Overview Of NASA Participation In The International Year Of Astronomy 2009

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Dec 2008

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American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, abstract #ED51C-02

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

0800 Education

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NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is an active participant in the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) 2009, developing programs to celebrate astronomy and take the exciting science generated by NASA's space science missions to students, educators and the public worldwide. NASA is an Organizational Associate of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) IYA 2009 program, and as an integral component of national U.S. IYA team, is aligning its activities to the overarching themes outlined the team. A website was launched in May 2008 to guide visitors to NASA resources and enable participation in special events. Activities are planned around the launch of new missions in 2009. Images from NASA's Great Observatories, Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope and Chandra X-Ray Observatory will be unveiled in at least 50 science centers, museums, planetaria, and some schools. They will be made available on the web for download. A number of opportunities for the public to participate in personal observations will be offered through the Night Sky Network and other means. Existing programs will be expanded to provide a variety of IYA-themed educational materials. A NASA Events Calendar will feature space science topics and mission milestones to engage the public during each month of the IYA. These and other special programs being developed will be described in this talk. The NASA IYA Student Ambassador program will help spread the excitement of NASA's astronomy discoveries into local communities through the efforts of College and University students. Two of these students will represent NASA at the IYA Opening Ceremony in Paris in January 2009. The philosophy behind the IYA programs is to make them exciting and sustainable beyond 2009 - IYA is viewed as the beginning of a journey into the world of astronomy by the uninitiated and the continue of a quest by those already enraptured by the wonders of the sky.

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