+ Visit NASA.gov + Advanced Search   + About the Server   + Animation List   + How to Use the Server   + RSS Feeds Previous Animation Next Animation NASA's SDO Mission A new NASA spacecraft called the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) will deliver startling images of the sun with ten times more detail than HDTV. The goal of the mission is to help scientists zoom in on solar activity such as sunspots, solar flares and coronal mass ejections, thus improving forcasts of solar storms. The complete script is available here . For more information on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, check out their web site at http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov .    This short video gives an overview of NASA's SDO spacecraft mission to observe the Sun and improve predictions of solar weather. Duration: 1.6 minutes Available formats:   320x240 (29.97 fps) MPEG-4   17 MB   640x360 (29.97 fps) MPEG-1   24 MB   640x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-4   21 MB   640x480 (29.92 fps) MPEG-4   16 MB   80x40         PNG           7 KB   160x80       PNG           24 KB   320x177     PNG           82 KB How to play our movies Animation Number: 10188 Completed: 2008-02-28 Producer: Andy Freeberg (NASA/GSFC) Scientist: William D. Pesnell (NASA/GSFC) Writers: Rani Chohan (NASA/GSFC)   Tony Phillips (Wyle Information Systems) Narrator: Chris Smith (UMBC) Instrument: SDO Series: Narrated Movies Keywords: SVS >> HDTV SVS >> Sun GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity SVS >> SDO SVS >> Goddard Vodcasts     Please give credit for this item to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Back to Top + Privacy Policy and Important Notices + Reproduction Guidelines NASA Official: Content Contact: Curator: