Today is World Quantum Day, a celebration aimed at promoting the public’s understanding of quantum science and technology. NASA uses quantum technology to support research and technology development across the agency. To celebrate World Quantum Day, Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) has released a new Quantum Code Crunchers activity for students to test out their binary coding skills.
Can you help NASA crack the hidden code? | | |  | Build excitement for the SpaceX Crew-4 launch with the Commercial Crew STEM Mission Toolkit, a one-stop-shop resource filled with lesson plans, videos, and educational activities for K-12 students. Find more ways to bring resources from Commercial Crew and the International Space Station into your classroom by visiting NASA’s STEM on Station website. | | | | Register to receive schedule updates and access to related activities and resources (including a boarding pass and a virtual passport stamp for email registrants). Organizations hosting launch-focused events, including school groups and museums, are also encouraged to register. | | | | professional development hours. | | Audience: All Educators, Students, Parents, and Caregivers Event Date: April 22, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. EDT Celebrate Earth during NASA’s 2022 Virtual Earth Day Event. The virtual event will feature live presentations and chats with NASA experts, interactive science content, a kids’ fun zone, a scavenger hunt, hundreds of downloadable resources, and more. Registration is free and open to the public. Click here for more information. Content will be available on demand through May 2. | | What’s it like to go on a mission into deep space without leaving Earth? Students anywhere around the world can now directly ask questions to crew members on a simulated journey to Mars. NASA’s “Groundlink” program connects students with crew members currently inside NASA’s Human Exploration Research Analog, or HERA, a habitat housed at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Through the crew’s answers, students can learn more about how NASA prepares humans to live and work in space. Click here to watch previous Groundlink episodes. Do you know a student who has questions for analog crew members? Visit the HERA website for more information, and send your questions to the Groundlink program via email at jsc-askanalogs@mail.nasa.gov. | | Audience: Undergraduate Students Event Dates: June 13-24 Are you interested in trajectory design in cislunar space? Learn how trajectory design works in the Earth-Moon system and multi-body gravity fields at OrbitCamp, an asynchronous series of free, online modules designed for participants who have taken an undergraduate orbital mechanics class but have little or no experience with gravitational multi-body dynamics. In addition to the self-guided modules, a series of live virtual events and seminars with experts will bring OrbitCamp participants together.
| | Audience: Full-time or Part-Time Undergraduate and Graduate Students Notice of Intent Deadline: Sept. 15 Entry Deadline: Oct. 20 The FLOATing DRAGON (Formulate, Lift, Observe, and Testing: Data Recovery and Guided On-board Node) Balloon Challenge asks collegiate students to develop a concept and preliminary prototype for a system capable of delivering a data vault to the ground in a guided, safe manner. Four teams will be awarded $5,000 each to build their data recovery prototypes and conduct a test drop of their system in New Mexico in August 2023. The winning team may have an opportunity to integrate their system into official NASA development. | | Opportunities With Our Partners | | Voting Ends April 21 at Midnight PDT | | | Application Deadline: June 5 at Midnight PDT | |
Are you looking for NASA STEM materials to support your curriculum?
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: | | | | | | |
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