Session US3

US3 | Seas of the Sun: The Cluster Story

Seas of the Sun: The Cluster Story

Convener: C.-Philippe Escoubet | Co-conveners: Matthew Taylor, Arnaud Masson

Programme

| Tue, 05 May, 16:15–18:00 (CEST)

Room E1

Vimeo: US3 – Seas of the Sun: The Cluster Story

Cluster was originally proposed to ESA in 1982, was subject to a launch failure in 1996, but was rebuilt after great effort from the community and its four spacecraft were successfully launched in 2000. This session, centred around a new documentary about the mission, will discuss the story of Cluster, its science and some lessons learned. In particular it will include aspects of the making of documentary itself and the unique challenges and opportunities of telling the story of a mission that has a history spanning almost 50 years while also grappling with the creative process of communicating the esoteric nature of heliophysics/space plasma science to the broader public as well as the unique approaches employed by the documentary team.

In addition to live streaming within the meeting, this session will be filmed for a short film following on the story of the Cluster film, Seas of the Sun.

We will be filming the audience also, focusing on the front part of the hall.

If you do not wish to be filmed, please sit in the rear of the room.

We will post notices regarding consent to be filmed in the room and also make an announcement during the session.

We will also post the privacy notice and associated consent in the room and as part of the session material.