Reminder: Tonight is the Regional All Clubs Meeting​​

Where: Houston Museum of Natural Science - Arnold Space Hall, 1 Hermann Circle Drive, Houston 77002

When: Friday, October 23rd, 2015

Registration, T-Shirt Sales, Refreshments: Starting at 7:00 PM

Meeting: 7:30 to 10:00 PM

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Pat Reiff, Rice University

“Space Weather and the MMS Mission”
Abstract: The MMS (Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission) is a constellation of four identical robotic spacecraft that fly in a tetrahedral pattern. This mission builds upon the success of the ESA Cluster mission which is still in operation for the purpose of study and investigating changes in the Earth’s magnetosphere over the time period equal to one entire solar cycle. MMS surpasses the Cluster mission in both spatial and temporal resolution with the purpose of investigating magnetic reconnection and regions of electron diffusion phenomena. Launched in March 2015 the mission is broken up into three phases with the science phase lasting 2.5 years. This a combined project of both the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.