Speaker Series 7/17/2026, Space Weather and Solar Activity, Christina Milotte
Fri, Jul 17
|Waterville Valley
Come learn about how NASA missions like Parker Solar Probe study the Sun, and find out how monitoring space weather is an essential part of the Artemis missions, which are furthering human space exploration with the target of putting humans back on the Moon by 2028!
Time & Location
Jul 17, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Waterville Valley, 11 Noon Peak Rd, Waterville Valley, NH 03215, USA
About the event
Sunspots, solar flares, coronal mass ejections! We live in the atmosphere of a star, which can be pretty volatile it turns out! Space weather refers to the conditions in space produced by the Sun’s activity. Together NASA and NOAA continuously monitor the Sun from multiple perspectives to make real-time space weather predictions that are crucial for protecting our technological assets both in space and on the ground, and critical for ensuring astronaut safety.
Christina Milotte is a former classroom teacher and has been a NASA educator for eight years. She is part of the Heliophysics Education Activation Team, or NASA HEAT. The team is comprised of scientists, engineers, and educators tasked with bringing NASA from the laboratory to learning spaces.
WVRD Multi Purpose Room, Friday, July 17th, 6-7:30pm.