NASA will announce an exciting new discovery about the Moon from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) at a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EDT Monday, October 26. Sound of the video chat will transfer live on the office’s site.

This new discovery adds to NASA’s endeavors to find out about the Moon on the side of profound space exploration.

Under NASA’s Artemis program, the organization will send the first lady and next man to the lunar surface in 2024 to get ready for our next monster jump – human investigation of Mars as right on time as the 2030s. Understanding the study of the Moon additionally helps piece together the more extensive history of the internal solar system.

Briefing participants are:

Paul Hertz, Astrophysics division chief at NASA Headquarters, Washington

Jacob Bleacher, chief exploration researcher for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters

Casey Honniball, postdoctoral individual at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland

Naseem Rangwala, venture researcher for the SOFIA mission, NASA’s Ames Research Center, Silicon Valley, California

As the world’s biggest airborne observatory, SOFIA is a changed 747 that flies high in the environment to furnish its almost 9-foot telescope with an away from of the universe and articles in our solar system.

Flying above 99% of the air’s clouding water fume, SOFIA sees in infrared frequencies and can distinguish marvels difficult to see with visible light.