NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for its upcoming mission to study how our oceans and atmosphere interact in a changing climate.
Launch of the PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission is targeted for 1:33 a.m. EST, Tuesday, Feb. 6, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Once in orbit above Earth, PACE will shed light on the impact of tiny things - microscopic life in water and microscopic particles in the air.
Live launch coverage will begin at 12:45 a.m., Feb. 6, on NASA+, NASA Television, and the agency's website. Full coverage of this mission including prelaunch activities is as follows (all times Eastern):
Sunday, Feb. 4
9:15 a.m. - NASA Social Panel livestream at NASA Kennedy. Watch live on YouTube, Facebook and X social media channels with the following NASA participants answering #AskNASA questions:
- Karen St. Germain, director, Earth Science Division
- Marjorie Haskell, PACE program executive
- Laura Lorenzoni, PACE program scientist
- Ivona Cetinic, PACE ocean scientist
- Juli Lander, PACE deputy project manager
11 a.m. - PACE Science Briefing on NASA+ with the following agency participants:
- Kate Calvin, chief scientist and senior climate advisor
- Karen St. Germain, director, Earth Science Division
- Jeremy Werdell, PACE project scientist
- Andy Sayer, atmospheric scientist, Sciences and Exploration Directorate
- Erin Urquhart, program manager, Water Resources Application Area
