Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website.

Suggested Searches

PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)

Categories

Science Briefing on Tap Ahead of NASA’s PACE Mission Launch

A SpaceX Falcon 9 payload fairing with artwork of NASA's PACE mission.
NASA and SpaceX technicians safely encapsulate NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft in SpaceX’s Falcon 9 payload fairings on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2024, at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: NASA Goddard/Denny Henry

Officials from NASA will discuss the agency’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission during a science briefing at 11 a.m. EST today, Feb. 4. The briefing will air live on NASA+.

NASA participants include:

      • Kate Calvin, chief scientist and senior climate advisor
      • Karen St. Germain, director, Earth Science Division
      • Jeremy Werdell, PACE project scientist
      • Andy Sayer, PACE atmospheric scientist
      • Natasha Sadoff, Satellite Needs Program Manager

Liftoff of the PACE mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled for no earlier than 1:33 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Feb. 6, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

To learn more about the PACE mission, visit:

https://pace.oceansciences.org/mission.htm

Join the conversation and get updates from these accounts:

X: @NASA, @NASA_LSP, @NASAKennedy, @NASAGoddard
Facebook: NASA, NASA’s Launch Services Program, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Instagram: @NASA, @NASAKennedy, @NASAGoddard