Connect Students to NASA’s #LaunchAmerica with Online Resources and Activities
Kris Brown, Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Our guest this week is Kris Brown from the Office of STEM Engagement at NASA. As a NASA engineer, Kris used to work with critical hardware used on numerous shuttle missions. Now, as Deputy Associate Administrator for NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement, Kris works towards creating unique opportunities for students and the public to contribute to NASA’s work in exploration and discovery, and to building a diverse future STEM workforce by engaging students in authentic learning experiences with NASA’s people, content and facilities. Kris joins us to talk about these opportunities and resources, the importance of the upcoming partner launch with SpaceX on May 27, and shares specific activities NASA has to engage students and their families around that mission.
No matter where you are, you won’t need to be on the space coast to join in on the excitement of this historic event! Celebrate the first launch of American astronauts on American rockets to the International Space Station from American soil since 2011! Check out the webinars and resources below for some great ideas.
Wed., May 13, 2020, 4:30-5:30 p.m. EDT
The CCP Mission and the NASA/SpaceX Partnership
Tue., May 19, 2020, 6-7 p.m. EDT
The Crew Dragon Design, Testing and Pre-launch Processing
Tue., May 26, 2020, 4:30-5:30 p.m. EDT
Crew Training and Flight Readiness/Simulations as Critical Preparation
Thurs., May 28, 2020, 4:30-5:30 p.m. EDT
All Systems Go: The Crew Dragon Test Flight Launch
Stream the Broadcast
Watch the #LaunchAmerica broadcast leading up to liftoff on NASA Live.
Launch currently scheduled for Wed., May 27, 2020, 4:33 p.m. EDT
Watch the Launch Live on NASA TV
Stay aware of updates related to the launch through the Commercial Crew Program blog.
Other Links:
- NASA’s Education Express
- NASA STEM Engagement
- Launch America
- Commercial Crew STEM Launch Kit
- Kris Brown,Kris Brown, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of STEM Engagement
- NASA Press Release: NASA to Provide Coverage of SpaceX Commercial Crew Test Flight with Astronauts
- NASA Press Release: NASA Invites Public to Be Its Guests to Celebrate Historic ‘Launch America’
- NASA Commercial Crew Program
- Online Tone Generator
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Connect with our guest:
- Twitter: @nasastem
Featured image from NASA
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- Coronavirus Elementary Lesson Plan and Resources Collection
- Coronavirus Secondary Lesson Plan and Resources Collection
- A Learning Center Collection of resources/tools for teachers and parents
- Free access to our Interactive ebooks+
- The NSTA homepage will feature select resources daily that will give more context behind the resources and how best to use them
- Sharing NSTA’s massive collection of free NSTA Press book chapters
- Videos highlighting NSTA’s interactive ebooks+
- Initiative on social media and the NSTA learning Center called #LearningTogether, encouraging teachers and parents and everyone in between to share resources, tips and tricks
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