BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//astrosociety.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:cfdcf35e-2dd2-43ab-9ec0-8f10f8c86579 X-WR-CALDESC:Join the NASA Night Sky Network on Tuesday\, July 20 at 6:00pm Pacific Time (9:00pm Eastern) to hear Dr. Nicholeen Viall give an update on NASA’s PUNCH mission to study the Sun’s corona.\n\nThe Sun’s outer atmo sphere\, the corona\, is hundreds of times hotter than the visible surface of the Sun below it. This super-hot coronal plasma (electrons and ions) e xpands outwards in all directions\, accelerating up to millions of miles p er hour\, carrying part of the Sun’s magnetic field with it\, and becoming the solar wind. The solar wind fills the solar system\, constantly bombar ding the planets with plasma and magnetic field. Additionally\, the Sun ha s explosive releases of plasma and magnetic field called coronal mass ejec tions. These explosions can drive dynamics in Earth’s magnetic field\, as well as create shocks and accelerate particles that can damage spacecraft and astronauts. The Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH ) Mission is a NASA Small Explorer (SMEX) mission to better understand the se processes of how the energy of the Sun’s corona fills the solar system\ , and how coronal mass ejections evolve on their way to the Earth and othe r planets. We will describe the PUNCH mission and how it will answer these fascinating questions about our Sun and space environment. \n------------ ---------------------------------------------\n\nAbout Dr. Nicholeen Viall \n\nDr. Nicholeen Viall is a Research Astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Spa ce Flight Center\, and is the Mission Scientist for the PUNCH mission. She earned her B.S. in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Washingto n\, and earned her PhD in Astronomy from Boston University. She is the 201 8 winner of the Karen Harvey prize from the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society for a significant contribution to the study of the Sun early in a person’s professional career. She was awarded NASA’s Early Career Achievement Medal for “fundamental contributions to understa nding coronal heating and the slow solar wind and for valuable service to NASA\, the science community and the public.” She has been a highly visibl e member of NASA’s outreach and media team\, including the August 21\, 201 7 Eclipse\, and the Parker Solar Probe launch and first results\, with ove r 70 live shot television interviews.\n---------------------\n\nViewing Op tions\nThe event will stream live on YouTube\, but please note that questi ons asked over the NSN-members-only Zoom Q&A will be prioritized.\n\nThe r ecording will be uploaded both to the webinar’s resource page and to the N SN YouTube page for folks that are unable to attend this evening’s session . X-WR-RELCALID:71cff669e4e34ba0b593768ead7e3a7e X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RDATE:20211107T020000 RDATE:20221106T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RDATE:20220313T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:05f0dd04-c8cc-497c-a218-9dce86790e8c DTSTAMP:20260403T232418Z DESCRIPTION:Join the NASA Night Sky Network on Tuesday\, July 20 at 6:00pm Pacific Time (9:00pm Eastern) to hear Dr. Nicholeen Viall give an update o n NASA’s PUNCH mission to study the Sun’s corona.\n\nThe Sun’s outer atmos phere\, the corona\, is hundreds of times hotter than the visible surface of the Sun below it. This super-hot coronal plasma (electrons and ions) ex pands outwards in all directions\, accelerating up to millions of miles pe r hour\, carrying part of the Sun’s magnetic field with it\, and becoming the solar wind. The solar wind fills the solar system\, constantly bombard ing the planets with plasma and magnetic field. Additionally\, the Sun has explosive releases of plasma and magnetic field called coronal mass eject ions. These explosions can drive dynamics in Earth’s magnetic field\, as w ell as create shocks and accelerate particles that can damage spacecraft a nd astronauts. The Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) Mission is a NASA Small Explorer (SMEX) mission to better understand thes e processes of how the energy of the Sun’s corona fills the solar system\, and how coronal mass ejections evolve on their way to the Earth and other planets. We will describe the PUNCH mission and how it will answer these fascinating questions about our Sun and space environment. \n------------- --------------------------------------------\n\nAbout Dr. Nicholeen Viall \n\nDr. Nicholeen Viall is a Research Astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Spa ce Flight Center\, and is the Mission Scientist for the PUNCH mission. She earned her B.S. in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Washingto n\, and earned her PhD in Astronomy from Boston University. She is the 201 8 winner of the Karen Harvey prize from the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society for a significant contribution to the study of the Sun early in a person’s professional career. She was awarded NASA’s Early Career Achievement Medal for “fundamental contributions to understa nding coronal heating and the slow solar wind and for valuable service to NASA\, the science community and the public.” She has been a highly visibl e member of NASA’s outreach and media team\, including the August 21\, 201 7 Eclipse\, and the Parker Solar Probe launch and first results\, with ove r 70 live shot television interviews.\n---------------------\n\nViewing Op tions\nThe event will stream live on YouTube\, but please note that questi ons asked over the NSN-members-only Zoom Q&A will be prioritized.\n\nThe r ecording will be uploaded both to the webinar’s resource page and to the N SN YouTube page for folks that are unable to attend this evening’s session . DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210720T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210720T190000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Free Live NSN Webinar Series: The Polarimeter to Unify the Corona a nd Heliosphere (PUNCH) Mission END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR