NASA EXPRESS -- Your STEM Connection for Sept. 5 2024

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

Connect With NASA Experts Via NASA Engages Would you like to have a NASA expert speak to your students? The NASA Engages program makes connecting with NASA easier than ever before. Create an online profile and request an expert to take part in your career fairs, demonstrations, expert panels, science fairs, competitions, and more. Virtual appearances are available nationwide, but in-person events are only available within a 35-mile radius to a NASA center. Make your request at least two months in advance, and the NASA Engages team will find the right expert for your audience. Click here to get started. Deadline Extended: Notice of Funding Opportunity for NASA FY 2024 Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions (TEAM II) NASA is seeking proposals for the 2024 NASA TEAM II Community Anchor and STEM Innovator Awards. Eligible proposers include U.S. nonprofit science museums, planetariums, youth-serving organizations, and libraries.   Selected parties will offer inquiry- or experiential-based opportunities that include NASA education and research and directly align with space exploration, aeronautics, space science, Earth science, or microgravity.   The deadline for TEAM II Community Anchor Awards proposals has been extended to Tuesday, Sept. 10. Proposals for TEAM II STEM Innovator Awards are due Thursday, Sept. 26.   Prospective proposers can view pre-proposal information and webinar recordings at TEAM II Community Anchor and TEAM II STEM Innovator. Questions may be directed to TEAMii@nasaprs.com.   Coming Up Later This Month Mark your calendar to stay up to date with these upcoming events to make timely STEM connections! Wednesday, Sept. 11: Celebrate NASA astronaut Don Pettit's Soyuz launch to the International Space Station with his Science Off the Sphere video series. Saturday, Sept. 14: Gaze upon our nearest neighbor on International Observe the Moon Night. Sunday, Sept. 22: Welcome the start of Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere with a Printable Crossword Puzzle. No Earlier Than Tuesday, Sept. 24: Learn about the astronauts launching to the space station on SpaceX Crew-9. Opportunities for Grades K-12 NASA TechRise Student Challenge: Virtual Field Trip Audience: Educators and students in grades 6-12 Virtual Field Trip for Students: Friday, Sept. 20, at 2 p.m. EDT Challenge Entry Deadline: Nov. 1 Contact: support@futureengineers.org Join the NASA TechRise Virtual Field Trip to hear from NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins and participate in a live Q&A session. Learn about high-altitude balloons and how your school can win $1500 by submitting an experiment idea to the NASA TechRise Student Challenge. Click here to learn more and to RSVP to attend. NASA Space Place Art Challenge Audience: Artists ages 13 and under Entry Deadline: Monday, Sept. 30 Contact: NASAKidsArt@jpl.nasa.gov   Next month, NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will launch on a mission to study Jupiter’s moon, Europa. Scientists predict that below Europa’s icy surface is an ocean that could support life.   NASA Space Place wants to see your artwork inspired by the Europa Clipper mission. Young artists are invited to learn about the spacecraft, its mission, and Jupiter’s icy moon, then use their imagination to create artwork inspired by what they learn. Selected artworks will be featured on the NASA Space Place website and during the Europa Clipper mission’s launch broadcast. Click here to get started.  Higher Education Opportunities Student Suborbital Flight Opportunities: NASA RockSat Program Audience: University and community college undergraduate students and faculty Notice of Intent to Fly Deadline: Thursday, Sept. 19 Contact: wff-rocksatprogram@mail.nasa.gov   NASA’s RockSat program gives U.S. college and university teams low-cost access to space via payload capabilities on sounding rockets that reach an altitude of more than 70 miles. RockSat engages students in a thorough design process documented by design reviews in the fall and testing and integration reviews in the spring. This is a competitive program and space on the rocket is limited.   Visit the RockSat program website to find the 2025 program handbooks and instructions to submit a Notice of Intent to Fly form.  DEVELOP National Program Opportunities Audience: Currently enrolled college students, recent graduates, early career professionals, and transitioning career professionals Application Deadline: Friday, Oct. 4 Contact: NASA-DL-DEVELOP@mail.nasa.gov   DEVELOP provides 10-week research opportunities for participants to address environmental and public policy issues through interdisciplinary research projects that apply the lens of NASA Earth observations to community concerns around the globe. Working in teams and with the support of science advisors and mentors, DEVELOP participants build research and science communication skills that help them succeed in the workforce.   DEVELOP offers both in-person and virtual opportunities depending on the project. Click here to browse the proposed project list. Call for Payloads: 2025 High-Altitude Student Platform Audience: Student teams from universities and community colleges worldwide Notice of Intent Deadline: Friday, Oct. 11 Application Deadline: Monday, Nov. 4 Contact: hasp@lsu.edu   Student teams are invited to develop experiments to fly to the edge of space on a NASA high-altitude research balloon. The annual project, supported by the NASA Science Mission Directorate Astrophysics Division, NASA Balloon Program Office, and the Louisiana Space Grant Consortium, provides near-space access for up to 24 student experiments. Typically, the flights last 15 to 20 hours and reach an altitude of 122,000 feet. There is no cost for launch and flight operations. Student teams must raise funds to support payload development and travel. Click here to register for a Q&A teleconference on Friday, Sept. 27, and an Application Development teleconference on Friday, Oct. 18. Opportunities With Our Partners Engaging Hispanic/Latinx Communities - Forming Community Partnerships and the Co-Creation Process Online Workshop Date: Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 2 p.m. EDT U.S. Department of Education Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award Nomination Deadline: Friday, Sept. 13 2025 National STEM Festival: Student Project Submissions (Grades 7-12) Entry Deadline: Sunday, Oct. 20 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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