{"id":605440,"date":"2024-02-02T12:30:49","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T17:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=605440"},"modified":"2024-02-06T12:13:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T17:13:25","slug":"nasa-invites-public-to-share-in-excitement-of-pace-mission-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/get-involved\/virtual-guest-program\/nasa-invites-public-to-share-in-excitement-of-pace-mission-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Invites Public to Share in Excitement of PACE Mission Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/53502536798-a646681026-o.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/53502536798-a646681026-o.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA and SpaceX technicians safely encapsulate NASA\u2019s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft in SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 payload fairings on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/53502536798-a646681026-o.jpg 8209w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/53502536798-a646681026-o.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/53502536798-a646681026-o.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/53502536798-a646681026-o.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/53502536798-a646681026-o.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/53502536798-a646681026-o.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/53502536798-a646681026-o.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/53502536798-a646681026-o.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/53502536798-a646681026-o.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/53502536798-a646681026-o.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/53502536798-a646681026-o.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA and SpaceX technicians safely encapsulate NASA\u2019s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft in SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 payload fairings on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Photo Credit: NASA Goddard\/Denny Henry<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA is hosting virtual activities ahead of the launch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/pace\/\" rel=\"noopener\">PACE<\/a> (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission and invites you to share in the fun. The PACE mission will help us better understand how the ocean and atmosphere exchange carbon dioxide, measure key atmospheric variables associated with air quality and Earth’s climate, and monitor ocean health, in part by studying phytoplankton, tiny plants and algae that sustain the marine food web. PACE will extend and expand NASA’s long-term observations of our living planet. By doing so, it will take Earth’s pulse in new ways for decades to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s PACE is scheduled to launch no earlier than 1:33 a.m. EST, Wednesday, Feb. 7, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40\u00a0at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the public can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/nasas-pace-plankton-aerosol-cloud-ocean-ecosystem-mission-launch-tickets-708597051857?aff=webf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">register<\/a> to attend the launch virtually. As a virtual guest, you have access to curated resources, schedule changes, and mission-specific information delivered straight to your inbox. Following each activity, virtual guests will receive a commemorative stamp for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/virtual-guest-passport_2nd.pdf?emrc=663361bcb8a41\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">virtual guest passport<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Live launch coverage will begin at 12:45 a.m., Feb. 7, on <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.nasa.gov\/scheduled-video\/pace-launch-coverage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NASA+<\/a>, NASA Television, and the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasatv\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasatv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> agency\u2019s website<\/a>. For more information about the PACE mission, visit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pace.oceansciences.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/pace.oceansciences.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA is hosting virtual activities ahead of the launch of the PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission and invites you to share in the fun. 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