GPHI Administration

Name	Title	Phone Number	Email Address
GSFC
Merka, Jan	Director	301-286-8751	merka@umbc.edu
UMBC
Young, Margo	Associate Director	410-455-8809	mayoung@umbc.edu
Lucadamo, David	Business Specialist	410-455-5996	lucadamo@umbc.edu
Tanabe, Paula	Business Specialist	410-455-6329	ptanabe@umbc.edu
Hyman, Camilla	Business Manager	410-455-8027	hyman1@umbc.edu
Manalansan, Cathy	Exec Admin Assistant I	410-455-8812	cmanalan@umbc.edu
Mooney, Kevin	Specialist	410-455-8899	kmooney@umbc.edu
Deal, Pam	Administrative Assistant	410-455-3832	pamdeal@umbc.edu
UMCP
Kimbrell, Dorinda	Director of Admin Services	301-405-1511	kimbrell@astro.umd.edu
Newman, Adrienne	Coordinator	301-405-7123	anewman1@astro.umd.edu
Rowe, Natalie	Business Manager	301-405-1560	narowe@astro.umd.edu
Sharma, Surja	Associate Director	301-405-1528	ssh@astro.umd.edu
American University
Johnson, Philip	Associate Director	202-885-2761	pjohnson@american.ecu

Parker Space Probe's First Pictures

NASA spacecraft on mission to ‘touch the sun’ sends back first images

Parker Probe Launched on Historic Journey to Touch Sun

Aug. 12, 2018 RELEASE 18-072

Solar Winds

Eugene Parker’s Journey to the Sun

Parker Solar Probe ready for the Sun

The Parker Solar Probe will explore the surface of the Sun like never before.

NASA Selects Proposals to Study Sun, Space Environment

NASA has selected nine proposals under its Explorers Program that will return transformational science about the Sun and space environment...

Solar Simulation At NASA

The scientists’ solar simulation; constructed using IMAX projectors to recreate the heat and light the probe will experience at the surface of the Sun.

5,200 Days in Space

An exploration of life aboard the International Space Station, and the surprising reasons the mission is still worthwhile

Scientists Discover a New Type of Magnetic Event

By Deborah Byrd in EARTH | SPACE | May 16, 2018

Solar System News

NASA Highlights Solar Mission, Jupiter Cyclone at AGU Meeting December 5, 2019
NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of Earth and space science topics at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), Dec. 9-13 in San Francisco.
First NASA Parker Solar Probe Results Reveal Surprising Details About Our Sun December 4, 2019
The Sun is revealing itself in dramatic detail and shedding light on how other stars may form and behave throughout the universe – all thanks to NASA's Parker Solar Probe.
First Detection of Sugars in Meteorites Gives Clues to Origin of Life November 18, 2019
An international team has found sugars essential to life in meteorites, supporting the hypothesis that meteorite bombardment on ancient Earth may have assisted the origin of life with a supply of life’s building blocks.

Image of the Day

Hubble Spots Galaxy’s Dramatic Details December 6, 2019
Some of the most dramatic events in the universe occur when certain stars die — and explode catastrophically in the process. When these star deaths, or supernovae, occur, their brightness can rival the light of a whole galaxy. The galaxy NGC 5468, shown in this Hubble image, has hosted a number of these supernovae the […]
Luca Parmitano Works to Upgrade a Cosmic Particle Detector December 5, 2019
European Space Agency astronaut and current International Space Station Commander Luca Parmitano and crewmate Andrew Morgan (out of frame) performed the third spacewalk to repair the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.
Carina Nebula's 'Mystic Mountain' December 4, 2019
Within the tempestuous Carina Nebula lies “Mystic Mountain.”