif -- Amy Winebarger, senior astrophysicist, Marshall Space Flight Center

Reporters can obtain dial-in information by sending an email to Dwayne Brown at dwayne c brown@nasa gov Requests must include reporter's name, affiliation, and telephone number

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at:

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

Related images for the teleconference will be available at:

http://www nasa gov/sunearth

For more information about NASA's sounding rocket program, visit:

http://www nasa gov/soundingrockets

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