The NASA solar-observing telescopes that produced these images allow us to examine our closest star in astonishing detail, as we’ve never seen it before. Postal service is releasing a new set of Forever Stamps today to celebrate the summer solstice, featuring images of the sun taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. Associated B-Roll and canned material will be posted here by Thursday, June 17 at 4:00 p.m. We will post canned interviews in English and Spanish. Not able to do an interview but still interested running a VO/VOSOT?….

Please do not use an IFB unless necessary. *Our preferred program is Zoom and stations will have to send us a Zoom link to use. *Interviews will be conducted using video chat programs including Zoom and Skype, in 15-minute slots. EDT on Thursday, June 17th may not be accommodated. *Please note: requests received after 12:00 p.m.

*To Schedule an interview: Please fill out this form: Right now we’re at the start of a brand new solar cycle, meaning the Sun will slowly become more and more active over the course of the next several years. Our Sun is active and is always giving us reasons to watch it. And now you can too - just never look directly at the Sun! Thanks to NASA’s solar missions like the Solar Dynamics Observatory we can see the Sun in exquisite detail like huge Earth-sized loops of solar material and massive flares. Our eyes can only see a narrow spectrum of light from the Sun, but space-based observatories can view the Sun in a wide swath of wavelengths allowing us to see features and activity our eyes cannot. EDT about what exactly is the summer solstice, what these new stamps are showing us about our closest star, and what it means that our Sun is ramping up activity. The stamps feature stunning images of the Sun captured by one of NASA’s premiere solar-observing telescopes.Ĭhat one-on-one with NASA experts on Friday, June 18 between 6:00 a.m. Get ready to see our Sun like never before! To celebrate the upcoming summer solstice, next week our Sun will take center stage nationwide on a new set of FOREVER STAMPS being released by the United States Postal Service.

Space station live view of earth