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NASA Stardust-NExT Mission Educational Activities Update

Stay updated on NASA's Stardust-NExT Mission educational activities, including upcoming trainings, events, and products. Learn about comets, missions exploring them, and access educational resources.

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NASA Stardust-NExT Mission Educational Activities Update

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  1. Act II: The Final Encounter NASA’s Stardust-NExT Mission Aimee Meyer (JPL) Stardust-NExT Education and Public Outreach Lead aimee.l.meyer@jpl.nasa.gov

  2. EPO Activities Upcoming Jan. 24: Ambassador/SSEP/Museum Alliance Training - Project Manager, Tim Larson - Aimee Meyer, EPO Lead Feb. 5: Comets and Asteroid Conference at JPL - on-site training - will be web viewable through DLN Feb. 14: Kids event hosted at JPL (~60-200 students) - local area middle students invited to JPL Feb. 14: • Closest approach occurs at approx 8:37pm PST • NASA Commentary begins at 7:30pm PST to ~10:00pm • JPL Facebook and Twitter will post announcements - www.jpl.nasa.gov • Mission website will post data and images as they come in as well as JPL website. Feb. 15: • Five select images down by approx. 12:00am PST • Instrument data received approx. 2:00am PST • Press Conference (JPL) at 11:00am PST • Remaining images down: 2:00pm PT

  3. New on the webwww.stardustnext.jpl.nasa.gov Latest news and information on comets and the mission. Educators check this out! See Stardust live day of encounter Images will be posted here! Answer what a comet is, where do they originate, how do they orbit and what NASA mission have explored them.

  4. Current and New Products Current: • Space Place Cool Curious Comets (EPOXI/Stardust-NEXT/Rosetta) • Comet Exploration bookmark (Stardust-NExT and EPOXI) • NASA Comet litho (includes information on EPOXI/Stardust-NEXT/and Rosetta) Brand New: • Set of Small Body Mission Trading Cards - Includes EPOXI, Stardust-NExT, Dawn and Rosetta - Available Feb. 1st! • Order Stardust-NExT merchandise at Caltech Stores: http://caltechstore.caltech.edu/JPLLAB/DEFAULT.ASP

  5. Educational Activities • Extreme Navigation: Grades 5-8 NEW! • Seeing-in-3D: Grades 5-8 NEW! • Comet Lingo Bingo: Grades 9-12 NEW! • Comet Chronicles – Issue 1 and possible 2: Grades 7-12 NEW! • Comet Mystery Boxes: All Ages NEW! • Science and Children (February 2011): Inquiry into the Heart of a Comet (Coming Soon) Visit the Stardust-NExT website education section for this and more!!!

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