About Space Missions

We partner with space scientists to conduct education and public outreach programs for a number of NASA satellite missions and research projects. The research carried out by these scientists involves many areas, including: the physics of Earth's atmosphere and magnetosphere, the Sun and space weather in the Solar System, asteroids and meteors, star dust, brown dwarfs, finding new planets, the birth of new stars and planets, the overall structure of the Universe—and much more.

 For large satellite missions, we develop broad educational programs involving partners across the United States for multiple audiences. For smaller projects, we conduct focused activities in more localized regions. Our overall goal for these projects is to communicate the science and engineering of the research to educate and inspire the next generation of scientists.

To learn more about the most currently active research projects and our education and outreach programs for them visit the websites to the right. To learn about all our projects (past and present) visit the SEGway website.

WISE

WISE

Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer - Mapping the Sky in Infrared Light

RHESSI

RHESSI

Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager - Studying the physics of Solar Flares

STEREO IMPACT

STEREO IMPACT

Studying the Sun and Solar Wind in 3-D

Stardust@home

Stardust@home

Join the search for interstellar dust returned by the Stardust mission

APF

APF

The Automated Planet Finder - Searching for Earth-like worlds around other stars

THEMIS

THEMIS

Watching magnetism in action to solve the mysteries of the Northern and Southern Lights

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