I’m flying! (Image credit: NASA/JPL/Johnathan Brackett) . . . . . #nasa #jpl #mars #perseverance #ingenuity #mars2020 #solarsystemambassador https://www.instagram.com/p/CN2vTpRjGVd/?igshid=1nw6vdmuy9nmj
When you speak to a group of Daisy Girl Scouts and the troop leader says, “Thanks for the presentation! What’s your favorite cookie?” #nasa #daisyscouts #girlscouts #girlscoutcookie #stem #space #solarsystemambassador https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca3nqxbOvtS/?utm_medium=tumblr
Kinda cool when the person running a great big ol’ agency’s FB account decides your picture is worthy of said agency’s ❤️. Thanks @nasa ! #space #launchamerica #crewdragon @spacex #iss @iss @issnationallab https://www.instagram.com/p/CHStHVhDNDR/?igshid=1hpnysb816a4v
I had a wonderful time talking to a group of kids and parents the other night. We talked about NASA, Space Science, and Women In STEM. #nasa #daisyscouts #girlscouts #solarsystemambassador https://www.instagram.com/p/CbS0W5SuIxG/?utm_medium=tumblr
Sometimes, a little of “The Right Stuff” in your kit can be that extra motivation in your day. #therightstuff #space #chuckyeager #nasa #stem #beemansgum #airbornescienceprogram #solarsystemambassador https://www.instagram.com/p/CMQ0WlMjBMa/?igshid=xtntgh9dbstf
Ascent Abort-2 crew module arrives in Houston in Orion’s March newsletter: http://bit.ly/OrionMar18
Spent some time yesterday checking out Atlantis at KSC. #atlantis #spaceshuttleatlantis #nasa #solarsystemambassador (at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP6dFLNjlTO/?utm_medium=tumblr
Had a wonderful time speaking to groups at Grayson Elementary’s Arts and STEM Night. We talked about the ISS and the Artemis program. #nasa #nasasolarsystemambassador #space #iss #nasaiss #artemis #sls https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc1Fo6SulGy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Well, at least your name can.
One of the planet Jupiter’s largest and most intriguing moons is called Europa. Evidence hints that beneath its icy shell, Europa hides an ocean of liquid water – more water than all of Earth’s oceans combined. In 2024, our Europa Clipper robotic spacecraft sets sail to take a closer look…and when it launches, your name can physically be aboard! Here’s how:
NASA’s Message in a Bottle campaign invites people around the world to sign their names to a poem written by the U.S. Poet Laureate, Ada Limón. The poem connects the two water worlds — Earth, yearning to reach out and understand what makes a world habitable, and Europa, waiting with secrets yet to be explored.
The poem will be engraved on Europa Clipper, along with participants' names that will be physically etched onto microchips mounted on the spacecraft. Together, the poem and names will travel 1.8 billion miles to the Jupiter system.
Signing up is easy! Just go to this site to sign your name to the poem and get on board. You can send your name en español, too. Envía tu nombre aquí.
The Europa Clipper launch window opens in October 2024, but don’t wait – everyone’s names need to be received this year so they can be loaded onto the spacecraft in time. Sign up by Dec. 31, 2023.
We hope you’ll be riding along with us! Follow the mission at europa.nasa.gov.
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I host public outreach events about the science and research taking place everyday on the International Space Station. A favorite event of mine is called "Story Time From Space", where astronauts onboard the ISS read children's stories featuring space science and STEM topics. (Opinions are my own.)
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