PRE-LAUNCH BFG FOR PARKER SOLAR PROBE, July 20, 2018, KSC, 1:00 pm ET (webcast)

NASA will hold a pre-launch briefing for the Parker Solar Probe on July 20, 2018 at Kennedy Space Center, FL at 1:00 pm ET.  Launch of the probe has been slightly delayed again, to August 6.

Speakers at the July 20 briefing are:

• Alex Young, solar scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
• Nicola Fox, Parker Solar Probe project scientist at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)
• Betsy Congdon, Parker Solar Probe Thermal Protection System lead engineer at APL

The briefing will be broadcast on NASA TV, NASA Live and Facebook Live.