PACE Prelaunch News Conference

A prelaunch news briefing ahead of the launch of NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission, NASA’s newest earth-observing satellite that will help increase our understanding of Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, and climate by delivering hyperspectral observations of microscopic marine organisms called phytoplankton as well new data on clouds and aerosols. Information collected throughout PACE’s mission will benefit society in the areas of water resources, disaster impacts, ecological forecasting, human health, and air quality. Participants include Jim Free, associate administrator, NASA; Karen St. Germain, director, NASA’s Earth Science Division; Tim Dunn, senior launch director, NASA’s Launch Services Program; Julianna Scheiman, director, Civil Satellite Missions, SpaceX; and Brian Cizek, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force. For more information about PACE, visit: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/pace/