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After travelling nearly 300 million miles, NASA's Mars Perseverance rover will complete its journey to the Red Planet with a harrowing landing next week. Get ready for the Feb. 18 event with NASA resources, livestream events, STEM lessons and more.
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NASA engineering and education experts will answer student questions about the Perseverance Mars rover and discuss what to expect on landing day.
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Feb. 16
at 12:15 p.m. EST
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Feb. 16
at 2:30 p.m. EST
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Feb. 17
at 12:30 p.m. EST
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Spark student excitement about the landing with STEM videos and activities found in the Mars 2020 STEM Toolkit.
Check out the mission's Landing Toolkit for posters, stickers, fact sheets, education resources and more.
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Audience: Educators, Parents and Caregivers of K-12 Students
Take part in a worldwide teachable moment when the Mars Perseverance rover lands on Feb. 18. Lead students in designing and building their own mission to Mars with guided education plans featuring standards-aligned STEM lessons and activities from NASA. Join livestream Q&As with experts, and share student work worldwide.
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Audience: Educators, Parents, Caregivers and Students in Grades 6-8
Live Webchat: Feb. 11 at 1 p.m. EST
Satellites, landers and rovers have been used for decades to explore and study Mars. The next step of that exploration is planned for Feb. 18 when NASA’s Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter will land on the Red Planet. Watch the episode, and then join a live chat to learn more about Mars exploration and the Perseverance mission.
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Join the NASA STEM Engagement & Educator Professional Development
Collaborative at Texas State University for live educational webinars.
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Feb. 15
at 4:30 p.m. EST
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Feb. 17
at 7:30 p.m. EST
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Audience: Formal and Informal Educators
Webinar Date: Feb. 18 at 2 p.m. EST
Join the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program for a demonstration of how to use story maps effectively. The upcoming International Virtual Science Symposium is a way for primary through undergraduate students from all GLOBE countries to showcase their research. Learn best practices and techniques to make your project stand out.
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Are You Ready for a Challenge? |
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Audience: Students in Grades 5-12
Entry Deadline: Feb. 21
The Scientist for a Day contest challenges students to become NASA scientists studying three moons of Uranus: Ariel, Oberon and Titania. Participants will examine and research the three moons, and then write an essay about the moon where they think NASA should return. In less than 300 words, participants must explain why they think the moon they choose would provide the best scientific results. Contest winners and their classmates will talk with NASA scientists.
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Audience: Students at Accredited U.S. Colleges and Universities
Proposal Deadline: Feb. 25
NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate seeks proposals for new aeronautics ideas/concepts relevant to NASA. Selected teams will receive grants for their projects, and will also be responsible for raising a modest amount of cost-share funds through a crowdfunding platform. The process of creating and preparing a crowdfunding campaign acts as a teaching accelerator, requiring students to develop entrepreneurial skills.
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Audience: Full-time Undergraduate and Graduate Students and Faculty
Entry Deadline: March 4, 2021
The 2021 RASC-AL competition invites university teams to develop new concepts that leverage innovation to improve NASA’s ability to operate in space and on distant bodies in one of five themes: Durable Low-Mass Lunar Surface Habitat, Minimum Mars Ascent Vehicle, Venus Flyby Mission, Human Mission to Ceres, or Distributed Lunar Sample Aggregation, Analysis and Return to ISS. Up to 15 teams will be chosen to present their concepts at the June 2021 RASC-AL Forum.
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Audience: Students in Grades 4-12
Entry Deadline: March 31
To celebrate 80 years of pushing boundaries and breaking barriers, NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, is hosting an essay contest. Students can learn about NASA Glenn’s missions and people, and then write an essay explaining how Glenn’s explorations and discoveries inspire them and their career goals. Or, they may explain how exploration and discoveries could change the way we live and work in the future. Essays will be judged in three different age ranges, and winners will be invited to participate in a live, virtual recognition event with NASA scientists and engineers. Visit the website for essay topics and contest rules.
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Audience: Educators, Parents, Caregivers and Students in
Grades 3-6
NASA Space Place Valentine’s Day cards are out of this world.
Download and print (or e-send) these cards to share with friends and family.
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Audience: Educators, Parents, Caregivers and Students of All Ages
Launch Date: Feb. 20
Print, fold and get ready to fill your virtual passport. Follow the upcoming Northrop Grumman commercial resupply mission launch to the International Space Station, and register to receive an email containing a virtual passport stamp after launch. Registration is free, and emails will provide up-to-date mission information, highlights and launch-specific interaction opportunities.
Register to let NASA know that you're participating virtually.
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Audience: Middle and High School Educators (Formal, Informal, Home-school) and Students
Registration Deadline: Feb. 19
IdoodlEDU Inc., NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility and Langley Research Center and the Colorado Space Grant Consortium are offering a free STEAM education program for formal and informal educators and their students ages 11-18. Cubes in Space gives students the opportunity to design and compete to launch small experiments into space or near space. Selected experiments will be launched via a sounding rocket from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia in late June 2021, or from a high-altitude scientific balloon from NASA’s Scientific Balloon Flight Facility in New Mexico in late August 2021.
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Audience: Full-time U.S. Graduate Students Attending U.S. Universities Who Have Submitted Abstracts to the International Astronautical Federation (IAF)
Submission Deadline: Feb. 21
NASA seeks abstracts from students interested in presenting at the 72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC) being held Oct. 25-29, 2021, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. NASA's participation is an ongoing effort to continue to bridge NASA with the astronautical and space international communities.
NASA requests that students who submit abstracts to the IAF website also submit their abstracts to the NASA website by Feb. 21 (11:59 p.m. EST). Only abstracts selected by the IAF will be considered for selection by NASA.
Participants must submit proof of U.S. citizenship and current enrollment in a U.S. university or college by Feb. 28 to abstract@nasaprs.com.
Please check the IAF website regularly to get the latest updates on the Technical Programme, as well as updates related to COVID-19 and any related restrictions.
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Audience: Current High School Sophomores and Juniors
Application Deadline: Feb. 22
NASA, the Texas Space Grant Consortium and The University of Texas at Austin Center for Space Research have joined forces to encourage high school students’ interest in STEM careers. The STEM Enhancement in Earth Science (SEES) project allows students to work remotely prior to their onsite internships in Austin, Texas, July 17-31, or to participate in a virtual project. Participants conduct authentic research while working with scientists and engineers in their chosen fields. Housing, transportation and meals will be provided for onsite participants.
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Audience: Educators and Students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Minority-Serving Institutions
Event Date: Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. EST
Join NASA for a virtual workshop in conjunction with this year’s Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Tournament. This event will support CIAA institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Minority-Serving Institutions and business partners in learning about best practices when seeking NASA funding. Topics will include NASA funding opportunities, development of competitive proposal responses, how to understand federal contracts and the importance of capability statements. Click here for more information and to register to attend this free event.
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Audience: High School, Undergraduate and Graduate Students Ages 16+
Application Deadline: March 5
The Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Internship Project (SIP) is a paid internship hosted by NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The internship allows students to perform hands-on training with real mission scenarios, gain exposure to and analyze powerful space communication systems, use network software tools and communicate findings in a final presentation to NASA management.
Click here to learn more about SIP including eligibility requirements.
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Audience: Higher Education Community and Early Career Researchers
Application Deadline: March 22
Workshop Dates: June 14-25
Are you thinking about developing your first flight mission proposal but have no idea where to start? The PI Launchpad workshop will guide participants through turning a science question into a mission concept. Participants will go step-by-step through the process of developing a science case, defining requirements, building a team, securing partnerships and obtaining support from their home institutions. Participants will also have time for networking and reflecting as they mature their mission concepts.
People with marginalized identities are strongly encouraged to apply. The workshop is free and will take place virtually. The first week will be at your own pace while the second week will be interactive.
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Audience: All Educators, Informal Institutions and Youth Organizations
Proposal Deadline: March 31
On Feb. 15, ARISS-US will begin accepting proposals from U.S. schools, museums and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host an amateur radio contact with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station between Jan. 1-June 30, 2022. To maximize the events, ARISS-US is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed STEAM education plan. Radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes. Visit the site for proposal guidelines and forms.
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Are you looking for NASA STEM materials to support your curriculum?
Find NASA science resources for your classroom. NASA Wavelength is a digital collection of Earth and space science resources for educators of all levels — from elementary to college, to out-of-school programs. https://science.nasa.gov/learners/wavelength
Check out the ‘Explore NASA Science’ website! Science starts with questions, leading to discoveries. Visit science.nasa.gov. To view the site in Spanish, visit ciencia.nasa.gov.
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Visit NASA STEM Engagement on the Web:
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