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Houston Conference to Feature NASA Missions’ Science Results

27 maggio 2013

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MEDIA ADVISORY : M13-047 Houston Conference to Feature NASA Missions’ Science Results HOUSTON — NASA researchers and other scientists will present scientific results and contributions from current and past Mars and moon missions during the 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference March 18-22. The conference will take place at the Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel and Convention Center at 1601 Lake Robbins Drive in The Woodlands, Texas, near Houston. Presentations will include recent science findings from the rover Curiosity on Mars, and an update on NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter missions. The conference organizer is the Lunar and Planetary Institute of Houston. The institute is managed by the Universities Space Research Association, a national, nonprofit consortium of universities chartered at NASA’s request in 1969 by the National Academy of Sciences. Media may register to attend. For news products, a complete agenda and other information about the conference, visit: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2013/ Follow the conference on Twitter and Facebook using the hashtag #lpsc2013: https://twitter.com/lpimeetings and https://www.facebook.com/LunarandPlanetaryInstitute For information about NASA and agency programs, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ – end – text-only version of this release NASA press releases and other information are available automatically by sending a blank e-mail message…

NASA, Ahoora Foundation Unite to Ignite Students’ Passion for Science, Space, and Technology

1 marzo 2013

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Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov RELEASE : 13-025 NASA, Ahoora Foundation Unite to Ignite Students’ Passion for Science, Space, and Technology WASHINGTON — Candy, soda and other everyday items will be the tools of the trade for teenage rocket makers competing in the What If? Live Student Design Challenge, which was kicked off Tuesday by NASA and the Ahoora Foundation of Plano, Texas. Registration is open through Feb. 28 for the worldwide contest, in which 14- to 18-year-old students will design experimental propulsion systems using materials that are cheap and easy to get. What If? is designed to excite students about science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The goal is to develop their creative and analytical abilities by learning about the growing need for green fuels and designing a vehicle propulsion system using commonly available materials, including sweet treats and carbonated beverages. Students in two age categories, 14-16 and 17-18, may work alone or in groups of as many as four. They must create a research plan, write a research paper, develop and build the propulsion system, make a video showing the vehicle in action, and submit the video to judges via YouTube.com. A panel of scientists, astronauts and educators…

Science Magazines Honor Cutting-Edge NASA Programs

28 febbraio 2013

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RELEASE : 09-149AR Science Magazines Honor Cutting-Edge NASA Programs MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. — NASA’s revolutionary planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has been honored with the 2009 Best of What’s New Grand Award from Popular Science Magazine and a 2009 Breakthrough Award from Popular Mechanics Magazine. “The Kepler Space Telescope is a stunning new tool that has a very targeted mission: studying planetary systems,” the Popular Mechanics magazine editors wrote in recognizing Kepler. “It is the first instrument able to detect Earth-like planets, potentially capable of hosting life, as they circle distant suns. About 100,000 stars in our region of the Milky Way will be observed.” Popular Science also honored NASA’s new moon mapping mission, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, and the Orion Launch Abort System with Best of What’s New awards in the aviation and space category. Popular Science announced the award winners in its December issue. Popular Mechanics made the announcement in its November issue. “The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, launched in June, will use seven instruments to deliver the most detailed picture of the moon yet,” Popular Science magazine editors wrote. “In addition to photographing the lunar surface in high resolution and creating a 3-D topographical map, it will beam back…

NASA, Ahoora Foundation Unite to Ignite Students’ Passion for Science, Space, and Technology

24 febbraio 2013

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NASA Announces Space Station Science Challenge Winners

18 febbraio 2013

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RELEASE : 13-028 NASA Announces Space Station Science Challenge Winners HOUSTON — Students from two schools, one in Iowa and the other in New York, are the winners of the International Space Station (ISS) Science Challenge, NASA announced Friday. Challenge winners from North Tama Elementary in Traer, Iowa, and Madison Elementary in Massena, N.Y., are being inspired to learn more about the space station’s cutting-edge research by designing programs to teach others about specific experiments and what scientists are hoping to learn. This pilot program was created by Darcie Fregoe and Lisa Chizek, contributing teachers with NASA’s Endeavour Science Teaching Certificate Project. The program is part of the Interdisciplinary National Science Project Incorporating Research and Education Experience (INSPIRE). “I believe it is my responsibility as a middle school Earth science and astronomy teacher to educate students about the very valuable contributions ISS science has made in their lives,” Fregoe said. “I want them to get excited about NASA and the International Space Station, and I want them to start thinking about possible futures working for NASA.” The participants were students in grades 5 through 12. Their mission was to review science investigations performed on the space station and choose one…

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NASA To Hold Briefing about Kepler’s Early Science Results

15 febbraio 2013

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RELEASE : M09-94AR NASA Announces Briefing About Kepler’s Early Science Results MOFFETT FIELD, Calif — NASA will hold a media briefing on Thursday, Aug. 6, at 11 a.m. PDT, to discuss early science results of the Kepler mission. Kepler is the first spacecraft with the ability to find Earth-size planets orbiting stars like our sun in a zone where liquid water could exist. The televised briefing will be held at NASA Headquarters and will be shown in the main auditorium, Bldg. N201 at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. Reporters at Ames may ask questions of the panelists via a telephone link with the press conference. The briefing participants are: Jon Morse, NASA’s Astrophysics Division director, NASA Headquarters William Borucki, Kepler science principal investigator, NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.Sara Seager, professor of planetary science and physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CambridgeAlan Boss, astrophysicist, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution, Washington Reporters also may ask questions by their office telephone. To reserve a telephone line, contact J.D. Harrington by e-mail at: j.d.harrington@nasa.gov. To reach NASA Ames, take U.S. Highway 101 to the Moffett Field, NASA Parkway exit and drive east on Moffett Boulevard towards the main gate. The…

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NASA Announces Space Station Science Challenge Winners

1 febbraio 2013

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NASA To Hold Briefing about Kepler’s Early Science Results

25 gennaio 2013

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