Student STEM Challenges
Check back here soon for details on the Fall 2018 challenge!
May 12, 2018 Challenge
Students were selected to participate in a NASA science, technology, engineering, art and math challenge: a valuable professional development and NASA mentoring opportunity! The prize? A photo downlink from the International Space Station at a later date (to be determined).
Students worked on cross-functional teams to create an outreach activity using innovative technologies to engage middle school students in learning about optical communications. They produced comprehensive presentations that demonstrated their ideas; the cost, schedule and materials; and the impact it would have on middle school education.
Here are some links for further information on space communications:
- About NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program
- SCaN History
- Space Network and Morse Code
- Laser Communications and Orion
- Near Earth Network Advancements
- Amateur Radio on the ISS (ARISS)
Sponsored by Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) and Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS).