SpaceRef - Space Education News http://www.spaceref.com/news/mission.html?mid=33 SpaceRef - Space Education News en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:55:00 PST kcowing@spaceref.com (Keith Cowing) mkboucher@spaceref.com (Marc Boucher) Copyright 2007, SpaceRef Interactive Inc. SpaceRef.com http://images.spaceref.com/srrss.jpg http://www.spaceref.com/news/mission.html?mid=33 101 67 SpaceRef - Space Education News Challenger Center Awarded NASA Education and Public Outreach for Earth and Space Science Grant http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=29662 Challenger Center for Space Science Education has received a $274,000 grant from NASA for education and public outreach in Earth and space science. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:48:51 Space Shuttle Pilot Set to Talk With Tennessee Students from Orbit http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=29647 Congressman Bart Gordon and Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville will host a live conversation between more than 120 students and NASA astronaut Barry E. Wilmore on Sunday, Nov. 22. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:10:46 NASA LaRC Internal EMail: TEDxNASA: You're Invited! http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.rss.html?pid=32844 NASA LaRC Internal EMail: TEDxNASA: You're Invited! Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:18:20 'Butterflies in Space' Education Project Launches to Space Station http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=29643 Students of all ages can follow the "butterflynauts" aboard the International Space Station as they develop from larvae into Painted Lady butterflies. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:06:44 NASA Hosts Native Peoples Workshop to Study Climate Change http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=29639 NASA Hosts Native Peoples Workshop to Study Climate Change Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:35:35 Help Chose The Best Aerospace Innovation Challenge Public Service Announcement About NASA http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.rss.html?id=1359 Please look at all six videos and then chose the one that best conveys its message. Your vote (and comments) will help judges select the best video for this course at Santa Clara University. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:06:33 Students Send Microbe Experiment on Space Shuttle Atlantis http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=29625 An experiment by college students that will study how microbes grow in microgravity is heading to orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:54:09 NASA Hosts First TEDx Event, Public Welcome http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=29623 NASA Hosts First TEDx Event, Public Welcome Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:01:55 ESA's First 'Fly Your Thesis!' Campaign Gives Students a Taste of Space http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=29597 ESA's 'Fly Your Thesis!' programme made its successful debut during ESA's 51st Parabolic Flight Campaign, held 25 October to 5 November. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 4:53:03 NASA Live Digital Network Brings Apollo 11 Experts into Classrooms http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.rss.html?pid=29589 Forty years after humans first walked on the moon, NASA is offering the next generation of explorers a chance to learn how the challenges of the Apollo 11 mission were met. Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:42:51