NASA EXPRESS -- Your STEM Connection for Aug. 22, 2024

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

NASA 2025 Spring Internships Find your place in space with a NASA internship. NASA offers several opportunities for students to undertake meaningful and challenging projects that truly make an impact on humanity. Applications for spring 2025 internships are due Friday, Aug. 23. Click here to find available opportunities, frequently asked questions, and application details. Earthrise e-Newsletter: Earth Action Moment As a new school year begins, this month’s issue of Earthrise is focused on how teachers and students can innovate and collaborate to explore Earth science and enable solutions for the benefit of all. NASA astronaut Megan McArthur shares how her time on the International Space Station changed her perspective and calls on teachers to engage students in an Earth Action moment this school year. Click here to read and subscribe. Opportunities to Get Involved Call for Reviewers: My NASA Data Audience: U.S. educators of grades 3-12 Application Deadline: Friday, Aug. 30 Contact: barbie.buckner@nasa.gov   Are you a teacher who is interested in using My NASA Data in your classroom? Are you looking to make an impact in Earth science education? Consider joining the My NASA Data Product Review Team and/or the Data Visualization User Working Group for the 2024-25 school year.   Volunteers on the Product Review Team will review lessons and provide feedback about hands-on experience and resources. Data Visualization User Working Group volunteers will provide feedback on the newly modified My NASA Data Earth System Data Explorer, our data visualization tool for use in lesson planning or with students.   Click here for details and to apply. NASA’s Climate Change Research Initiative Audience: Graduate students and full-time STEM educators of grades 9-12 Application Deadline: Friday, Aug. 30 Contact: matthew.d.pearce@nasa.gov   NASA’s Climate Change Research Initiative seeks applicants for a yearlong STEM engagement opportunity for educators and graduate students to contribute to NASA’s work in exploration and discovery related to the science and study of climate change. Participants will work directly with NASA scientists to lead research teams, provide community STEM engagement events related to their projects, and develop research papers, scientific posters, presentations, and curriculum. Stipends will be provided.   Click here for project descriptions and application information. Are You Up for a Challenge? Cover Art Contest: Scientific Ballooning Handbook – 50th Anniversary Edition Audience: Artists ages 13 to 18 Entry Deadline: Oct. 1 Contact: sarah.roth@nasa.gov   The NASA Balloon Program Office is organizing an update to the Scientific Ballooning Handbook and inviting students to design the cover. Entries may be submitted by individuals or students working together in teams.   The winning artwork will be the cover for the 50th-anniversary edition handbook, which NASA will digitally publish in the public domain. The winning art will also be professionally printed and flown on a NASA Scientific Balloon. The art will then be returned to the artist(s), compliments of the NASA Balloon Program Office. 2025 RASC-AL Competition Audience: Part-time and full-time undergraduate and graduate students attending accredited U.S.-based community colleges, colleges, and universities Notice of Intent Deadline: Oct. 10 Entry Deadline: Feb. 25, 2025 Contact: rascal@nianet.org   The 2025 RASC-AL competition invites student teams to develop new concepts that leverage innovation to improve our ability to operate on the Moon, Mars, and beyond. This year, teams and their faculty advisors are invited to design and propose innovative solutions with supporting original engineering and analysis in response to one of the following themes: Sustained Lunar Evolution – An Inspirational Moment, Advanced Science Missions and Technology Demonstrators for Human-Mars Precursor Campaign, and Small Lunar Servicing and Maintenance Robot. Up to 14 teams may be chosen to present their concepts at the 2025 RASC-AL Forum in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Each team will receive a monetary award to facilitate full participation in the RASC-AL Forum competition.  2025 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition: AgAir – Aviation Solutions for Agriculture Audience: Part-time and full-time undergraduate and graduate students at accredited U.S. colleges and universities Notice of Intent Deadline: Oct. 22 Submission Deadline: Feb. 17, 2025 Contact: BlueSkies@nianet.org   The agriculture industry faces challenges, including increased demands for food, unpredictable weather patterns and extreme temperatures, and pressure to reduce agriculture’s environmental impact while increasing its climate resilience.   Through the 2025 Blue Skies Competition, collegiate teams of two to six students will conceptualize novel aviation systems that can be applied to agriculture by 2035 or sooner with the goal of improving production, efficiency, environmental impact, and extreme weather/climate resilience. Finalist teams will receive an $8,000 stipend to facilitate competition participation, including attending the 2025 Blue Skies Forum at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, in May 2025. Winners will receive NASA Aeronautics internships in the academic year following the competition. CubeSat Launch Initiative Partnership Opportunity Audience: U.S. accredited educational institutions and nonprofit organizations Proposal Deadline: Nov. 15 at 5 p.m. EST Contact: laura.aguiar@nasa.gov   NASA is seeking proposals for CubeSat payloads in the 1U-12U size range looking to launch between 2026-2029. The CubeSat Launch Initiative gives students, teachers, and faculty a chance to get hands-on flight hardware development experience. Proposed CubeSat investigations must advance NASA’s strategic goals in the areas of education, science, technology development/demonstration or NASA workforce development. Opportunities With Our Partners 2024 National HBCU Week Conference: Sept. 15-19 Registration Open National Nuclear Security Administration Minority Serving Institutions Internship Program Application Deadline: Oct. 27 U.S. Department of Education Power Your Future Challenge Submission Deadline: Nov. 19 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. Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email 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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