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Public Outreach

  Education and Public Outreach (EPO)

 

Goddard EPO Site
Berkeley EPO Site
 

 

 

Scientific Objectives of the HESSI Mission

Mission Concept

Brochure - HESSI: Studying the Fundamental Aspects of Solar Flares

The Challenge - Making High Energy X-ray Pictures of the Sun

Flare Overview - What is a solar flare?

Solar Flare Theory Educational Web Site - Learn more about solar flares
and solar flare research

Instrumentation Overview

Interactive, Animated 3D Model of the Spacecraft & Imager

Demonstration of the HESSI Imaging technique

Build a Paper Model of HESSI (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

The "Sounds" of HESSI Imaging - listen to the sounds HESSI would make if you had X-ray ears.

HESSI Images - Pictures of the HESSI spacecraft

HESSI Related Information

Elementary School Students Build HESSI Imaging Demo
LESSON PLANS for Sun-Centered Physics
Maryland Education Partners at Montgomery College
Science Education Gateway
Solar Physics Glossary
Space Weather Center Exhibit
Stanford Solar Center
SUNBEAMS
Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum
Yohkoh Public Outreach Project

 

 

Link to NASA Home Page

Responsible NASA Official:  Gordon D. Holman

Web Design:  Merrick Berg, Brian Dennis, Gordon Holman, & Gilbert Prevost

Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Solar Physics Branch/ Code 682
Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA
holman@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov

Link to NASA/Goddard Home Page

This site last updated June 12, 2001.