Webinars: Archive (Stardust Mission & Virtual Tour of NASA’s Stardust Curation Lab)


  • Speaker: Michael Zolensky, Ron Bastien, Carla Gonzalez, Melissa Rodriguez

  • Description: This FREE NASA Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) interactive webinar engaged educators and their students (targeting grades 5-9 – though other grade levels participated) as they interacted with scientists at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Our scientists shared information about the Stardust Mission to the comet Wild 2 and facilitated a virtual tour of our NASA Stardust Curation Lab that houses the Stardust mission samples. Participants from 22 states plus Mexico and Australia registered for this event.

  • Target Audience: Educator-led student groups, Educators, College Students/Interns

  • Live Event date:
    • February 13, 2019

  • Webinar Reach:
    • Participants from 22 states
    • Live Event: 433 students & 43 educators
    • Archived Event: 972 students & 61 educators

  • Archived Link: https://youtu.be/NFIy9-MJYcY

Webinar Map of Participation