NASA’ s Heliophysics Division and Space Weather Program Update

Joe H Westlake

Presentation information

[E] Oral

P (Space and Planetary Sciences ) » P-EM Solar-Terrestrial Sciences, Space Electromagnetism & Space Environment

[P-EM11] Space Weather and Space Climate

Tue. May 28, 2024 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Exhibition Hall Special Setting (2) (Exhibition Hall 6, Makuhari Messe)

convener:Ryuho Kataoka(National Institute of Polar Research), Mary Aronne(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), Yumi Bamba(National Institute of Information and Communications Technology), Antti Pulkkinen(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), Chairperson:Antti Pulkkinen(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), Mary Aronne

9:15 AM - 9:30 AM

[PEM11-05] NASA’ s Heliophysics Division and Space Weather Program Update

★Invited Papers

*Joe H Westlake¹ (1.NASA)

Space weather is the result of complex interactions between the Sun, solar wind, Earth’s magnetic field, and Earth’s atmosphere. Our ability to understand and predict space weather is of growing importance to our space-faring race. Space weather effects have had significant implications across the Heliophysics mission fleet, the plethora of satellites as well as humans in space. Here we present the current Space Weather Program within NASA’s Heliophysics Division, where we define “Space Weather” to encompass the full space environment, including anthropogenic orbital debris, micrometeorites and dust. We report on our progress in building this program and activities including instrumentation that support NASA’s manned missions, our progress supporting Research to Operations (R2O) and Operations to Research (O2R), and orbital debris and space situational awareness. We also give a general update on NASA’s Heliophysics Division with a discussion of how our science supports and enables space weather research.