TESS Spacecraft Animations

Quick link for B-ROLL for Mercury transit interviews.Quick link for AUDIO interview with Dr. Padi Boyd.Quick link for canned interview with Dr. Padi Boyd.Quick link for canned interview with Dr. Alex Young looking off camera. Just in! Mercury begins it s smallest planet will appear as a small black dot gliding across the face of the Sun. During this rare astronomical event, called a transit, Mercury’s orbit passes directly between Earth and the Sun, similar to a solar eclipse. These events only occur about 13 times per century! In fact, the next transit won’t take place until 2032. Chat with a NASA scientist between 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. EST on Monday, Nov. 11 to learn more about the safest ways to view Mercury’s journey across the Sun, and how events like this help scientists search for planets orbiting around distant stars. It’s never safe to look directly at the Sun, whether with the naked eye or with a telescope, but NASA will offer stunning, high-definition views of the Mercury transit in near real time, courtesy of the Solar Dynamics Observatory. Mercury will begin crossing onto the Sun at around 7:36 a.m. EST before exiting the solar disk at around 1:04 p.m. EST. suggested questions1. An amazing phenomenon is happening today that won’t happen for another 13 years — Mercury is passing in front of the Sun! What exactly is going on? 2. NASA uses events like this one to find planets around other stars. How does that work?3. We’ve always been told not to look directly at the sun. So how can our viewers see today’s event? 4. What do transits and eclipses teach us about our own solar system? 5. Will humans ever get to see the Earth transit across the sun? 6. Where can we learn more about stars and planets? satellite coordinatesInterview Location: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD HD Satellite Coordinates for G17-K17/Upper:Galaxy 17 Ku-band Xp 17 Slot Upper | 91.0 ° W Longitude | DL 12049.0 MHz | Horizontal Polarity | QPSK/DVB-S | FEC 3/4 | SR 13.235 Mbps | DR 18.2954 MHz | HD 720p | Format MPEG2 | Chroma Level 4:2:0 | Audio Embedded ** Contact michelle.z.handleman@nasa.gov or 301-286-0918 if you have any questions. || Early imagery of the 2019 Mercury Transit from the SDO spacecraft. The transit first appears in 193 Angstrom extreme ultraviolet light, followed by visible light, and finally 171 Angstrom light. || Canned interview in Spanish with NASA scientist Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla. TRT 3:40 || B-roll for Mercury Transit Live Shots || Click download button for audio file.Scientist Dr. Padi Boyd talks about the Mercury Transit event. || Canned interview with NASA Scientist Padi Boyd. TRT 3:16 || Canned interview with Dr. Alex Young looking off camera. TRT 3:26

B-roll package that corresponds to the following:SUGGESTED QUESTIONSWhat is a black hole and what did NASA and its partners discover?How does a black hole destroy a star?How did NASA and other observatories work together to capture this moment?What new things did we learn from this catastrophic event?How far away is this black hole? Could our Sun be eaten by a black hole?Black holes are black right? How do scientists study something that can’t be seen?Where can we learn more?QUESTIONS FOR LONGER INTERVIEWS:How does a planet-hunting mission help us learn about black holes?How did the scientists involved first learn about the event?What is #BlackHoleWeek?QUICK LINKS TO VIDEO AND AUDIOClick for downloadable AUDIO SOUNDBITE with NASA Scientist Knicole Colon.Click for downloadable soundbites with NASA Scientist Knicole ColonClick for downloadable soundbites with NASA Scientist Brad CenkoClick for downloadable soundbites with Carnegie astronomer Tom Holoien. || Observatories Collaborate to Catch Star-Gobbling Black HoleNASA’s TESS Sees Its First Star-destroying Black HoleRare Black Hole Event Sheds Light on a Cosmic Mystery For the first time, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) watched a black hole shred apart and devour a distant star from the moment the violent event began. This phenomenon only happens about once every 10,000 to 100,000 years in a galaxy the size of our own Milky Way! So what is a black hole and how hard is it to watch one destroy a star? Chat with scientists on Friday, Sept. 27, from 6:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. EDT to find out how they work together to spot these rare cosmic events and what we’re learning about them. Skype interviews are also available. HERE’s a link to the FEATURE STORY. And HERE for a version of it in Spanish. Scientists know black holes are integral to the life cycle of galaxies, but they’re incredibly difficult to study. Thanks to identification and coordination by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae [ASAS-SN, pronounced like “assassin”] and observations by TESS and other missions, including NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, astrophysicists are a step closer to understanding some of the most mysterious objects in the universe. Schedule an Interview To schedule an interview please fill out our form: https://forms.gle/rH7Ct9LWqETGB1gC7Interview location: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland Satellite CoordinatesHD Satellite Coordinates for G17-K18/Lower: Galaxy 17 Ku-band Xp 18 Slot Lower| 91.0 ° W Longitude | DL 12051.0 MHz | Vertical Polarity | QPSK/DVB-S | FEC 3/4 | SR 13.235 Mbps | DR 18.2954 MHz | HD 720p | Format MPEG2 | Chroma Level 4:2:0 | Audio Embedded Media contacts for partner institutions:Natasha Metzler / Carnegie Institution, Strategic Communications/ nmetzler@carnegiescience.edu/ (202) 939-1142Laura Arenschield / The Ohio State University, Research Communications / Arenschield.2@osu.eduFor more information check out @NASAUniverse and #BlackHoleWeek Questions? Contact michelle.z.handleman@nasa.gov or 301-286-0918. || Audio soundbite with NASA Scientist Knicole Colon about the discovery. TRT :58. Click download button for this file. || Canned interview with NASA Scientist Knicole Colon. TRT 4:40 || Canned intervew with NASA Scientist Brad Cenko. TRT 4:45 || Canned interview with Carnegie Astronomer Tom Holoien looking off camera. TRT 5:52

B-roll and canned interviews to be added by 7:00 p.m. EDT July 24 || NASA’s Planet Hunter Reveals Exciting Discoveries in the Search for Strange New Worlds Look Up! Planets Orbit All The Stars You Can See In The Night Sky In its first year in orbit, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, scanned the skies in the southern hemisphere, where it discovered a variety of strange worlds. Next week, TESS will be unveiling some of its newest and most exciting discoveries about the planets orbiting the stars closest to us.Join NASA scientists on Thursday, August 1 from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT to find out what TESS has discovered so far and how it is contributing to NASA’s search for life. Learn more about what scientists hope to find next, and how your viewers can join scientists and help NASA spot these distant worlds.It wasn’t that long ago that scientists weren’t sure if there were planets orbiting other stars, just as Earth orbits the Sun. With help from telescopes both in space and on the ground, we now know that our galaxy is teeming with exoplanets, or planets that lie beyond our solar system. In fact, when you look up at the night sky, consider that just about every star you see might have at least one planet orbiting it...maybe many more.NASA is diving deeper into the search for planets orbiting nearby stars with TESS and now as it enters year two, it will turn its gaze to the northern hemisphere, hunting for planets that orbit some of the stars we see each night with the naked eye.*** To schedule an interview, fill out this form: https://forms.gle/Ln2PY6mCQ4sVmGxv9 ***The Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be hosting the first science conference for TESS results the week of July 29th. Scientists will be available for in-person interviews Wednesday, July 31st from 2:00-4:00 and 4:30-6:30 p.m. ET. For more information click here: https://tsc.mit.edu/outreach.html. To RSVP email: Natalia Guerrero at nmg @mit.edu.suggested questions1)TESS has spent its first year scanning the skies for strange new worlds. What fascinating things did it discover? 2)How does TESS look for planets around other stars? 3)What are you excited for TESS to find as it turns to our local skies? 4)Traveling to even the closest stars would still take hundreds of thousands of years with our current technology. How are these distant planets relevant to us? 5)NASA is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing, with future plans to take astronauts to the Moon and then to Mars. What will studying the Moon and Mars up close tell us about planets around other stars? 6)How can our viewers learn more about this mission and get involved in looking for exoplanets?satellite coordinates HD Satellite Coordinates for G17-K18/Lower: Galaxy 17 Ku-band Xp 18 Slot Lower| 91.0 ° W Longitude | DL 12051.0 MHz | Vertical Polarity | QPSK/DVB-S | FEC 3/4 | SR 13.235 Mbps | DR 18.2954 MHz | HD 720p | Format MPEG2 | Chroma Level 4:2:0 | Audio Embedded*** Questions? Contact Courtney.a.lee@nasa.gov or 301-286-3131.***Keep up to date on the latest with TESS on Twitter @NASA_TESS! || B-roll for the suggested questions in the live shot:1. TESS has spent its first year scanning the skies for strange worlds. What fascinating things did it discover?2. How does TESS look for planets around other stars?3. What are you excited for TESS to find as it turns to our local skies? 4. Traveling to even the closest stars would still take hundreds of thousands of years with our current technology. How are these distant planets relevant to us? 5. NASA is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing, with future plans to take astronauts to the Moon and then to Mars. What will studying the Moon and Mars up close tell us about planets around other stars? 6. How can our viewers learn more about this mission and get involved in looking for exoplanets? || Canned interview with NASA Scientist Michelle Thaller. Answers are separated by a slate. TRT 4:26