NASA and Sally Ride Science are inviting the general public and journalists to “Sally Ride: A Lifetime of Accomplishment, A Champion of Science Literacy,” an educational tribute to America’s first woman in space on Monday, May 20. The special event will be held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., at 7 p.m. EDT.
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The director and some actors in the film “Star Trek Into Darkness” will join NASA as it hosts a Google+ Hangout from noon to 12:45 p.m. EDT, May 16, about how work aboard the International Space Station is turning science fiction into reality.
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NASA has unveiled plans for its 2013 Summer of Innovation project, which challenges middle school students across the United States to share in the excitement of scientific discovery and space exploration through unique, NASA-related science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) opportunities.
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NASA is building a new spacecraft to carry humans farther than ever before – and Northern California media are invited to learn more about it May 14 through May 16 when program managers are in the Golden State to work with local companies.
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NASA has selected Development Projects Inc. of Dayton, Ohio, to manage a new Centennial Challenge prize competition involving unmanned aircraft systems in 2014.
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Fifty teams of undergraduate and graduate students from around the world will demonstrate their lunar excavator robots May 20 – 24 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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On May 8, NASA will host its first “NASA Day in Baton Rouge” event at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge.
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On May 2, NASA astronaut TJ Creamer will speak to students in Lynchburg and Fayetteville, Tenn., about science.
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An asteroid that will be explored by a NASA spacecraft has a new name, thanks to a third-grade student in North Carolina.
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NASA is inviting members of the public to submit their names and a personal message online for a DVD to be carried aboard a spacecraft that will study the Martian upper atmosphere.
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