So Long Camilla

Little SDO is looking a little sad today. His long time partner in EPO, Camilla Corona SDO has retired as the SDO mascot. Camilla had an great career as a mascot, traveling to the stratosphere and many other places to bring the excitement of science to audiences of all ages. She made young children understand that science starts when you ask questions.
Good luck in your new life as Camilla Corona the Space Chicken!

Solar Dynamics Observatory Mission Science and Education Featured at American Astronomical Society Meeting

By Laura Layton

Hot on the heels of the official commissioning of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), on May 17 at Goddard, the spacecraft has begun its science mission and is sending terabytes of data and stunning images to Earth each day.

SDO's images are revealing surprising new insights about how changes on the Sun affect us here on Earth, so it should come as no surprise that public and media interest in the SDO mission has been running at a fever pitch. Most recently, the SDO mission was featured at the 216th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) and the 2010 Solar Physics Division (SPD) Meeting, held jointly from May 23-27 in Miami, Fla. A number of SDO-related events took place that highlighted the mission’s first science results. Several education and outreach events also took place in conjunction with the meeting.


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