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SESDA Supports JWST at SXSW
Posted On: March 29, 2013Comments: No Responses
South by Southwest (SXSW) is one of the largest cultural festivals in the country, with activities related to music, film, and interactive technology that runs for two weeks in Austin, TX. And this year, NASA was there! During the Interactive Festival weekend on March 8-10, NASA and its partners (including several SESDA 3 Outreach Specialists) […]
Strange Jets on Saturn’s Surface
Posted On: March 5, 2013Comments: No Responses
Jet streams on Saturn can take unusual forms such as the curious hexagonal shape seen in this image taken by the Cassini spacecraft’s wide-angle camera. During February 2013, it was the Composite Infrared Spectrometer’s (CIRS) turn to collect data on this impressive feature, with SESDA 3 instrument operations staff helping to plan the observation, create […]
SESDA Outreach Staff Go the Distance to Promote NASA Science
Posted On: February 8, 2013Comments: One Response
In October and November, two SESDA Education and Public Outreach specialists traveled to Punta Arenas, Chile, to support NASA’s Operation IceBridge 2012 Antarctic campaign. The mission purpose is to supply critical ice dynamics data, bridging the gap in coverage between the defunct IceSat I and the upcoming IceSat II spacecraft. The IceBridge airborne science campaign […]
Bringing the Universe Closer to You
Posted On: October 23, 2012Comments: No Responses
One of our Education and Public Outreach specialists is a primary host, interviewer, blogger, and editor for NASA Blueshift, a portal to all things related to Goddard’s Astrophysics Science Division. Their main web page is the entry point for podcasts, blogs, and downloads that help the public better understand the groundbreaking discoveries, innovative technology, new […]
SESDA III Outreach Extends to India
Posted On: October 22, 2012Comments: No Responses
The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Education and Outreach team was part of a delegation that included scientists, engineers, and outreach professionals from NASA HQ, GSFC, JPL, Stanford University, and Grove of Hope, who were invited to the Coimbatore Space Festival hosted by Bharathiar University in Coimbatore, India in July 2012. The festival was a resounding […]
Curiosity survives “seven minutes of terror”
Posted On: August 8, 2012Comments: No Responses
Congratulations to our SESDA II team supporting the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument on the Curiosity rover. The rover successfully survived a challenging and harrowing landing on Mars early on August 6th. After years of planning, designing, building, and testing, the SAM instrument suite will now play a vital role in the search for […]
Outreach Staff Create New Earth Science Videos
Posted On: August 3, 2012Comments: No Responses
Our SESDA Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Outreach Team played key roles in creating two new six-minute data animations entitled, “Earth’s Water Cycle” and “The Ocean – a Driving Force for outlook and surroundings” . Both animations represent a joint endeavor between NASA JPL’s Solar System Visualization Project and NASA GSFC, and are […]
Build It Yourself: Satellite!
Posted On: July 30, 2012Comments: No Responses
A fun and educational new computer game for students and adults, created by a SESDA II web developer working with the James Webb Space Telescope project, was recently released on the JWST website. The Flash-based game has players choose what science their satellite will study, and then decide what wavelengths, instruments, and optics will help […]
SESDA Staff Support Major Science and Engineering Festival
Posted On: June 11, 2012Comments: No Responses
Also in the EPO arena, a dozen SESDA science and outreach staff planned and operated exhibitions demonstrating NASA science at the 2nd USA Science & Engineering Festival, held April 27-29 at the Washington DC Convention Center. More than 150,000 visitors attended over the 3 days; including the Exhibitors, volunteers, and staff, the headcount came to […]
TRANSIT of VENUS was 5-6 June 2012; the next is December 2117
Posted On: June 11, 2012Comments: No Responses
Our SESDA Sun Earth Day team joined with NASA Edge to broadcast the event live from Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Thanks in part to our Heliophysics system administrators and our HECN network groups, their website drew about 150 million hits without a single crash; likely more people watched the NASA Edge video live feed than watched […]
