“NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) has selected 10 minority serving universities for cooperative agreement awards valued at almost $47 million. Award recipients were selected from 76 proposals after a…
Month: April 2015
NASA Announces Winning Ideas for Mars Balance Mass Challenge
“A self-employed technical consultant from Texas with an idea to study the Martian atmosphere and a team of engineers from Michigan with a way to study Martian weather are the winners of…
Sentinel-2A Photo Contest
“For the launch of Sentinel-2A, ESA is inviting you to take part in a photo contest focusing on the theme of ‘colour vision’. Enter for a chance to win a trip to…
Astronomy for Africa: Student Support for Astronomy Modules via Distance Learning
(Via Space Generation Advisory Council) “Dear Colleagues: Attached is an announcement regarding a funding opportunity that we would like you to pass on to your undergraduate students. We have been given funding…
European Space Agency MOOC: Monitoring Climate from Space
ESA’s first MOOC, Monitoring Climate from Space, is open now for learners to sign up for, with teaching set to begin on 8th June 2015. Over five weeks, a selection of the…
Learning About STEM 'On-and-Off the Planet'
“How does space travel affect your health? How do astronauts sleep in space? What do astronauts eat in space? How do astronauts exercise in space? These and other questions will be answered…
Build an Ionic Thruster like NASA Uses for Space Propulsion
“An ion thruster produces a flow of air even though it has no moving parts. A version of this seemingly impossible device is used on a larger scale to propel deep space…
High School Students Compete in Cook-off for Astronaut Recipe Selection
“Seven teams of high school students competing to have their entrée selected as food for astronauts aboard the International Space Station will meet in the Culinary Challenge at 11 a.m. CDT April…
NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge Winners
“University Gardens High School of San Juan, Puerto Rico, won first place in the high school division of the 2015 NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge, while an International Space Education Institute team…
NASA Reaches Out to Universities for Smallsat Technology Collaborations
“NASA is extending an opportunity to college and university teams to propose small spacecraft technology projects that they can conduct in collaboration with NASA researchers. This is the second time NASA has…
NSF Community College Innovation Challenge Winners
“The National Science Foundation (NSF) named 10 teams as winners in its Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC). The CCIC challenged community-college students to propose innovative science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)-based solutions…
NASA Launches RockSat-X Payload
“A NASA Terrier-Improved Malemute suborbital sounding rocket carrying the RockSat-X payload was successfully launched at 7:01 a.m., Saturday, April 18, from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Recovery of the payload with…