NASA, NOAA MEDIA TELECON ON SOLAR CYCLE 25 PREDICTIONS, Sept 15, 2020, virtual, 1:00 pm ET

NASA and NOAA will hold a media telecon on September 15, 2020 at 1:00 pm ET to discuss predictions for the upcoming solar cycle 25.

It will air on NASA Live.  The media event will be followed at 3 p.m. by a special episode of NASA Science Live about the announcement and the science of the solar cycle. The program will air on NASA Television, the agency’s website, Facebook Live, YouTube, and Periscope.

Participants are:

• Doug Biesecker, solar physicist at NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center and co-chair, Solar Cycle 25 Prediction Panel
• Jake Bleacher, chief exploration scientist in NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate
• Lika Guhathakurta, program scientist in NASA’s Heliophysics Division
• Elsayed Talaat, director of the Office of Projects, Planning, and Analysis for NOAA Satellites
• Lisa Upton, solar scientist with the Space Systems Research Corporation and co-chair of the Solar Cycle 25 Prediction Panel