Celebrate Asteroid Day by finding out how to tell the difference between asteroids, comets, meteors, meteorites and other bodies in our solar system. Event Date: June 30
In the next webinar of the series, find out how Earth-observing satellites are able to measure precipitation, temperature, and other weather variables from space. Learn about remote sensing and gain an understanding of how and why we use satellites to help us observe and protect our home planet. Event Date: July 11
In October 2024, NASA is sending a mission to explore an ocean on another world. Europa, a moon of Jupiter, has a global ocean of liquid water under an icy surface. The Europa Clipper mission will orbit Jupiter, making several close approaches to Europa, to collect data on its geology and chemistry and determine whether there are places below Europa’s surface that could support life. Event Date: July 23
If you were sending commands from Earth to a faraway spacecraft or a robotic rover on another planet, what would you tell it to do? NASA Space Place wants to see your ideas! Entry Deadline: July 31
Join NASA's Universe of Learning for an exciting opportunity to use real astronomical data and tools to create your own beautiful images of Cassiopeia A. Explore how this dynamic dead star behaves across different types of light. Or just create an image that you think is beautiful. Deadline: Aug. 5
The NASA International Space Apps Challenge is a hackathon for coders, scientists, designers, storytellers, makers, technologists, and innovators around the world to come together and use open data from NASA and its Space Agency Partners to create solutions to challenges we face on Earth and in space. Event Date: Oct. 5-6
Student teams are invited to design and build paddle wheels that will turn in water because of the wetting properties of their surfaces when they are exposed to microgravity. Paddle wheels from selected teams will be tested in the 2.2 Second Drop Tower at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Ohio. Proposal Deadline: Oct. 31
Are you curious about the origin of life on Earth and the potential for life beyond our planet? Explore the story of life in the Universe – or at least the story as we know it so far – with this series of graphic novels about the history of astrobiology.