Announcements

Iowa Researchers: Are you interested in forming a strong collaboration with the researchers at NASA Langley Research Center? We have an opportunity to present “flash” presentations (2 min each) of your area of expertise, and how you can contribute to the research at LaRC.

If you are interested and committed to presenting a 2 minute presentation about your research program / capability relevant to one of the six LaRC research priorities, please email the following to nasaepscor@iastate.edu: 1) Researcher name, 2) Affiliation and contact information, 3) LaRC Research Topic, 4) Presentation title, 5) Headshot jpg, 6) Brief bio including some details about research capability. Submissions of your interest in this opportunity are due December 13, 2021.

There are six major topics of research that are of priority at LaRC:

1. Intelligent Flight Systems & Trusted Autonomy: Smart cities, automation, robotics
2. Systems Analysis and Concepts: Air transportation system architectures and vehicle concepts
3. Advanced Materials & Structural Systems: Advanced manufacturing
4. Entry, Decent & Landing: Robotic mission entry vehicles
5. Terrestrial and Planetary Atmospheric Sciences: Air quality, properties of clouds, winds, aerosols, water vapor, trace gases, climate change
6. Innovative Concepts for Earth and Space Science Measurements: LIDAR, spectroscopy, radiometry active remote sensing, advanced sensors and optical measurement

Further information about research at LaRC can be found in the 2020 Annual Report.

Join us for a virtual research discussion with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Science and Exploration Directorate Information Science and Technology Research, under the Science Mission Directorate.

When? Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at 3:00 CDT

Where? Zoom meeting ID: 926 7273 0030  Password: 913467, or scan:

Who? Speakers include:

• James Harrington, computer scientist with the Computer Information Science and Technology Office (CISTO) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• Dr. Elizabeth MacDonald, the heliophysics lead for Citizen Science at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
• Brian Thomas, data scientist and research scientist at NASA in the Heliophysics Science Division

View flyer for more information by clicking here. Topics will include those found in this document.

Join us for a virtual research discussion with NASA’s Office of the Chief Medical Officer and Human Research Program.

When? Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 3:00 CDT

Where? Zoom meeting ID: 968137 6411  Password: 475293, or scan: 

Who? Speakers include:

• Victor Schneider, M.D., the Senior Medical Advisor for OCHMO at NASA’s Mary W. Jackson HQ in D.C.
• Dr. S. Robin Elgart, the Space Radiation Element Scientist for the NASA Human Research Program.

View flyer for more information by clicking here.

NASA will provide live coverage of its Spaceflight for Everybody virtual symposium, an event aimed at communicating the current state of NASA spaceflight health knowledge. The symposium takes place Monday, Nov. 8 to Wednesday, Nov. 10.

NASA TV, the agency’s website, and the NASA app will offer live coverage each day, including an American Sign Language translator.

The event will highlight NASA’s operational medicine and biomedical research findings helping to establish how the human body adapts to the environment of space during missions. Other health and medical topics will include future spaceflight participation goals for a more diverse group of space explorers.

Speakers include:

• Pam Melroy, NASA deputy administrator
• Kathryn Lueders, associate administrator for Space Operations at NASA Headquarters in Washington
• Dr. J.D. Polk, NASA chief health and medical officer
• Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston
• Dr. Serena Auñón-Chancellor, NASA astronaut
• Charles Bolden, former NASA administrator

Discussion will include the benefits of partnering with commercial providers for human health research to NASA, the commercial spaceflight sector, and the scientific community.

A full schedule of events is available online. Media, scientists, researchers, healthcare workers – especially those interested in space medicine – and others who would like to join the virtual chat should register online each day:

• Monday, Nov. 8: WebEx registration link
• Tuesday, Nov. 9:  WebEx registration link
• Wednesday, Nov. 10:  WebEx registration link

For more than 20 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and demonstrating new technologies, making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. As a global endeavor, 246 people from 19 countries have visited the unique microgravity laboratory that has hosted more than 3,000 research and educational investigations from researchers in 108 countries and areas.

For more information about the Spaceflight for Everybody virtual symposium, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/hrp/spaceflightforeverybody/

NASA Science Mission Design Schools are 3-month-long career development experiences for doctoral students, recent Ph.Ds., postdocs and junior faculty who have a strong interest in science-driven robotic space exploration missions. Participants learn the process of developing a hypothesis-driven robotic space mission in a concurrent engineering environment while getting an in-depth, first-hand look at mission design, life cycle, costs, schedule and the trade-offs inherent in each.

The Science Mission Design Schools are designed to prepare the next generation of scientists and engineers for participation and leadership in space science missions of the future. Experiences are focused on two distinct content areas:

• The Planetary Science Summer School (PSSS) focuses on planetary science and exploration
• The Heliophysics Mission Design School (HMDS) focuses on missions to study the Sun and its influence on the rest of the solar system.

 

Please visit their website for more information: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/intern/apply/nasa-science-mission-design-schools/

NASA EPSCoR has released the FY2022 ISS Flight Opportunity CAN. Proposals are due January 14, 2022.

View our funding page for more information!