NASA MEDIA TELECON ON PREFIRE MISSION, May 15, 2024, virtual, 3:00 pm ET

NASA will hold a media telecon on May 15, 2024 at 3:00 pm ET to discuss the upcoming launch of two PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) cubesats to study heat loss from Earth’s polar regions. The first is scheduled for launch by Rocket Lab on May 22. The launch date for the second is TBD.

Audio will livestream on NASA Live.

Participants are:

• Karen St. Germain, director, Earth Science Division, NASA Headquarters in Washington
• Mary White, project manager, PREFIRE, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Southern California
• Tristan L’Ecuyer, principal investigator, PREFIRE, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Peter Beck, CEO and founder, Rocket Lab