<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">good evening all, (I started this about 10 days ago but have been super busy, finally getting it off)</font><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""> I hope everyone is doing well and staying safe…our deepest sympathy and support to those in Louisiana and Mississippi…</font></div><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""> </font></div><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">I recently got a message from a family in Afghanistan, trying to get out, they are from India…very scared and so desperate for help…Zalsohave a friend in Denmark whose sister is stuck there as well…it is so crazy that there is this much hatred in the world…</font></div><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">We, in the US and especially Florida, are struggling to control the virus…many new cases, especially those who are not vaccinated and many kids…it is really affecting schools as there has been no mask mandates or social distancing…starting this week, they will be implemented..so many teachers are at risk...it is really confusing as those who refuse the vaccination not only put themselves at risk but also others…it is kind of crazy because we get vaccinated for many things as kids and no one complains yet there is so much resistance here…currently, I have 2 family members fighting COVID…one is very sick, in the hospital, the other doing ok but we never know with these virus variants as well as long term affects…those who I know who have had it seem to continue to have negative affects long after they “recover”…</font></div><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">The Space Program continues with amazing videos and exploration of Mars….both Curiosity and Perseverance with new discoveries, Ingenuity continuing to set new records for flights on Mars…<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html" class="">https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html</a>; <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/perseverance" class="">https://www.nasa.gov/perseverance</a> </font></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans"; font-size: large;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 21px; font-family: "Gill Sans";" class="">W</span><span style="font-size: 21px; font-family: "Gill Sans"; color: rgb(5, 5, 5); background-color: white;" class="">e have to stay positive and always be thankful…</span><font face="Gill Sans" class=""><span style="font-size: 21px;" class=""> remembering to do our best, enjoy everything we do,
believe in ourselves, and let those we care about most know (I always say this,
we all need to take it to heart) …hugs & smiles…:-) :-) </span></font><span style="font-size: 21px; font-family: "Gill Sans";" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 21px; font-family: "Gill Sans";" class=""> STAY SAFE, TAKE CARE, Love
ya, Gabe</span></div><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" class=""><span style="font-size: 21px;" class="">AWESOME SITES; GREAT INFO...</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Gill Sans" style="font-size: 21px;" class=""><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/specials/nasaathome/index.html" class="">https://www.nasa.gov/specials/nasaathome/index.html</a> </font></div><div class="">
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Dragon will deliver new science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station for NASA and SpaceX’s 23rd commercial resupply services mission.</p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 10px;" class=""><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett</i></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""></span><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">The latest SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft is bound for the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">International Space Station</a> after launching at 3:14 a.m. EDT Sunday on a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying more than 4,800 pounds of science <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/content/spacex-crs-23-mission-overview#watch" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">experiments, crew supplies, and spacecraft hardware</a>.</p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">The cargo Dragon, launched on SpaceX’s 23rd Commercial Resupply Services mission, is scheduled to autonomously dock at the station around 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 30, and will remain at the station for about a month. NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough will monitor arrival of the spacecraft. Coverage of the arrival will begin at 9:30 a.m. on NASA Television, the agency’s <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">website</a>, and the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/nasaapp" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">NASA app</a>.</p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">Learn more about SpaceX’s missions for NASA at: <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/spacex" style="margin: 0px; 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padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></a></div><div class="dnd-legend-wrapper" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="caption" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 10px;">Expedition 65 flight engineer and Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, pictured during a spacewalk to perform work on the Pirs docking compartment.</div><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><i style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><div class="credits" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 10px;">Credits: NASA</div></i></b><div class="link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="#" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); font-size: 10px;" class=""></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Two Russian cosmonauts will venture outside the <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/station" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">International Space Station</a> Friday, Sept. 3, and Thursday, Sept. 9, to conduct the first pair of up to 11 spacewalks to prepare the new Nauka multipurpose laboratory module for operations in space. NASA will provide live coverage for both spacewalks, or extravehicular activities (EVA), on NASA Television, the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/connect/apps.html" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">NASA app</a>, and agency’s <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 116, 189); text-decoration: none;" class="">website</a>.</p><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Coverage Friday, Sept. 3, will begin at 10 a.m. EDT, with the spacewalk scheduled to begin at approximately 10:35 a.m., and coverage Thursday, Sept. 9, begins at 10:30 a.m. with the spacewalk expected to begin about 11 a.m. The first spacewalk, called Russian EVA 49, could last up to seven hours, while the second spacewalk, Russian EVA 50, is scheduled to last about five hours.</div><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Expedition 65 Flight Engineers Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos will exit the Poisk module on the space-facing side of the station’s Russian segment. During the spacewalks, the cosmonauts will install handrails on Nauka and connect power, ethernet, and data cables between the recently arrived module and the Zvezda service module.</div><div style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Novitskiy, who is designated as extravehicular crew member 1 (EV1), will wear the Russian Orlan spacesuit with the red stripes. Dubrov will wear the spacesuit with the blue stripes as extravehicular crew member 2 (EV2). 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color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">Fire Rainbows are circumhorizontal arcs and can occur when the sun has risen higher than 58° in the sky</font></span></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><h3 id="title" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 24px; font-family: "Titillium Web", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0em !important;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Brilliant, Hot, Young Stars Shine in the Small Magellanic Cloud</span></h3><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class="">The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), located 210,000 light-years away, is one of the most dynamic and intricately detailed star-forming regions in space.</font></span></div></div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font face="Gill Sans" size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><img class="img-responsive" alt="NGC 346" apple-inline="yes" id="94090AEB-DF71-4273-8068-D21CF49B12E6" src="cid:128F3FEE-60D5-4A46-8D72-C39BC1C92D50"></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="title-bar" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 2em 0px; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Titillium Web", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div class="title-wrap" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 565.953125px; padding: 0px;"><h1 class="title" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 2.2em; margin: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit;">Launch Back to School With NASA: Student and Educator Resources for the 2021-2022 School Year</h1></div></div><section id="ember25" class="opened collapsible ember-view" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-height: none; overflow-y: hidden; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Titillium Web", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div class="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="type-image dnd-atom-wrapper context-full_width" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: table; clear: both; margin: 0px auto 2em;"><div class="dnd-drop-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/edu_back-to-school-space_bus.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class=""><img typeof="foaf:Image" alt="A cartoon of a school bus near a crosswalk with a crossing guard and students wearing astronaut suits" title="" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 10px;" apple-inline="yes" id="E84C2F26-5DEB-4FE9-801A-2F1011918AD9" src="cid:0B229780-9E85-4F56-808E-BB58FC91BE81" class=""></a></div><div class="dnd-legend-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; caption-side: bottom; font-size: 11px;"><div class="caption" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="credits" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></div><div class="link" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-image: inherit; background-size: inherit; background-attachment: inherit; background-origin: inherit; background-clip: inherit; padding: 0px; background-position: inherit; background-repeat: inherit;"><a href="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class=""></a></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">As students across the country are saying goodbye to the summer and the new school year is kicking off, NASA is gearing up to engage students in exciting activities and thought-provoking challenges throughout the year ahead. The agency offers many resources to inspire the next generation of explorers, and help educators and students stay involved in its missions.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">“Back-to-school season is a really exciting time for NASA. It represents the beginning of a new year of opportunities to connect with students, and the families and teachers who support them,” said Mike Kincaid, associate administrator for NASA’s <a href="https://stem.nasa.gov/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Office of STEM Engagement</a>. “We’re thrilled to be able to offer this variety of activities and options for students from K-12 to the collegiate level, whether they’re returning to a brick-and-mortar school or a virtual classroom at home.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">Below, NASA has prepared a long list of mission-related resources and opportunities for students, educators, and families to utilize during the 2021-2022 school year. Follow NASA STEM on <a href="https://twitter.com/NASASTEM" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NASASTEMEngagement/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Facebook</a> social media channels using the hashtags #BacktoSchool and #NASASTEM for additional content and updates.</p><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; font-family: "Titillium Web", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Artemis</strong></h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">NASA’s Artemis missions will return humans to the Moon aboard the Orion spacecraft launched by the massive Space Launch System rocket. Artemis crews – including the first woman and first person of color to walk on the lunar surface – will use new technologies to explore our celestial neighbor. Lessons learned during the Artemis era will help us prepare to send astronauts to Mars.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">NASA will launch this exciting new era starting with the uncrewed Artemis I mission later this year. Get started with <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/10-ways-to-join-artemis.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">ten ways for students to join Artemis</a>, then learn more about Artemis I’s <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/purposeful-passenger-artemis-i-manikin-helps-prepare-for-moon-missions-with-crew/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">purposeful passenger</a>, the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/join-the-artemis-generation" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Artemis Generation certificate</a>, and the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/stem-ed-resources/nasa-stem-forward-to-the-moon-educators-guide.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">STEM Forward to the Moon activity guide</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">High school and college students should check out NASA’s <a href="https://stem.nasa.gov/artemis" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Artemis Student Challenges</a>, engineering and technological design challenges focusing on topics and technologies involved in human spaceflight.</p><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; font-family: "Titillium Web", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">James Webb Space Telescope</strong></h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">The <a href="https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/index.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">James Webb Space Telescope</a> (also known as Webb) will be the largest, most powerful and complex space science telescope ever built by NASA. An Ariane 5 rocket provided by the European Space Agency will launch Webb in late 2021 from the European Spaceport located in Kourou, French Guiana.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">The scientific successor to the enormously successful Hubble Space Telescope, Webb will use its advanced capabilities to peer even farther into the universe than its predecessor. NASA educational resources and art activities offer opportunities to learn more about how Webb can be used as a window into the universe’s past.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">Educator resources are available for both <a href="https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/forEducators/formal.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">formal</a> and <a href="https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/forEducators/informal.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">informal</a> education, including comprehensive lesson plans and materials in the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/stem/nextgenstem/webb-toolkit.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">James Webb Space Telescope STEM toolkit</a>. Kids also will enjoy the James Webb <a href="https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/education/JWSTScienceFunPad.pdf" target="_BLANK翾" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Fun Pad</a>, a printable activity book designed for grades K-4.</p><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; font-family: "Titillium Web", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Mars 2020: Perseverance and Ingenuity</strong></h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">The <a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover</a> successfully landed on the Red Planet’s surface in February 2021, and has begun its search for signs of ancient microbial life. As its mission continues, students and educators can utilize an array of NASA activities and resources to understand its operations and discoveries.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">The <a href="http://go.nasa.gov/mars-challenge" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Mission to Mars Student Challenge</a> is designed to help educators lead students through the process of designing, building, launching, and landing a Mars mission. Students will apply their creativity, as well as science and math knowledge, to explore the Red Planet. Educators also are invited to explore the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/stem/nextgenstem/moon_to_mars/mars2020stemtoolkit" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Mars 2020 STEM Toolkit</a> and use the <a href="https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/nasa-space-voyagers-the-game/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">NASA Space Voyagers Card Game</a> to design a planetary spacecraft.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">Additional resources include the <a href="https://go.nasa.gov/Mars2020Toolkit" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Mars 2020 landing toolkit</a>, overviews of the <a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/overview/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Mars 2020 spacecraft</a> and <a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Mars helicopter</a>, <a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/images/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Mars 2020 mission images</a>, and mission <a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/videos/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">videos and animations</a>.</p><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; font-family: "Titillium Web", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Observing Earth</strong></h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">The <a href="https://www.futureengineers.org/nasatechrise" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">NASA TechRise Student Challenge</a> invites teams of students in grades 6 to 12 to design, build, and launch experiments on suborbital rockets and balloon flights during the school year. Participants will submit ideas for climate or remote-sensing experiments to fly on a high-altitude balloon, or space exploration experiments to fly aboard a suborbital rocket. <a href="https://www.futureengineers.org/nasatechrise" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Challenge details</a> are available now; entries open Aug. 18.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><a href="https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/landsat-9/landsat-9-overview" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Landsat 9</a> is the latest in the Landsat series of Earth-observing satellites that for decades have provided high-quality images and measurements – and a record of our ever-changing home planet. Landsat 9 is slated to launch in September 2021 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">Crafters of all ages are invited to share Landsat-inspired art creations. Search the <a href="https://landsat.visibleearth.nasa.gov/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Landsat Image Gallery</a> for an inspiring image, create your own work of art, and share it on social media using the hashtag #<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-invites-you-to-create-landsat-inspired-arts-and-crafts" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">LandsatCraft</a>. NASA may share tagged artwork on its @NASAEarth social media accounts or in a NASA Flickr gallery. You can follow @NASAEarth on <a href="https://twitter.com/nasaearth" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nasaearth/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Instagram</a>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nasaearth" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Facebook</a> for submission updates and featured art.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">Check out the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstrations-earth-observations.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Earth Observations</a> STEMonstration <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">to find out what astronauts see when they observe Earth from space.</strong></p><div class="type-image dnd-atom-wrapper context-full_width" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: table; clear: both; margin: 0px auto 2em;"><div class="dnd-drop-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/edu_back-to-school-crosswalk.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class=""><img typeof="foaf:Image" alt="A cartoon of students and a teacher wearing astronaut suits walking in a spacey hallway" title="" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 10px;" apple-inline="yes" id="964E36DC-D31D-473F-9191-E3D981FD3B53" src="cid:84C22062-E108-43C1-A42E-7B955D55EA40" class=""></a></div><div class="dnd-legend-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; caption-side: bottom; font-size: 11px;"><div class="caption" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div><div class="credits" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></div><div class="link" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-image: inherit; background-size: inherit; background-attachment: inherit; background-origin: inherit; background-clip: inherit; padding: 0px; background-position: inherit; background-repeat: inherit;"><a href="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class=""></a></div></div></div><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; font-family: "Titillium Web", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Laser Communications Demo </strong></h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/lasercomms" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Laser communications</a> will revolutionize the way NASA sends and receives information to and from space. Using infrared light, laser communications will allow 10 to 100 times more data to be transmitted back to Earth than current radio frequency systems. Additionally, laser communications systems are smaller in size, weigh less, and require less power.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">Launching later this year, Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) will test out how the technology works more than 22,000 miles away from Earth. K-12 educators can teach students about laser communications using the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/tdm/lcrd/connect-students-with-laser-communications.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">LCRD STEM Launch Kit</a>. </p><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 10px 0px; font-family: "Titillium Web", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: inherit;" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">Crew Flights to the International Space Station</strong></h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">NASA is once again launching astronauts to the space station from American soil through the Commercial Crew Program. Both the Boeing Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon are designed to dock with the station, and now beginner and advanced student programmers can give it a try through the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/stem-ed-resources/crew-orbital-docking-simulation-coding-sim.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">Crew Orbital Docking Simulation</a>. Additionally, anyone can get an immersive, behind-the-scenes look at astronaut training, spacecraft manufacturing facilities, and launch sites with <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/stem/nextgenstem/commercial_crew/virtual-reality.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class="">360-degree virtual reality tours</a> – perfect for virtual class field trips!</p><hr style="box-sizing: content-box; height: 0px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);" class=""><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">K-12 educators are invited to explore more STEM resources at: <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/stem/foreducators/k-12/index.html" style="font-size: 1em; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">https://www.nasa.gov/stem/foreducators/k-12/index.html</strong></a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class="">For the latest NASA STEM events, activities, and news, visit: <a href="https://stem.nasa.gov/" style="font-size: 1em; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(66, 139, 202);" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">https://stem.nasa.gov</strong></a></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></section></div></div></body></html>