George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
321-867-2468
george.h.diller@nasa.gov

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

Don Savage
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
301-286-8982
donald.savage@nasa.gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-008

NASA TO HOLD BRIEFING ON ADVANCED MISSION TO STUDY OUR SUN

WASHINGTON - NASA is scheduled to host a briefing at 1 p.m. EST, on
Thursday, Jan. 21, to discuss the upcoming launch and science of an
unprecedented mission to study the sun and its dynamic behavior. The
briefing on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, mission will
take place in the NASA Headquarters auditorium, located at 300 E St.
S.W. in Washington and at the press site at NASA's Kennedy Space
Center in Florida.

The briefing participants are:
- Richard Fisher, Heliophysics division director, NASA Headquarters in
Washington
- Madhulika Guhathakurta, SDO program scientist, NASA Headquarters
- Dean Pesnell, SDO project scientist, NASA's Goddard Space Flight
Center in Greenbelt, Md.
- Elizabeth Citrin, SDO project manager, Goddard

The briefing will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the
agency's Web site. To watch the briefing on the Web, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

Reporters unable to attend the briefing may ask questions by
telephone. To reserve a telephone line, journalists should e-mail
their name, media affiliation and telephone number to J.D. Harrington
at:

j.d.harrington@nasa.gov

NOTE: Due to launch processing schedules, this briefing may move to 2
p.m. EST, Friday, Jan. 22. Media representatives should contact
Harrington at 202-358-5241 Thursday morning for an update.

For more information about the SDO mission, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/sdo