ESA Teach with Space Online Conference

Register now for ESA’s first-ever virtual teacher conference!

Over the course of three days, from 6 to 8 July 2021, ESA Education will bring space into your classroom.

Explore space by hearing from space experts; discover inspiring ways to use space as a context to teach STEM in your physical and virtual classrooms; experience demonstrations of our fun classroom activities; …

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NASA experts, including crew members aboard the International Space Station, will answer questions about science, technology, education and mathematics (STEM) disciplines during a forum called “Women in STEM: STEM in the Global Science Community” from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Feb. 17.

The event will be carried live on NASA Television and the agency’s website, and take …

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The BBC’s annual Stargazing Live event returns tonight on BBC2 at 8PM for its 4th series and is followed by a half-hour Q&A session where viewers can get answers on various astronomy questions from a panel of experts.

The event runs over 3 nights, Tue, January 7th to Thursday, January 9th, 2013.

Episode 1 (Tuesday – tonight):

In the most …

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NASA is seeking applications from U.S. graduate students for the agency’s Space Technology Research Fellowships. The research grants, worth as much as $68,000 per year, will coincide with the start of the 2014 fall term.

Applications will be accepted from students pursuing or planning to pursue master’s or doctorate degrees in relevant space technology disciplines at accredited U.S. universities. The …

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There’s no doubt that there’s a problem with the Western diet. It’s high in processed food, sugar and salt. That’s led to a prevalence of obesity and related disorders like diabetes.

Food is meant to be fuel for our bodies. However, food is now a pleasure more than a necessity for most of us. This allows us to overindulge, and …

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At the end of May (2013), Planetary Resources – the company that plans to do asteroid mining in the not too distant future – a said they were going to make an announcement that would open up space to everyone. Here’s a recording of their news conference:

They, in partnership with The Planetary Society and the Museum of Flight, initiated …

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Tim Goddard used Lego to masterfully recreate NASA’s Curiosity rover.

NASA and the LEGO Group are partnering to inspire the next generation of aerospace engineers by offering a new design competition. The competition will spur students of all ages to use the toy bricks in building models of future airplanes and spacecraft.

The “NASA’s Missions: Imagine and Build” …

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Ok, this post was originally scheduled to go live on December 22 as all sane people know the world isn’t going to end sometime on December 21st. Even NASA concurs and they released the video below early to illustrate why the world won’t end. Maybe this post and video will stop some people buy buying the crap and tat that’s …

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I met Patrick Moore on several occasions – once at a book signing, and the others when I acted as his chauffeur when the astronomy society I was then involved with brought him over for a lecture and no one else had a car they could lend for transport.

So it was with a great deal of sadness that I …

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Anybody who has watched many movies or television shows has seen them—the ubiquitous silver suits worn by pilots as they explore the unknown. They are called pressure suits, and one can trace their lineage to Wiley Post or, perhaps, a bit earlier.

There are two kinds of pressure suits: partial pressure and full pressure. David Clark, the man, once pointed …

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