Archive for June, 2010
Still at 453
by Tony on Jun.21, 2010, under outreach ideas
When giving talks the current count of exoplanets comes up sometimes. I encourage the kids to look frequently at
http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/ its still at 453 today.
Another search tool for finding educational resources from NASA
by Tony on Jun.06, 2010, under outreach ideas
Science Mission Directorate Space Science Education has a nice Resource Directory which makes it easy to find activities and other resources by subject area and or grade level. The space math activity which uses LRO images of the Apollo 11 descent stage for teaching measurement techniques is particularly cool.
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This image shows a cutting-edge solar-electric propulsion thruster in development at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., that uses xenon ions for propulsion. An earlier version of this solar-electric propulsion engine has been flying on NASA's Dawn mission to the asteroid belt. This engine is being considered as part of the Asteroid Initiative, a proposal to robotically capture a small near-Earth asteroid and redirect it safely to a stable orbit in the Earth-moon system where astronauts can visit and explore it. This image was taken through a porthole in a vacuum chamber at JPL where the ion engine is being tested. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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