The International Space Station, with a crew of six onboard, is seen in silhouette as it transits the Sun at roughly five miles per second during a partial solar eclipse, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.
Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls
On the one-year anniversary of the historic2017 Eclipse Across America,NASA will host a Science Chat at 10:30 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, Aug. 21, to discussnew science data and the public impact of the celestial event experienced by millions. Scientists also will take a look ahead at upcoming eclipses and missions that will reveal more of our solar systems secrets.The event will air live on the agency'swebsiteand NASAsFacebook Live,Twitch,Ustream,YouTube,PeriscopeandTwitterchannels.
The briefing participants are:
- Jim Green, NASA Chief Scientist, Headquarters, Washington
- Yari Collado-Vega, space weatherscientist, NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
- Jon Miller,director and professor,International Center for the Advancement of Scientific Literacy at theInstitute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Alex Young, solar scientist, Goddard
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