LANDSAT 9 SCIENCE BRIEFING, Sept 24, 2021, virtual, 1:00 pm ET

NASA will hold a science briefing on September 24, 2021 at 1:00 pm ET in advance of the launch of Landsat 9, which is currently scheduled for September 27 at 2:11 pm ET.  The launch, this briefing, and a pre-launch news conference on Saturday, September 25, at 4:00 pm ET, will air on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website,

Participants in the science briefing are:

• Jeff Masek, Landsat 9 project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
• Chris Crawford, Landsat 9 project scientist at USGS
• Inbal Becker-Reshef, director of NASA’s Harvest food security and agriculture program
• Del Jenstrom, Landsat 9 project manager at Goddard
• Brian Sauer, Landsat 9 project manager at USGS
• Sabrina Chapman, manager, system engineering, Northrop Grumman Space Systems
• Sarah Lipscy, OLI-2 senior engineer, Ball Aerospace & Technologies