Tag: Education
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Live coverage: Space Station cargo mission arrives at destination
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Antares rocket from Virginia with Northrop Grumman’s 15th operational Cygnus resupply flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”NASA TV”] [tabby title=”Wallops Clean Feed”] [tabbyending]
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Antares rocket loaded with time-sensitive cargo for launch to space station Saturday
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket emerges from the Horizontal Integration Facility at Wallops Island, Virginia, on Feb. 16. Credit: NASA/Patrick Black A Northrop Grumman Cygnus supply ship — named the S.S. Katherine Johnson for the trailblazing NASA mathematician portrayed in “Hidden Figures” — was loaded with time-sensitive cargo Friday at a launch pad in Virginia for…
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Space Notes: Spaceflight makes launch deal, RBC Signals to host Swarm, and a new fellowship is born
An artist’s conception shows HawkEye 360’s satellites in orbit. (HawkEye 360 Illustration) — Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. says it’s signed an agreement with HawkEye 360 to support multiple launches of the Virginia-based company’s radio-frequency mapping satellites. Spaceflight will provide mission management services for HawkEye 360’s Cluster 4, 5 and 6 launches. Each cluster consists of three…
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University of Washington wins NASA grant to create spacey contest for Artemis Student Challenges
A NASA robotics team drives a test rover into Valentine Cave at California’s Lava Beds National Monument. The expedition was aimed at testing technologies for exploring lava tubes on the moon and Mars. (NASA Photo) NASA has awarded the University of Washington a $499,864 grant to develop a competition that calls on students to turn…
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NASA takes high-school student’s suggestion and gives Mars Helicopter a new name: Ingenuity
Picking up on a suggestion from an Alabama high-school junior, NASA has given an ingenious name to the first helicopter due to take flight on Mars. The new name, Ingenuity, was submitted by Vaneeza Rupani of Tuscaloosa County High School in Northport, Ala., for NASA’s “Name the Rover” essay contest. NASA went with a different…
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Calling all kids: Send Blue Origin a space postcard while you’re stuck at home
Blue Origin employees who volunteer for the Club for the Future sort postcards. (Blue Origin Photo) Are you looking for educational activities to occupy the kids while you’re cooped up due to the coronavirus outbreak? One option is to make space postcards for the Club for the Future, an educational campaign created by Amazon CEO…
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NASA astronaut and Seattle schoolkids celebrate the science of socks in space
A student from Seattle’s Rainier Prep listens to NASA astronaut Jessica Meir answer a question posed via an Earth-to-space video link. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Astronauts on the International Space Station get thick calluses on the tops of their feet instead of the bottoms, but today students tried out ways to make the final…
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Watch Seattle students chat with orbiting NASA astronaut Jessica Meir about socks in space
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir sports green-toed socks during an earlier Earth-to-space chat with students. (NASA via UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography) Hundreds of middle-school and high-school students will gather at Seattle’s Museum of Flight on Monday to chat with NASA astronaut Jessica Meir on the International Space Station while the world watches on the Web.…
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NASA lists nine potential names suggested by kids for its next Mars rover: Vote for your favorite
More than 28,000 students submitted names for the rover that NASA plans to launch toward Mars in July. (NASA / JPL-Caltech Illustration) NASA and an army of nearly 4,700 volunteer judges have selected nine potential names for a rover that’s due to be launched to Mars in July, and you have just six days to…
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Hey, kids: Name NASA’s 2020 Mars rover!
This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s Mars 2020 rover on the surface of Mars. (NASA / JPL-Caltech) NASA says a student will provide the official name for its 2020 Mars rover, continuing a tradition that began 16 years ago. The space agency will kick off its “Name the Rover” contest on Sept. 3, just as most…