Audience in foreground, Background, from left to right, Director Richard Fisher, SDO HDTV, Visual Interpretor, NASA Public Affairs, and Science panel, photographer. (Mosaic of four images.)

The SDO First Light press conference at the Newseum in Washington DC, April 21 2010. (Mosiac to two photos.)

To view the actual press conference online, see:

Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgtvjGOR-UE

Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvSeOezBU9E

Part 3: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ST1744jzUo

Part 4: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGajeS0U2jM

From left to right, SDO First Light Tweetup leader (standing), audience, including Tweeps tweeting, NASA Public Affair (standing), and Science panel,

SDO Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI). For more, see: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/mission/instruments.php

Space weather on Earth starts with solar events. To view online go to: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/firstlight.php

SNC Meteorite from Antarctica. A mereorite ... from Mars?! On exhibit at NASM's Exploring the Planets Hall. For more, see www.nasm.si.edu/etp/mars/marsrock.html

SDO First Light Tweeps seen through the wings of the Wright Flyer (with flash).

SDO launch in HDTV. To view actual video, see: www.nasa.gov/mov/445770main_Pesnell_1-Launch-H264.mov

SDO spacecraft undergoing performance testing. For NASA's own image gallery of SDO photos, see: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/mission/project/int_milestones.php#0

and

www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sdo/multimedia/gallery/gallery-index.html

Learning about Gemini IV and Ed White's spacewalk. For more, see www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal100/

SDO launch in HDTV. To view actual video, see: www.nasa.gov/mov/445770main_Pesnell_1-Launch-H264.mov

SDO First Light Tweeps seen through the wings of the Wright Flyer (without flash).

SDO's First Composit Image. To view online go to: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/firstlight.php

SDO launch in HDTV. To view actual launch video, see: www.nasa.gov/mov/445770main_Pesnell_1-Launch-H264.mov

SDO First Light splash screen at the NASA SDO news conference at the Newseum in Washington, DC. To view the actual press conference online, see:

Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgtvjGOR-UE

Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvSeOezBU9E

Part 3: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ST1744jzUo

Part 4: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGajeS0U2jM

The tour continues through the Space Race exhibition, with the Apollo-Soyuz mock-up in the background.

SDO's Extreme Ultraviolet Variablity Experiment (EVE). For more, see: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/mission/instruments.php

Camilla greets NASA's SDO First Light Tweetup guests! Wednesday, April 21, 2010.

The tour continues through the Space Race exhibition, with the Apollo-Soyuz mock-up in the background ... a few seconds later.

SDO Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA). For more, see: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/mission/instruments.php

Not sure if the camera man is from NASA TV or the Newseum staff. You can see the science panel in his viewer.

To view online go to: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/firstlight.php

SDO animation on the big screen at the Newseum

To view online go to: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/firstlight.php

From the angle of his gaze, Tony appears to be checking out the interior of the Apollo 11 command module, "Columbia" (not in picture).

The Hubble Telescope Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), on exhibit beside Skylab in the Space Race Hall. (Photo 1)

To view online go to: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/firstlight.php

To view online go to: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/firstlight.php

At NASM's Mile Stones of Flight Hall. (Background: above, SpaceShipOne; left, Apollo 11 Command Module "Columbia.") For more images of the exibits here, see www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal100/gal100img.html

To view online go to: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/firstlight.php

An EVE CCD Image. For details, see SDO First Light Briefing Materials:

www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sdo/news/briefing-materials-20100421.html

The Hubble Telescope Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), on exhibit beside Skylab in the Space Race Hall. (Photo 2)

Clos(er) up photo of SNC Meteorite at NASM.

To view online go to: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/firstlight.php

To view online go to: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/firstlight.php

To view online go to: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/firstlight.php

To view online go to: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/firstlight.php

Sun-Earth Dynamics - How solar activity impacts the Earth: Solar Wind and The Aurora.

To view online go to: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/firstlight.php

To view online go to: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/firstlight.php

To view online go to: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/firstlight.php

Goddard and NASM hosts with John Glenn's "Friendship 7" in the background.

To view online go to: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/firstlight.php

SDO First Light tweeps learn about the Apollo landings.

Camilla poses in front of Gemini IV.

Goddard and NASM hosts at the Air and Space disco! Okay, there's no disco at NASM. Obviously, some camera hiccup I don't quite understand. But it looks REALLY cool!