It's EVE Cruciform Maneuver Day!

SDO is performing the EVE cruciform calibration manuever today, starting at 1130 UTC (7:30 am ET) and running for about 8 hours. During this maneuver science data may be missing or blurry.

Momentum Management Maneuver #38 Today

SDO will execute momentum management maneuver (MM) #38 today starting at 1930 UTC (3:30 pm ET). The maneuver should take about 30 minutes. During a maneuver SDO science data may be missing or blurred. These maneuvers are needed to keep SDO accurately pointed at the Sun and taking data.