NASA EXPRESS -- Your STEM Connection for April 3, 2025

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NASA STEM Engagement Celebrate Community College Month For many students, the path to a NASA career begins at a community college. These local, two-year institutions offer valuable flexibility and options to those aspiring to be part of the nation’s next generation skilled technical workforce.   Celebrate Community College Month by exploring the many NASA opportunities that let community college students expand their horizons, make connections with agency experts, add valuable NASA experiences to their resumes, and find STEM roles that best fit their skills and interests. Click here to learn more. Online Learning Opportunities Info Session – Moon Mascot: NASA Artemis II Design Challenge Event Date: Tuesday, April 8, at noon EDT Challenge Deadline: Tuesday, May 27 Contact: moon-mascot@freelancer.com   Calling all designers! The Moon Mascot: NASA Artemis II Zero Gravity Indicator Design Challenge wants your ideas for a small plush object that will travel inside the Orion capsule with the Artemis II astronauts to indicate when the spacecraft reaches microgravity.    Got questions? Join the team for an information session to get a comprehensive overview of the challenge from NASA experts, including goals and objectives, rules, eligibility requirements, and submission process.   Click here to register. Virtual Career Connection: Explore NASA’s Telescopes Registration Deadline: Thursday, April 10 Event Date: Thursday, April 17, at 1 p.m. EDT Contact: hq-virtual-engagements@mail.nasa.gov   NASA space telescopes give humanity a unique view of the universe. Learn how NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope work together to explore the cosmos and provide a broad view of our cosmic surroundings. Find out how the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will give astronomers unprecedented views of exoplanets and planet-forming disks.   Following the presentation, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and learn about the presenter’s career journey.   Click here to register. More to Explore Contact Opportunity: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Informational Webinar: Thursday, April 10 Proposal Deadline: Friday, May 23 Contact: education@ariss-usa.org   On Monday, April 7, ARISS will begin accepting proposals from U.S. schools, museums and community youth organizations (working individually or together) to host an amateur radio contact with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station between January 1 and June 30, 2026. To maximize these events, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed STEM engagement plan. Radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes.   Click here for proposal guidelines and forms. Higher Education Opportunities Call for Proposals: MUREP Partnership Learning Annual Notification (MPLAN) Awards Proposal Deadline: June 9 Contact: roderick.d.chappell@nasa.gov   NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) is seeking proposals to promote research collaboration with NASA mission directorates. Funding of up to $50,000 per award supports teams at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to develop innovative ideas and action plans for commercialization. NASA provides expert guidance and resources throughout the program, enabling MSIs to unlock their full potential and deliver technological innovations that contribute to NASA’s missions and benefit society.   Click here to see full proposal guidelines. Dragonfly Student and Early Career Investigator Program Application Deadline: June 9 Contact: DRAGONFLY-SEO-LEADERSHIP-L@LISTSERV.JHUAPL.EDU   Set to launch in 2028, NASA’s Dragonfly mission will send a rotorcraft lander to explore a variety of locations on Saturn’s moon Titan. Graduate students are invited to apply for a two-year term to work with Dragonfly mission team members to conduct Titan research, help formulate Dragonfly mission science and operations plans, or assist in the development of instrumentation, hardware, or testing.   Applicants must be U.S. citizens pursuing a master’s or doctoral degree in the physical sciences, biological sciences, computer sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Undergraduate STEM students who will be graduating with bachelor’s degrees in May 2025 are also eligible to apply, provided that they will be enrolled in STEM graduate programs in fall 2025.   Click here for program details. Partner Opportunities Genes in Space Contest Submission Deadline: Monday, April 14 International Space Station Research and Development Conference Call for Abstracts Submission Deadline: Friday, April 18 Eye on the Future Teen Video Contest Entry Deadline: Sunday, April 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/learning-resources/nasa-express. Are you looking for NASA STEM materials? Search hundreds of resources at https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/search. Check out the ‘Science for Everyone’ website! Science starts with questions, leading to discoveries. Visit https://science.nasa.gov/for-everyone. To view the site in Spanish, visit https://ciencia.nasa.gov. Are you looking for more NASA prizes, challenges, and crowdsourcing opportunities? Visit https://www.nasa.gov/get-involved/ to find ways to contribute to NASA’s work. 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