NASA EXPRESS -- Your STEM Connection for July 29, 2021

Check out the latest NASA opportunities for educators, students and families.

‌ ‌ ‌ NASA’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 Launch Scheduled for July 30 at 2:53 p.m. EDT Don't miss tomorrow's test flight of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft. Set to launch at 2:53 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral, Florida, the mission is the final test to certify the spacecraft to carry astronauts into space. Live coverage of the launch begins at 2 p.m. EDT. Bring the excitement of launch into the classroom with the #LaunchAmerica STEM Mission Toolkit filled with lessons and activities. The test launch doesn't have any human astronauts aboard, but Rosie the Rocketeer, Boeing’s anthropometric test device, has claimed her spot in the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft's commander seat.   Register as a virtual guest and join her for the launch. Participants will receive schedule updates and access to related activities and resources (including a boarding pass and a virtual passport stamp for email registrants). Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 15 Join NASA in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 15 mission, the first mission to use a lunar roving vehicle on the Moon. Share the excitement of this historic mission with a downloadable presentation that includes highlights, video clips and images. Are You Ready for a Challenge? NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge Info Session Audience: Educators and Students, Grades 9-12 and Higher Education Event Date: July 29 at 6:30 p.m. EDT   NASA's Human Exploration Rover Challenge provides a hands-on technical experience that places teams of students in the engineer’s seat as they follow NASA’s engineering design process to design and build human-powered rovers and task tools. Join the online information session to hear about the challenge from staff and advisor participants. Click here for webinar registration. Click here to learn more about the rover challenge and other Artemis Student Challenges. Mosquito Habitat Photo Challenge Audience: Citizen Scientists Worldwide Challenge Dates: Now Through Aug. 25 Contact: cassie_soeffing@strategies.org   Scientists need your photos of mosquito larvae and land cover to help prevent outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases. The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program invites citizen scientists to use the GLOBE Observer app tools to document mosquito breeding habitats and the land around them. Visit the website to learn how you can participate, observe, learn, create and engage to help scientists worldwide.  NASA’s Science Mission Directorate Entrepreneurs Challenge Audience: U.S. Citizens Ages 18+ Deadline: Aug. 6 Contact: nicole.a.rayl@nasa.gov   NASA’s Science Mission Directorate is seeking novel ideas to support the development of new science instruments and related technologies to advance the agency’s science exploration goals in three broadly defined science technology focus areas: smallsat science technologies, metamaterials-based sensors and biomarker detection. Through a two-round process, the directorate will award up to $90,000 in prize funding to each finalist. 2022 RASC-AL Competition Audience: Full-time Undergraduate and Graduate Students Notice of Intent Deadline: Oct. 14 Entry Deadline: March 1, 2022 Contact: rascal@nianet.org The 2022 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts — Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) engineering design competition invites university teams to develop new, innovative concepts that improve our ability to operate on the Moon, Mars and beyond. Entries must address one of four themes: Portable Utility Pallet, Universal Sample Containment System, Mars Water-Based In-Situ Resource Utilization Architecture or SuitPort Logistics Carrier. Thirteen to 15 teams will be chosen to present their concepts at the June 2022 RASC-AL Forum, where prototype demonstrations are highly encouraged.  STEM Webinars for Educators, Parents and Caregivers Join the NASA STEM Engagement & Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University for live educational webinars. Artemis STEM Resources Aug. 3 at 1 p.m. EDT Designing a Multistage Rocket Aug. 4 at 6 p.m. EDT Exploring the Rock Cycle — Earth, Moon and Mars Aug. 5 at 1 p.m. EDT For a full list of upcoming webinars, click here. ‘NASA STEM Stars’ — From High School Intern to Communications Leader: Michelle Jones Audience: Students Ages 13+ Event Date: Aug. 4 at 2 p.m. EDT “NASA STEM Stars” is a webchat series that connects students with subject matter experts to learn about STEM careers and ask questions about STEM topics. Next week, communications expert Michelle Jones will share insights about her career path from high school intern to Chief of the Office of Communications at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.   Watch the live event and ask your questions about pursuing careers in STEM. Join the Office of the Chief Scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California for a series featuring researchers discussing innovative ideas and the latest updates on NASA projects. Upcoming webinars include: Dr. Joseph Rios — Getting the Airspace Ready for Advanced Air Mobility Aug. 3 at 2 p.m. EDT Haley Cummings — Future Flight on Mars: Ingenuity and the ROAMX Project Aug. 10 at 2 p.m. EDT Webinars are scheduled through Aug. 19. Click here to see a full list of upcoming events. Deadline Alert: NASA Psyche Inspired Internship NASA's Psyche mission invites full-time, enrolled undergraduate students majoring in any subject at universities and community colleges in the U.S. and its territories to apply to become part of this year’s cohort of Psyche Inspired interns. Psyche Inspired is a program that brings undergraduate students together to share the excitement, innovation and scientific and engineering content of NASA’s Psyche mission with the public through artistic and creative works. Applications are due July 30.   Click here for application details.  Want to subscribe to get this message delivered to your inbox each Thursday? Sign up for the NASA EXPRESS newsletter at https://www.nasa.gov/stem/express. Are you looking for NASA STEM materials to support your curriculum? Search hundreds of resources by subject, grade level, type and keyword at https://www.nasa.gov/education/materials/. Find NASA science resources for your classroom. NASA Wavelength is a digital collection of Earth and space science resources for educators of all levels — from elementary to college, to out-of-school programs. https://science.nasa.gov/learners/wavelength Check out the ‘Explore NASA Science’ website! Science starts with questions, leading to discoveries. Visit science.nasa.gov. To view the site in Spanish, visit ciencia.nasa.gov. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Visit NASA STEM Engagement on the Web:  NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement: https://stem.nasa.gov  NASA Kids’ Club: https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub

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