tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60931346588238526682012-01-25T22:29:55.576-05:00Our experiences as education and outreach specialists for NASA Earth and Space Science Missionssteph stockman (geosteph)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05190325921493501177noreply@blogger.comBlogger911100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-2340145444654630022010-07-15T14:39:00.009-04:002010-07-15T16:33:25.210-04:00

Last week the latest cadre of MESSENGER Educator Fellows had their training here in the DC area. Many of the Fellows were able to attend. Here's a group picture along with the PI Dr. Sean Solomon who gave a fabulous presentation about the mission and what is to come.You may be wondering what in the world is a MESSENGER Fellow. These Fellows, an essential part of the MESSENGER education and

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Last week, I had the privilege of traveling to Chinle, AZ to participate in a series of educational activities related to the Moon and LRO. Traveling from the DC area, I flew to Albuquerque on Sunday in preparation for a scouting trip to Meteor and Sunset Craters on Monday. Tuesday evening, my colleagues and I were to lead an evening's worth of activities that included viewing the Moon through

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Seriously. I have to keep pinching myself to see if it's really real. This despite a first-person eyewitness of the launch, numerous phone calls from my hubby about how well things are going, and lots and lots of rocket eye candy. This week at Cocoa Beach has been a whirlwind experience. As soon as I landed on Thursday June 11th, I hit the ground running. Lots of organization, making sure

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This morning, the Taurus XL rocket that was to shepherd the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) to its orbit, 700 km above the Earth's surface, failed deliver its payload. According to the press conference, the Taurus XL fairing (the shell that protects a payload during launch) failed to separate at its scheduled time. The added mass of the fairing prevented the second stage of the rocket from

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In celebration of its 12th anniversary, NASA’s Students’ Cloud Observations On-Line (S'COOL) Project is declaring Jan. 13, 2009 to be a Global Cloud Observation Day. Seehttp://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/Enotes/en_dec2008.html for the latest information. You can also find a PDF file for a tabloid-sized version of the flyer here:http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/PDF/

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Entries Due: Jan. 25, 2009NASA, in cooperation with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures' movie WALL-E from Pixar Animation Studios, will conduct a naming contest for its car-sized Mars Science Laboratory rover that is scheduled for launch in 2009. The contest is open to students 5 to 18 years old who attend a U.S. school and are enrolled in the current academic year. To enter the contest,

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Smoke from the recent outbreak of fires in Southern California can clearly be seen via NASA satellites. On the left, a red-green-blue (RGB) image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite shows the smoke being blown to the west from the Los Angeles basin to the waters of the Pacific Ocean on November 16, 2008. On the right, measurements of the

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Schools all over the world will wish NASA a happy birthday as part of an all-day virtual birthday party through NASA's Digital Learning Network on Thursday, Nov. 13.The virtual party begins at 9 a.m. EST with live videoconferences occurring every hour on the hour until 6 p.m. Schools from Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Japan, Mexico City, India, Slovenia and New Zealand will participate

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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and the Mars Science Laboratory rover are on TIME's list of the best inventions of 2008!LRO is #3MSL is #18Congrats to the LRO and MSL teams!

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On Monday, October 6, 2008, NASA's MESSENGER mission to Mercury will complete an important milestone, as the spacecraft makes its second flyby of its target planet. During the flyby, MESSENGER will swoop just 200 km (125 miles) above the cratered surface of Mercury, snapping hundreds of pictures and collecting a variety of other data from the planet as it gains a critical gravity assist that

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As always, Aura is monitoring stratospheric ozone levels. Yesterday, the "hole" or thinning over Antarctica reached a new low concentration - 106 Dobson units - for 2008.Each year, ozone levels in the stratosphere drop in the Arctic and Antarctic in their respective winters. Cold temperatures in the atmosphere result in isolation of the air masses above the Arctic and Antarctic circles. This

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The Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum has published its top 50 NASA photos of all time in honor of NASA's 50th anniversary.Visitors to: http://www.airspacemag.com/space-exploration/Top_NASA_Photos_of_All_Time.html can view the top 31 images. The following is from the Air and Space Magazine website.On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,

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We are all recovering from Launch Fest, an open house that was held at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) on September 13. According to estimates from our Public Affairs Office, 13,000 people came to see what GSFC is all about! Each of our projects were represented in some way:LRO had exhibits and displays outside of the white room, where the spacecraft was prominently on displayAura had banners

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This is a rap video about astrobiology - The search for life in space, particularly on other worlds called exoplanets.The video has references to:- the origin of life, Genes, DNA and species, Space age, NASA, Lunar Travel, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)and ET life, Frank Drake, Goldilocks (Habitable) zone, Astronomy, Doppler shift, biology VS mythology,

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NASA Edge heads into the LRO cleanroom Originally uploaded by geostephThe team from NASA Edge came to Goddard Space Flight Center on August 14th to prepare for a vodcast on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. They spent the day over in building 7 - where LRO was built, had it's six instruments integrated, and is now undergoing a series to tests in preparation for a late February launch. The Edge

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Ever wanted to search through NASA's awesome images in one place? Well, now you can. NASA Images is a service of Internet Archive, a non-profit library, to offer public access to NASA's collections. The goal of NASA Images is to increase our understanding of the Earth, Solar System and Universe in order to benefit humanity. NASA Images will continue to grow with the addition of current media

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Ok, I was inspired to write this post because of the picture that was sent out by our Project Manager, Craig Tooley. Let me just get this out of my system - LRO is HOT! Ok. I feel better now.The picture to the left is of LRO on what is called an Aronson table. The Aronson table enables our engineers to move the spacecraft to different orientations (ie, put the spacecraft on different sides) for

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The first NASA Lunar Science Conference will be held at NASA Ames Research Center July 20th-23rd. Here is your chance to ask questions via YouTube video..much like the CNN presidential debates! We invite you to join the discussion by submitting a video.

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Have you ever wanted to go to the Moon, but didn't have the money? What about going for free? If you haven't yet signed up to send your name to the Moon, you still have time! Due to overwhelming response from people around the world, we have decided to extend the deadline to send your name to the Moon!You have until July 25th to send in your name and get your certificate! Don't forget to tell

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It was just two years ago when the International Astronomical Union (IAU) demoted Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet. This caused some havoc to many people who grew up knowing Pluto was the ninth planet. Besides having to start teaching children the 'new' Solar System, textbooks and activities would have to be rewritten to indicate its new title as a transneptunian dwarf planets or a dwarf

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Meet NASA employees and learn about all that NASA does at the 2008 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. The Festival will be on the National Mall during June 25-29 and July 2-6 from 11:00am-5:30pm each day. NASA will feature exhibits and family-friendly activities on space science, earth science, human spaceflight, robotics, observatories, food in space, space art, the space shuttle, the

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In 1999, the Mars Polar Lander (MPL) failed to send a signal to Earth after it was supposed to have landed on Mars, leading scientists and engineers to believe it most likely crashed. However, scientists still don't know exactly what happened to MPL, nor where exactly it crashed on the surface of Mars. In the wake of MPL's failure, the University of Arizona proposed the Phoenix Mars Lander. On

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At this time, NASA is not sending people there, just LRO and LCROSS. But you can send a little part of yourself there... your name.The Send Your Name to the Moon Web site enables everyone to participate in NASA's lunar adventure and place their names in orbit around the Moon for years to come. Participants can submit their information at http://lro.jhuapl.edu/NameToMoon/, print a certificate and

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I’m on the road (again) this week. This time, I’m in Portland, Oregon. I flew out a couple of days early to get some vacation time. While the weather hasn’t exactly been cooperating, the geology certainly has!I did some driving today through the Columbia River Gorge and around Mount Hood, and I wanted to share with you some really cool geology from the area.First of all, I should probably provide

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Several years ago I had the opportunity to work with the Smithsonian Institution Natural History Museum on an exhibit about the Earth's atmosphere. The EOS Aura education and outreach program funded the creation of the "Atmosphere: Change is in the Air" exhibit as part of the Smithsonian's "Forces of Change" program. I work at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, a very cool (in a geeky sort of

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There are days when I want to run through the halls of my office screaming like a banshee because I'm so frustrated with people (who think they know what we do but haven't the first incling) who make our work lives a living nightmare. 1.Then there are days where I'm reminded of how much I love what I do, and how cool and very utterly exciting all of it is.Today

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Yuri's Night is almost here! Yuri's Night is an annual, worldwide event to celebrate manned spaceflight. On April 12, 1961, Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel into space. Twenty years later, on April 12, 1981, the US launched the first space shuttle mission. Yuri's Night is celebrated all over the world - last year events were held in over 30 countries! If you live

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Last week Steph and I attended the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in TX. We had a great time, caught up with old friends, met new ones, and learned a lot. The two education workshops, one on the Moon and one on Mercury and Pluto, went well. Our poster presentation on Tuesday night was also a hit. We had tons of people stop by from various NASA centers and missions, universities,

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Geosteph and I are leaving this weekend to travel to TX for the 39th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. It's a week-long conference for international planetary scientists and educators to present their current research and mission results. The conference consists of both talks and poster presentations on a variety of subjects. View the enitre program, which includes links to the

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The NASA MESSENGER spacecraft performed its first flyby of Mercury on January 14, 2008. In addition to mapping the entire surface of the planet, one of its goals is to shed new light on the existence of ice in the polar regions of this hot planet. Ice on Mercury? It's not as strange as it seems! Click here to learn more and to access a pdf that provides a series of space math questions (and an

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Howdy folks. Last week was a really exciting week for us here at Goddard Space Flight Center. On Thursday, February 28, four of the six outermost panels were attached to the propulsion module! We were sure to capture the exciting progress so all of you could see it too! The video included in this blog shows the hard-working people of LRO in the clean room assembling the bits and pieces of the

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| View | Upload your ownThis presentation was produced by four young NASA employees. They presented it at the Next Generation Exploration Conference held earlier this month at NASA Ames Research Center. Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin was in the audience. The presentation was remarked upon by Wired a few days ago. According to Wired, "The presentation chronicles their love of space and

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Ten year old Maryn Smith from Montana recently won a contest to create a new mnemonic for remembering the newly assigned 11 planets, including 3 dwarf planets, in our solar system. The 11 planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and Eris. The dwarf planets are Ceres, Pluto, and Eris. Her mnemonic is:My Very Exciting Magic Carpet Just Sailed Under

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Recently I had the pleasure of writing an article about the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) suite of instruments onboard the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) for the February 2008 issue of ChemMatters, which is a publication of the American Chemical Society for high school classrooms. Below is an excerpt from the article. To download and read the entire article (including a Spanish translation) and

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Craters with Dark Halos on MercuryAs MESSENGER flew by Mercury, the Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) captured this view on January 14, 2008. Two of the larger craters in this image appear to have darkened crater rims and partial “halos” of dark material immediately surrounding the craters. Both craters appear to have nearly complete rims and interior terraced

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Planetary Science Research Discoveries (PSRD) is an educational site that summarizes the latest research on meteorites, asteroids, planets, and other bodies within our solar system. The site is supported by the Cosmochemistry Program of NASA's Science Mission Directorate and by the Hawai'i Space Grant Consortium. In existence since 1996, PSRD maintains a searchable archive of its issues, as

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On Thursday, February 28, 2008, at 8:00 pm WETA TV 26 will broadcast "NASA Goddard Space Flight Center-WETA All Access". This 30 minute feature covers the Center's major achievements in space flight, the ins and outs of a space mission, earthbound work, and the extensive and impressive team behind it all. This is a Washington DC station. Please http://www.weta.org for video of this program.WETA

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Hi all! I just wanted to let you know that I'm here in Salt Lake City for the International Technology Education Association (ITEA) Conference, and as I was sitting here this morning, I felt the 6.3 Magnitude earthquake that was centered near Wells, NV.I have never been in an earthquake before, so imagine my surprise as I was sitting here doing some work, and felt the bed begin to shake! I looked

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Tonight, February 20, 2008, will be your last opportunity to view a total lunar eclipse until December 2010. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth lines up directly between the Sun and Moon such that the Earth's shadow completely covers the Moon's surface. Tonight's eclipse will last for about 3.5 hours, 50 minutes of which the Moon will be in totality. During the eclipse the Moon will change

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Have you ever wondered why we only see one side of the Moon? Well, the reason why we never get a shot of the far side of the moon is because the Moon is in what we call a "synchronous rotation" with the Earth. That is, it takes the Moon the same amount of time to rotate on its axis (or one lunar day) as it does to make one orbit around the Earth. The lesson highlighted in this entry was written

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So, I was browsing one of my favorite websites this morning, and I came across an image that was quite appropriate for this blog, and I wanted to share. Here's a collection of space-related funnies from the web:http://community.livejournal.com/lolscience/17246.htmlhttp://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/02/13/funny-pictures-huston-we-haz-a-problem/http://icanhascheezburger.com/2008/01/10/

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Orbiting 700 km above the Earth, NASA’s Aura spacecraft is responsible for keeping an eye on the health of our atmosphere. So, when a volcano decides to cough some of its fumes into the air, Aura is there to see it. That’s what happened during the January 1, 2008 eruption of the Llaima Volcano in Chile. As the volcano erupted, Aura orbited overhead and picked up the SO2 emissions from the volcano

Brooke (Geokitten78)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06702243703856794962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-35261594339846307892008-02-11T10:51:00.002-05:002008-12-13T03:04:19.455-05:00

On its long journey to Pluto, New Horizons has very little to do but sit and ponder the great Pluto debate. But occasionally, the spacecraft wakes up and takes a look around its neighborhood. Such an instance occurred on October 6, 2007. The Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) aboard New Horizons woke up and took a high-resolution look around. Low and behold, LORRI spotted Pluto! It took an

Brooke (Geokitten78)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06702243703856794962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-85030422644586596612008-02-08T14:21:00.000-05:002008-12-13T03:04:20.030-05:00

Check out this video of astronomer Harlan Spence talking about CRaTER (Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation), an experiment that will be on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter when it launches later this year. CRaTER will collect data on the Moon's radiation environment. This information will help engineers design spacecraft, spacesuits, and habitats that wil protect the astronauts

Lorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201899277677936857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-87465485472076661972008-02-06T22:58:00.000-05:002008-02-06T23:34:25.302-05:00

Back in November Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band did two concerts at the Verizon Center in Washington DC. We invited the band and the crew for a tour of Goddard and behind the scenes look at the LRO mission. Five members of the crew came to visit (photos here).Kurt Wolak, the keyboard programmer on the tour sent me this message comparing rock to rocket science a few days after their

steph stockman (geosteph)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05190325921493501177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-15245605119395352402008-01-24T15:22:00.000-05:002008-12-13T03:04:20.181-05:00

Hi all,Here are some updates from NASA Earth Sciences, as tweeted earlier today:NASA spending 1.5 billion on Earth Science in FY08OSTM and OCO being launched this year7 Earth Science missions in developmentDr. Alan Stern, Associate Administrator for Science Mission DirectorateNASA Earth Science: 14 Earth satellites in commission, 8 spacecraft to be launched in the next 5 yearsStern: Earth Science

Brooke (Geokitten78)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06702243703856794962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-45925786268673352262008-01-14T11:26:00.000-05:002008-12-13T03:04:20.379-05:00

The MESSENGER spacecraft will make its first flyby of Mercury today at 2:04:39 pm EST!! This image of Mercury was taken yesterday on January 13 when the spacecraft was at a distance of about 760,000 kilometers (470,000 miles) from Mercury. Mercury is about 4880 kilometers (about 3030 miles) in diameter, and the smallest feature visible in this image is about 20 kilometers (12 miles)

Lorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201899277677936857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-38871330882886840972008-01-09T15:35:00.000-05:002008-01-10T10:37:55.074-05:00

This Monday, January 14, 2008, the MESSENGER spacecraft will make its first flyby of Mercury! Monday's flyby, which is taking place more than three decades after the last spacecraft visit of Mercury (Mariner 10), will take MESSENGER to about 200 kilometers above Mercury's surface. To learn more about the flyby, click here. The following movie features Sean C. Solomon, Principal Investigator

Lorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201899277677936857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-85800475598602543362008-01-02T11:15:00.000-05:002008-12-13T03:04:20.644-05:00

2008 will be a very exciting year for us with the MESSENGER flyby of Mercury in a couple weeks on Jan. 14 and the launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) on Oct. 31! To learn more about the Mercury flyby, including how you can celebrate the event with others if you live in the DC/Baltimore area, click here. To read the recently released LRO fact sheet, click here.

Lorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201899277677936857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-80804007606309860552007-12-14T15:54:00.000-05:002007-12-14T16:18:37.983-05:00

This week, I had the opportunity to meet two gentleman (one of whom I already had met in my second life - more on this in a minute) from NASA CoLab. CoLab supports on- and off-line collaboration between the various NASA Centers and between NASA and the public. To this end, they have established a presence in both real life (in San Francisco) and in Second Life.Second Life (SL) is a 3D

Lorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201899277677936857noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-86334831202719560392007-12-12T15:08:00.000-05:002008-12-13T03:04:20.850-05:00

The annual American Geophysical Union meeting is going on this week in San Francisco, CA. The meeting pulls in thousands of scientists and educators each year, many of whom are affiliated with NASA. To learn about NASA's scientific contributions to the meeting, click here. Talk and poster sessions cover topics ranging from volcanology to paleoclimatology to planetary science and everything in

Lorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201899277677936857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-41238439929499928302007-12-12T11:36:00.000-05:002007-12-12T11:43:02.504-05:00

The Flubber activity from yesterday's blog is available as a Google Document. Just remember Flubber is NOT recommended for small children. The borax and glue combination is toxic.Once you start playing with Flubber, it's hard to stop.

Heather (Igmom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02100841996647899645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-77752262760382866572007-12-11T09:44:00.000-05:002008-12-13T03:04:21.077-05:00

I thought we would change directions today and look at a phenomenon found here on Earth, glaciers. I'm not saying one might not find glaciers or remnants of glaciers on other planets such as Mars, but most people relate glaciers to the Earth.Whether it is Greenland or Antarctica, glaciers have been in the news. Scientists have been keeping track of glacial movement for some time. It is possible

Heather (Igmom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02100841996647899645noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-4532539172676275262007-12-07T21:12:00.001-05:002007-12-07T21:12:44.499-05:00

Cathy Peddie, LRO's deputy project manager talks about the LRO mission and how she was inspired to become an engineer. To learn more about LRO visit http://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/.

steph stockman (geosteph)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05190325921493501177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-15244738139848552952007-12-07T11:23:00.001-05:002008-12-13T03:04:21.413-05:00

The LRO website has a new video available: Return with LRO. “The Deputy Project Manager for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) program, Cathy Peddie, expresses her personal and professional thoughts on the upcoming LRO mission. From following in the footsteps of her childhood heroes, to building, testing, and intergrading the LRO instruments, to how LRO may play into future missions.”

Heather (Igmom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02100841996647899645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-1522559537860039102007-12-05T15:00:00.000-05:002008-12-13T03:04:21.941-05:00

On Friday, November 30, the MESSENGER team resumed daily contact with its Mercury-bound spacecraft. Engineers had suspended contact on November 13 when the spacecraft’s trajectory moved it to the opposite side of the Sun from Earth and out of radio contact with NASA’s Deep Space Network for several weeks. Read the complete story here.As of right now, there are 36 days, 22 hours, 24 minutes, and

Lorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201899277677936857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-62122155696539922022007-12-03T13:42:00.002-05:002008-12-13T03:04:22.202-05:00

Now that the candy and sweets season is in full swing, why not put some of that sugary goodness to good use to learn about Mars exploration?"Areology - The Study of Mars"Using candy bars, plastic straws, and a few other simple items, students will accomplish these objectives:· Examine a simulated Martian surface core sample.· Learn how an unknown core sample can be identified by matching it with

Lorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201899277677936857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-43357491668617614762007-11-30T11:41:00.000-05:002008-12-13T03:04:22.621-05:00

The Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) aboard NASA's Aura spacecraft is able to "see" the "hole" that develops in the ozone layer above Antarctica every winter. What is known as a "hole" in the ozone layer (the layer of concentrated ozone that resides in the stratosphere) is actually a thinning or depletion of ozone concentrations in the stratosphere. Due to a complex series of physical and

Brooke (Geokitten78)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06702243703856794962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-63935788699786850752007-11-29T07:46:00.001-05:002008-12-13T03:04:22.806-05:00

The Aura spacecraft orbiting 400 km above the Earth (248 miles) has the capability to sense many different kinds of particles (physical and chemical) in the air. The Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) aboard the Aura spacecraft picked up smoke from the recent fires in California. You can visit the Aura website to see an animation of how the smoke traveled during the recent activity:http://

Brooke (Geokitten78)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06702243703856794962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-62926487078745946002007-11-28T15:17:00.001-05:002007-11-28T15:17:30.080-05:00

Follow LRO at http://lro.gsfc.nasa.gov

steph stockman (geosteph)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05190325921493501177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-32940464832873220092007-11-28T09:38:00.000-05:002008-12-13T03:04:24.543-05:00

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is the first step in NASA's return to the moon. LRO will launch in late 2008 with the objectives to finding safe landing sites, locate potential resources, characterize the radiation environment, and demonstrate new technology. I'm the Education and Public Outreach (EPO) lead for LRO. I'm using twitter to provide updates of the LRO Project Science Working

steph stockman (geosteph)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05190325921493501177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-2827246984536105232007-11-26T15:39:00.000-05:002008-12-13T03:04:24.746-05:00

This lesson was written using Aura data, so that students could use data in their own scientific investigations. Below is an overview of the lesson:The dataset used in this lesson is monthly averages of NO2 as measured from NASA's EOS Aura spacecraft. NO2 is measured using the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI). OMI is a nadir-pointing instrument that measures trace gases in a column of air

Brooke (Geokitten78)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06702243703856794962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-72801102592801872462007-11-14T14:50:00.000-05:002008-12-13T03:04:24.903-05:00

With less than one year to go until launch, the assembly of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft and its six scientific instruments is in full swing. The actual spacecraft and one of its instruments, the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA), are being built here at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in MD. Both the spacecraft and all of its instruments must undergo rigorous testing

Lorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201899277677936857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-819915622146756662007-11-12T15:47:00.001-05:002008-12-13T03:04:25.145-05:00

Have you ever wondered how big the Moon was relative to the Earth? Since it is not possible to shrink the Earth and Moon, the following activity allows you to gain a better understanding using a piece of string and some image cut outs. This activity also allows you to use a regulation size basketball and a tennis ball to represent both the Earth and the Moon. By wrapping a piece of string

Heather (Igmom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02100841996647899645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-69895559679810351572007-11-07T10:29:00.001-05:002008-12-13T03:04:25.265-05:00

MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging), launched August 3, 2004, is NASA's first mission back to Mercury in over 30 years. The first mission to visit Mercury was Mariner 10. It flew by the planet three times between 1974 & 1975. During that time, it only imaged about 45% of Mercury.Unlike Mariner 10, MESSENGER is designed to orbit Mercury. But, in order to

Heather (Igmom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02100841996647899645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-90451302231998275082007-11-05T10:31:00.000-05:002008-12-13T03:04:25.535-05:00

"What do you think is NASA's greatest exploration achievement in the past 50 years and why?"Exploration provides the foundation of our knowledge, technology, resources, and inspiration. It seeks answers to the fundamental questions about our experience, responds to recent discoveries and puts in place revolutionary technologies and capabilities to inspire our nation, the world, and the next

steph stockman (geosteph)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05190325921493501177noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-3182969373456136672007-10-24T10:47:00.000-04:002007-10-24T13:51:01.260-04:00

My last day at the ASTC meeting was short...Tuesday, October 16, 2007:Web 2.0 session After checking out of the hotel this morning, I made my way over to the convention center for one last session on how museums are embracing Web 2.0. First up was someone from the Ontario Science Centre. He gave an overview of common social media Websites, which are sites where users publish the content and

Lorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201899277677936857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-29752071206438182152007-10-23T13:41:00.000-04:002007-10-23T16:07:29.272-04:00

Almost done... Here's the rundown from Day 4 of the ASTC meeting in CA.Monday, October 15, 2007Field Trip to Griffith ObservatoryThis morning I boarded a bus along with 250 of my closest friends to travel to Griffith Observatory in LA's Griffith Park. The drive took us up a winding road in the Park. Unfortunately it was cloudy and drizzling for most of the day, so what would normally have been

Lorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201899277677936857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-6413829654262626962007-10-22T12:45:00.000-04:002007-10-22T15:20:12.089-04:00

More highlights from my time at the ASTC meeting...Sunday, October 14, 2007 KeynoteThis morning's keynote had two speakers - Adam and Jamie from the Discovery Channel's MythBusters!! I have to admit that although I'd heard of MythBusters, I'd never actually watched an episode. After hearing Jamie and Adam talk however and seeing how truly interested they are in helping teach us a little science

Lorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201899277677936857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-58081198622705295452007-10-19T14:37:00.000-04:002007-10-19T16:21:41.528-04:00

This is a continuation of my experiences at the ASTC 2007 annual meeting...Saturday, October 13, 2007:Keynote:This morning I attended the annual ASTC "meet and greet" breakfast, where I got to meet some of my colleagues from NASA for the first time. The morning’s keynote speaker was Geoffrey Canada, CEO/President of the Harlem Children’s Zone. His main point was that educating youth and their

Lorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201899277677936857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-48797111016717664732007-10-17T16:35:00.000-04:002007-10-18T12:46:43.903-04:00

Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the Association of Science and Technology Center’s annual conference in Los Angeles, CA. Hosted by the California Science Center, the conference included presentations, keynotes, exhibitors, and visits to local science centers, museums, and other interesting places. I was hoping to be able to blog from the conference but did not have access to

Lorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04201899277677936857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-31422190619460717512007-09-20T11:40:00.000-04:002008-12-13T03:04:26.622-05:00

Day 2 of the the Discovery @15 Conference began with the "Development and Project Management" session. Right now the quote of the panel is "Everyone draws a good org chart" (Paul Gilbert) the question is who are the personalities driving the project. The chemistry of project team is a key to success. Important keys to early Discovery Mission success "Focused Science" and "Minimize Risk" that

steph stockman (geosteph)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05190325921493501177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-81671359189108769322007-09-19T09:31:00.000-04:002008-12-13T03:04:28.734-05:00

I'm at the Discovery@15 Conference in Huntsville, AL. From the NASA Discovery website:In space exploration, the possibilities for discovery are without limits. Even with the vast amount of knowledge gained since exploration of our solar system began, there are still more questions than

steph stockman (geosteph)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05190325921493501177noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-5205682109402429202007-09-15T21:33:00.000-04:002007-09-20T13:29:32.458-04:00

I have tried several strategies to bring people to "Adventures in Earth and Space". I post on Twitter when we update, and I have included the link in both my work and home email accounts as well as on facebook. Today Len Edgerly pointed me in a new direction with a post on twitter about Blog Rush, a widget to designed to promote blogs by subject area, based on traffic to a site. I'm going

steph stockman (geosteph)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05190325921493501177noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-50162151891697577212007-08-21T08:44:00.000-04:002008-12-13T03:04:28.826-05:00

We are back at Goddard today for day 2 of the NASA IPY education and outreach meeting...Polar Palooza!! http://tinyurl.com/yvjd8e Check here to see if NASA IPY's Polar Palooza is coming to a place near you http://tinyurl.com/237jcb the Polar Palooza tagline is "Stories from a changing planet" There will be all sorts of folks who will be part of the touroooo! LRO is featured in Polar Palooza

steph stockman (geosteph)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05190325921493501177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-89581011904764330292007-08-20T10:40:00.000-04:002007-08-20T14:43:14.087-04:00

I am currently sitting in the NASA International Polar Year education and public outreach meeting. During the meeting I am twittering the meeting highlights....here are my tweets from the from the first session.in the IPY meeting! Jim Garvin is talking about polar regions on the Moon and Mars http://tinyurl.com/2eqhz9Wow! Jim has the new LRO spacecraft visualization! Really cool (in a geeky sort

steph stockman (geosteph)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05190325921493501177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-48490908629836511572007-08-09T16:40:00.000-04:002008-12-13T03:04:29.256-05:00

During the week-long Girl Scouts USA core trainers workshop at NASA's Johnson Space Center participants learned about the engineering and science related to the robotic exploration of the Moon and Mars. They did a variety of hands on activities, toured labs and heard from scientists and engineers who are part of robotic exploration programs. They received Lego Robotic Kits, a Robotic Arm

steph stockman (geosteph)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05190325921493501177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-73716309300534030152007-08-03T16:11:00.000-04:002008-12-13T03:04:29.894-05:00

This morning I did a workshop "Quantifying Change with Landsat" for the Seasons and Biomes project during the GLOBE annual conference in San Antonio, TX. We had forty participants from the US, France, Russia, Lebanon, UK, Argentina, Thailand, Mexico and more. While I have quite a bit of experience with Landsat, I am new to Seasons and Biomes and the quantifying change exercise. Elena Sparrow

steph stockman (geosteph)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05190325921493501177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-37110791789709073422007-07-20T18:00:00.000-04:002008-12-13T03:04:30.043-05:00

Today Brooke, Steph, & I had wonderful opportunity to see the pre-release of the movie In the Shadow of the Moon. What an amazing movie!! Today, July 20, 2007, marks the 38th Anniversary of the first landing of humans on the Moon.So, you're probably wondering what's this movie about. In the Shadow of the Moon is a documentary featuring never seen before NASA footage of the Apollo missions.

Heather (Igmom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02100841996647899645noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-20651097996415234282007-07-18T09:39:00.000-04:002008-12-13T03:04:30.172-05:00

Yesterday I had the opportunity to meet with the members of the three new NES for the Goddard service region and show them all of the great professional development opportunities related to Aura. One of the members of the Goddard Office of Education arranged to have all of the Earth Science educators from center come and give a ten to fifteen minute preview of their educational programs. The

Brooke (Geokitten78)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06702243703856794962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-49095139334549458432007-07-17T22:55:00.001-04:002008-12-13T03:04:30.262-05:00

The GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) program was the brainchild of Al Gore..conceived when he was Vice President. Gore envisioned school children from across the world making science measurements that scientists could use as part of their research on environment.From the GLOBE website:Announced in 1994, GLOBE began operations on Earth Day 1995. Today, the

steph stockman (geosteph)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05190325921493501177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-1839449521401830382007-06-28T10:39:00.001-04:002008-12-13T03:04:30.569-05:00

We received notice from two participants in our Tempe Lunar Librarians workshop that they are doing a series of programs on LRO this summer. The workshops will take place July and August in Tucson at the Valencia Branch Library.

steph stockman (geosteph)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05190325921493501177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-83740544242086402532007-06-22T08:44:00.000-04:002008-12-13T03:04:30.745-05:00

The tropospheric NO2 data that come from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) aboard Aura is available in .kml files so that they can be viewed in Google Earth. An example of what the data look like is found on the right of this post. In order to get the data, go to the following url: http://hyperion.gsfc.nasa.gov/People/Wenig/OMINO2/NO2Trop.htmlOn this front page, you can choose monthly or

Brooke (Geokitten78)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06702243703856794962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-83847159310193317912007-06-20T15:55:00.001-04:002008-12-13T03:04:31.080-05:00

As part of the Venus 2 flyby activities a 1:5 scale model of the MESSENGER spacecraft built by carpenters at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., was hung in the Mercury exhibit in the Exploring the Planets Gallery of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum (NASM) in Washington, D.C.Artisans Ron Prietz, Sr., Bill Kulp, and Bob Harter, from APL's

steph stockman (geosteph)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05190325921493501177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-62736392089651142372007-06-20T14:52:00.000-04:002008-12-13T03:04:31.241-05:00

I'm at the MESSENGER science team meeting in Washington, DC. Tomorrow is my Education and Outreach update presentation...and today I'm catching up on the results of the MESSENGER Venus 2 Flyby. I decided to use my Twitter account (twitter.com/geosteph) to mini-blog on the meeting...posting some information about the instruments, with links embedded in the tweets.Is this education and outreach?

steph stockman (geosteph)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05190325921493501177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-74521685256474029022007-05-30T13:39:00.000-04:002007-06-20T16:52:03.230-04:00

I'm at the Edith Macy Conference Center in Briarcliff Manor, NY, participating in a STEM training for Girl Scout Council Staff. I'll be discussing Global Warming and NASA's role in monitoring climate change. Part of my challenge is to encourage the "what can I do" types of discussion and the other part is to bring science data into the mix.

steph stockman (geosteph)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05190325921493501177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-61529213671518759862007-05-20T19:17:00.000-04:002008-12-13T03:04:31.666-05:00

Through our work on education and outreach on LRO, we partnered with the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) and their Explore: Fun with Science project. From the website: Explore! Fun with Science is designed to engage youth in space and planetary science in the library and other informal learning environments. Through video explorations, related hands-on activities, and supporting resources,

steph stockman (geosteph)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05190325921493501177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-33830185352481868592007-05-15T14:36:00.000-04:002007-05-15T14:39:19.580-04:00

Well, Stephanie seems to be very successful in sucking me and Heather (aka "The Kids" or "Steph's minions") into the blogosphere, so here I am. Today I am ramping up my efforts towards Aura, preparing for the AccessData workshop next week. Keep checking back to see how our progress in writing a chapter for the Earth Exploration Toolbook is going!

Brooke (Geokitten78)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06702243703856794962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-24959095589843626812007-05-12T23:28:00.000-04:002008-12-13T03:04:31.942-05:00

I just added the links to my missions and projects. Check out the education and/or outreach sections to get an idea of the kinds of things we do. The image at the left is the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. It's scheduled to launch late October 2008

steph stockman (geosteph)http://www.blogger.com/profile/05190325921493501177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093134658823852668.post-34668735626907379922007-05-12T20:47:00.000-04:002007-05-12T21:05:02.056-04:00

I develop and implement education and outreach programs for NASA Earth and Space science missions. As education and public outreach (EPO) specialists, my team and I are always looking for innovative ways to engage people in NASA missions. We work in the K-12 community, with museums, planetariums,after-school programs, filmmakers and youth groups. Of course our missions have websites and many

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