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Training the Next Generation of Scientists
Posted On: October 26, 2011Comments: No Responses
Mr. Huy Lam, a senior at Poolesville High School in Montgomery County, Maryland, has been selected as a 2011 Siemens Science Competition semi-finalist. His research project was "A Multi-Spacecraft Approach to Studying Auroral Kilometric Radiation Using the Virtual Wave Observatory." The Virtual Wave Observatory (VWO) is an online suite of tools and data that allows […]
Fermi Captures Neutron Star Plunge
Posted On: September 7, 2011Comments: No Responses
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, with comprehensive support provided by SESDA II scientists and software developers, recently yielded an unprecedented set of observations of a fascinating astrophysical binary system consisting of a neutron star and a massive star. Every 3.4 years the incredibly dense neutron star plunges directly through the disk of gas surrounding its […]
Successful Launch to Jupiter
Posted On: August 18, 2011Comments: No Responses
On 5 August 2011, NASA’s Juno spacecraft successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The collective cheers of many SESDA II staff could be heard throughout the Goddard campus as it lifted off, a result of the many years of preparation and testing our programmers, instrument engineers, data technicians, and even summer interns had spent reaching […]
Goddard Science Visualization Lab’s Hyperwall
Posted On: August 2, 2011Comments: No Responses
SESDA outreach staff is promoting the Goddard Science Visualization Lab’s Hyperwall as a showcase for NASA science. The most recent exhibition was at the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (IGARSS) 2011 meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 25-29, 2011. A well-planned joint NASA/JAXA (Japanese Space Agency) public event was the highlight of the exhibit. Hyperwall technology […]
Webb Spinning
Posted On: June 6, 2011Comments: No Responses
SESDA II staff were on hand recently to watch Goddard’s giant centrifuge in action. The ISIM (Integrated Science Instrument Module) structure, a key piece of hardware for the James Webb Space Telescope, was installed on the centrifuge as part of the rigorous testing that all spaceflight hardware must undergo before it can be certified as […]
An Elementary Approach to Education and Public Outreach
Posted On: April 5, 2011Comments: No Responses
The "Think Scientifically" book series is a three part elementary school outreach program created by the SESDA II Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) E/PO team. The first book, entitled "The Day Joshua Jumped Too Much," addresses the Sun as Earth's ultimate source of energy. Joshua's dad teaches him that life on Earth would not exist without […]
SESDA II and JWST Challenge Students in the Real and Virtual Worlds
Posted On: February 1, 2011Comments: No Responses
SESDA II staff supporting the James Webb Space Telescope are helping to promote and facilitate the RealWorld-InWorld NASA Engineering Design Challenge, a unique education initiative that targets students in grades 9-12 and encourages them to explore and build skills essential for successful careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math through two phases of project-based learning and […]
SOHO’s 2000th Comet Discovery
Posted On: January 10, 2011Comments: No Responses
SESDA II staff achieved another milestone in supporting the discovery of SOHO’s 2000th comet on December 26, 2010. The event was reported in a NASA press release. The actual discovery was made by amateur astronomy student Michal Kusiak of Poland using images from the SOHO Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) that were processed by […]
SESDA staff organized and supported the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall 2010 Meeting NASA Science exhibit
Posted On: January 3, 2011Comments: No Responses
SESDA staff organized and supported the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall 2010 Meeting NASA Science exhibit. The exhibit encompassed a 2000 sq. ft. footprint that included a new exhibit, a 414 square inch video wall, and a presentation/demo area. The exhibit included the Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics divisions within the Science Mission […]
NASA’s STEREO Mission Sees the Entire Sun
Posted On: December 10, 2010Comments: No Responses
Mark your calendars for February 2011 when, for the first time ever, the entire front and far side of the Sun will be simultaneously visible by the twin STEREO spacecraft. This momentous event when the two spacecraft attain 180 degrees of separation will be the culmination of years of planning and development. SESDA II staff’s […]
