Aug 16, 2011

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-170

NASA HOSTS NEWS BRIEFING ABOUT TRACKING SPACE WEATHER EVENTS

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news briefing at 2 p m EDT, Thursday, Aug 18, to discuss new details about the structure of solar storms and the impact they have on Earth The new information comes from NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or STEREO, spacecraft and other NASA probes

The briefing will take place in NASA Headquarters' James E Webb Auditorium, located at 300 E St SW in Washington, and will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website

The briefing panelists are: -- Madhulika Guhathakurta, STEREO program scientist, NASA Headquarters

-- Craig DeForest, staff scientist, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colo -- David Webb, research physicist, Institute for Scientific Research, Boston College -- Alysha Reinard, research scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Colorado, Boulder

Reporters unable to attend may ask questions from participating NASA centers or by telephone To participate by phone, reporters must contact Steve Cole at 202-358-0918 or stephen e cole@nasa gov by 11 a m on Thursday

STEREO is part of NASA's Solar Terrestrial Probes Program in the agency's Science Mission Directorate in Washington The program seeks to understand the fundamental physical processes of the space environment from the sun to Earth and other planets

For more information about NASA's STEREO mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/stereo

For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

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