| Title | Speaker | Date & Time (CT) | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathways to Careers in NASA Science & Engineering | Maritza Montoya, Wilfredo Garcia López, and Molly Bannon |
02/22/2023 @ 18:00 - 19:15 PM | Learn More |
This Career Exploration webinar event was hosted by the University of Texas (UT) Austin led STEM Enhancement in Earth Science (SEES) Summer High School Intern Program and NASA’s Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division. Subject Matter Experts Maritza Montoya (Jacobs/JETS), Wilfredo Garcia López (Jacobs/JETS), and Molly Bannon (NASA) shared the different paths they took that led them to their current careers working at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Registrants for this event were from 27 states, Puerto Rico, India, Spain, and France. |
| Pathways to Careers in NASA Science & Engineering | Christopher Snead, Farnaz Mazhari, and Kristen John |
01/11/2023 @ 18:00 - 19:15 PM | Learn More |
This Career Exploration webinar event was hosted by the University of Texas (UT) Austin led SEES (STEM Enhancement in Earth Science) Summer High School Intern Program and NASA’s Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division. Subject Matter Experts Christopher Snead (NASA), Farnaz Mazhari (Jacobs/JETS), and Kristen John (NASA) shared the different paths they took that led them to their current careers working at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Registrants for this event were from ~29 states, Puerto Rico, India, and Canada. |
| Pathways to Careers in NASA Science & Engineering | Chris Cline, Elizabeth Rampe, Albert Meza |
10/26/2022 @ 18:00 - 19:15 PM | Learn More |
This Career Exploration webinar event was hosted by the Texas Space Grant SEES (STEM Enhancement in Earth Science) Summer High School Intern Program and NASA’s Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division. Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) Chris Cline (Jacobs/JETS), Elizabeth (Liz) Rampe (NASA), and Engineer Albert Meza (NASA) shared the different paths they took that led them to their current careers working at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Registrants for this event were from 27 states, Puerto Rico, India, and Canada. |
| Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) MISSION: Post Impact Updates! | Dr. Paul Abell |
10/19/2022 @ 12:00 - 13:00 PM | Learn More |
This FREE NASA Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) interactive webinar engaged educator-led students in grades ~4-12+ and educators (formal and informal), as they interacted with Subject Matter Expert (SME) Dr. Paul Abell. Dr. Abell shared an overview of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission, the world’s first planetary defense test mission, as well as preliminary results from the mission and impact on September 26, 2022. Participants from 34 states and 8 countries registered for this event. |
| Pathways to Careers in NASA Science & Engineering | Valerie Tu, Charis Krysher, Adam Naids |
09/28/2022 @ 18:00 - 19:15 PM | Learn More |
This Career Exploration webinar event, hosted by the Texas Space Grant SEES (STEM Enhancement in Earth Science) Summer High School Intern Program, engaged participants with three Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) including NASA’s Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division Jacobs/JETS SMEs Valerie Tu, Charis Krysher and NASA Engineer Adam Naids. Each speaker shared the different paths they took that led them to their current careers working at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Registrants for this event were from ~23 states, and Vancouver, BC, Canada. |
| Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) MISSION: Preparing for Impact! | Dr. Paul Abell |
09/15/2022 @ 11:30 - 12:30 PM | Learn More |
This FREE NASA Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) interactive webinar engaged educator-led students in grades ~4-12+ and educators (formal and informal), as they interacted with Subject Matter Expert (SME) Dr. Paul Abell. Dr. Abell shared an overview of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission, the world’s first planetary defense test mission, enabling participants to learn about the mission prior to the scheduled impact! |
| Pathways to Careers in NASA Science (April 2022) | Angela Garcia, Michael Thorpe, Kimberly Allums-Spencer |
04/20/2022 @ 18:00 - 19:15 PM | Learn More |
This “Pathways to Careers in NASA Science” webinar event, hosted by the Texas Space Grant SEES (STEM Enhancement in Earth Science) Summer High School Intern Program, engaged mostly high school participants with three Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) who work as part of NASA’s Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division as Jacobs/JETS contractors. Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) Angela Garcia, Michael Thorpe, and Kimberly Allums-Spencer shared the different paths they took that led them to their current careers working at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Registrants for this event were from ~26 states, Puerto Rico, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Mexico, France and Spain. |
| Pathways to Careers in NASA Science | S. J. Raltson, Joanna Clark, Jordyn-Marie Dudley |
03/01/2022 @ 18:00 - 19:15 PM | Learn More |
This “Pathways to Careers in NASA Science” webinar event, hosted by the Texas Space Grant SEES (STEM Enhancement in Earth Science) Summer High School Intern Program, engaged mostly high school participants with three Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) who work as part of NASA’s Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division as Jacobs/JETS contractors. Scientists S. J. Ralston, Joanna Clark and Jordyn-Marie Dudley shared the different paths they took that led them to their current careers working at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Registrants for this event were from ~32 states, Puerto Rico and 5 countries. |
| Virtual Tour of NASA’s Antarctic Meteorite Lab + Astromaterials 3D | Kellye Pando and Erika Blumenfeld |
11/16/2021 @ 11:00 - 12:00 PM | Learn More |
This FREE NASA Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) interactive webinar engaged educators (informal and formal) students in grades ~4-12 plus college students/interns as they interacted with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) Kellye Pando and Erika Blumenfeld who shared a virtual tour of NASA’s Antarctic Meteorite Lab at the NASA Johnson Space Center as well as the Astromaterials 3D project. Additional SMEs including Paige Graff, Roger Harrington, Cecilia Satterwhite, Suzanne Foxworth, Kim Willis, and Rossina Miller also joined the webinar to help answer live participant questions during the session. Participants from 34 states, Puerto Rico, Canada, Finland, Indonesia, India, Nigeria, Philippines, and Switzerland registered for this event. |
| Observing Earth from Space: Astronaut Photography | Kent Fisher with support from Andrea Mead & Laura Phoebus |
04/15/2021 @ 12:00 - 13:00 PM | Learn More |
This FREE NASA Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) interactive webinar engaged educators (informal and formal) and students as they interacted with NASA Scientist Kent Fisher who shared amazing views of Earth taken by astronauts on the International Space Station showcasing how these images help showcase the fragility and beauty of Earth as seen from space! Additional Earth Science and Remote Sensing scientists and staff including Andrea Meado, Laura Phoebus, Paige Graff, Suzanne Foxworth and Kim Willis also joined the webinar to help answer live participant questions during the session. Participants from 38 states, Washington DC, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Canada, Chile, India, Mexico, and the Philippines registered for this event. |
| Mars Perseverance: Mission Overview and Countdown to Mars | Justin Simon |
02/09/2021 @ 11:30 - 12:30 PM | Learn More |
This FREE NASA Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) interactive webinar engaged educators (informal and formal) and students as they interacted with NASA Scientist Justin Simon who shared an overview of the Mars Perseverance Rover and its countdown to Mars, scheduled for February 18, 2021. Additional Mars scientists and staff including Joanna Clark, Doug Archer, Eve Berger, Michael Thorpe, Paige Graff, Suzanne Foxworth and Kim Willis also joined the webinar to help answer live participant questions during the session. Participants from 48 states, Washington DC, Puerto Rico, Austria, Canada, India, Indonesia, Kenya and Switzerland registered for this event. |
| OSIRIS-REx at Bennu | Ann Nguyen and Nicole Lunning |
10/15/2020 @ 11:00 - 12:00 PM | Learn More |
This FREE NASA Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) interactive webinar engaged educators (informal and formal) and students as they interacted with Ann Nguyen and Nicole Lunning who gave an overview of the OSIRIS-REx mission and shared details about the spacecraft as it gets ready to “TAG” the surface of Bennu (scheduled for October 20) and collect samples that will be brought back to Earth. Once returned, samples will be curated and analyzed using our facilities at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Participants from 35 states, DC, Mexico, Spain and Indonesia registered for this event. |
| Curiosity Rover Update & Preview of Mars 2020 | Liz Rampe |
06/09/2020 @ 13:00 - 14:00 PM | Learn More |
This FREE NASA Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) interactive webinar engaged educators as they interacted with Liz Rampe, NASA scientist within the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Liz shared the work she is involved with the Mars Curiosity Rover as well as a preview to the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover. Participants from 43 states, DC, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, and Morocco registered for this event. |
| Observing Earth from Space: An Introduction to Astronaut Photography (REPEAT EVENT) | Andrea Meado & Andrew Britton |
04/29/2020 @ 15:00 - 16:00 PM | Learn More |
This FREE NASA Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) interactive webinar engaged educators as they interacted with Andy Britton and Andrea Meado, Jacobs/JETS scientists within the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Earth Science and Remote Sensing (ESRS) Unit at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Andy and Andrea shared the work they are involved with related to observing Earth from space. Participants from 29 states, Puerto Rico, and France registered for this event. |
| Observing Earth From Space: An Introduction to Astronaut Photography | Andrea Meado & Andrew Britton |
04/24/2020 @ 15:00 - 16:00 PM | Learn More |
This FREE NASA Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) interactive webinar engaged educators as they interacted with Andrea Meado and Andrew Britton, Jacobs/JETS scientists within the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Earth Science and Remote Sensing (ESRS) Unit at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Andrea and Andrew shared the work they are involved with related to observing Earth from space. Participants from 30 states, Mexico, and Haiti registered for this event. |
| Moon Rocks: How Lunar Samples Connect the Past, Present, and Future | Juliane Gross |
03/11/2020 @ 12:00 - 13:00 PM | Learn More |
This FREE NASA Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) interactive webinar engaged formal educators and their students (targeting grades 5-9 – though other grade levels participated) as they interacted with Juliane Gross, our Apollo Deputy Curator at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Juliane shared information about her career path to NASA as well as information about the Moon rocks. Participants from 18 states registered for this event. |
| Interviewing the Future: Early Career Scientist One-on-One with Curtis Calva | Curtis Calva |
01/28/2020 @ 11:00 - 12:00 PM | Learn More |
This FREE NASA Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) interactive webinar engaged formal educators and their students (targeting grades 5-9 – though other grade levels participated) as they interacted with Curtis Calva, a meteorite processor in the Antarctic Meteorite Lab at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Curtis shared information about his career path to NASA as well as information about working in the Meteorite laboratory. Participants from 17 states and Mexico registered for this event. |
| Bringing Inspiration to Multiple Generations: Apollo in Real Time (for Informal Educators) | Ben Feist |
12/17/2019 @ 14:00 - 15:00 PM | Learn More |
This FREE NASA Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) interactive webinar engaged informal educators (librarians, museum staff, Solar System Ambassadors, etc.) as they interacted with Ben Feist, a Data Visualization Software Engineer working with our Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Ben shared information about his career path to NASA as well as information about bringing inspiration to multiple generations through his work to bring together pictures, videos, transcripts and more to enable all of us to experience Apollo in Real Time. Participants from 24 states and Haiti registered for this event. |
| Bringing Inspiration to Multiple Generations: Apollo in Real Time | Ben Feist |
12/04/2019 @ 12:00 - 13:00 PM | Learn More |
This FREE NASA Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) interactive webinar engaged formal educators and their students (targeting grades 5-9 – though other grade levels participated) as they interacted with Ben Feist, a Data Visualization Software Engineer working with our Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Ben shared information about his career path to NASA as well as information about bringing inspiration to multiple generations through his work to bring together pictures, videos, transcripts and more to enable all of us to experience Apollo in Real Time. Participants from 19 states and Mexico registered for this event. |
| Exploring the Moon: Past, Present & Future (for Informal Educators) | John Gruener |
10/03/2019 @ 14:00 - 15:00 PM | Learn More |
This FREE NASA Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) interactive webinar engaged informal educators as they interacted with John Gruener, a NASA Scientist at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. John shared information about his career path to NASA as well as information about the exploration of Earth’s Moon, past, present and future. Participants from 39 states, Washington DC, Canada and Puerto Rico registered for this event. |
| Exploring the Moon: Past, Present & Future | John Gruener |
10/02/2019 @ 10:00 - 11:00 AM | Learn More |
This FREE NASA Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) interactive webinar engaged formal educators and their students (targeting grades 5-9 – though other grade levels participated) as they interacted with John Gruener, a NASA Scientist at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. John shared information about his career path to NASA as well as information about the exploration of Earth’s Moon, past, present and future. Participants from 24 states, Washington DC, Mexico, and Canada registered for this event. |
| Getting Apollo Astronauts to the Moon and Safely Back to Earth | Jerry Woodfill, NASA Engineer & Apollo Program Spacecraft Warning System Engineer |
07/09/2019 @ 14:00 - 15:00 PM | Learn More |
This FREE NASA Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) webinar engaged informal educators as they connected with Jerry Woodfill, a NASA Engineer who has worked at NASA for 54 years and who had the responsibility to help ensure the Apollo Astronauts were able to get to the Moon and return safely back to Earth! Jerry shared information about his career path to NASA as well as information about his involvement in the Apollo Missions to the Moon from the extremely important Mission Evaluation Room (MER). Participants from 27 states plus Washington, DC registered for this event. The archive recording will be posted soon! |
| Exploring Mars: Journey to the Red Planet | Doug Ming |
04/25/2019 @ 12:00 - 13:00 PM | Learn More |
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 Doug Ming, a NASA Scientist at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Doug shared information about his career path to NASA as well as information about the exploration of Mars and considerations for humans and the journey to the Red Planet. Participants from 34 states plus Mexico, Haiti, and Australia registered for this event. |
| Stardust Mission & Virtual Tour of NASA’s Stardust Curation Lab | Michael Zolensky, Ron Bastien, Carla Gonzalez, Melissa Rodriguez |
02/13/2019 @ 13:00 - 14:00 PM | Learn More |
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. |
| Apollo Missions, Moon Rocks & Virtual Tour of NASA's Lunar Curation Lab | Andrea Mosie, Charis Krysher, & Kim Willis |
11/28/2018 @ 12:00 - 13:00 PM | Learn More |
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 Apollo Missions to the Moon, Moon rocks, and facilitated a virtual tour of our NASA Lunar Curation Lab that houses the lunar samples collected by Apollo astronauts. Participants from 25 states registered for this event. |
| Exploring the Moon | John Gruener |
10/17/2018 @ 12:00 - 13:00 PM | Learn More |
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 John Gruener, a NASA Scientist at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. John shared information about his career path to NASA as well as information about the exploration of Earth’s Moon. Participants from 33 states plus Mexico, Russia, and India registered for this event. |
| Asteroid Exploration & the Latest from Hayabusa 2 & OSIRIS-REx | Paul Abell |
09/27/2018 @ 12:00 - 13:00 PM | Learn More |
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 Paul Abell, a NASA Scientist at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Paul shared information about his career path to NASA as well as information about the exploration of asteroids and the latest from the Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Missions. Participants from 26 states plus Mexico registered for this event. |
| Journey to Mars | Doug Ming |
04/24/2018 @ 12:00 - 13:00 PM 04/12/2018 @ 12:00 - 13:00 PM | Learn More |
This NASA Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) interactive webinar engaged students (grades K-12) as they interacted with NASA Scientist Doug Ming. Doug shared his career path to NASA as well as his passion, knowledge, and expertise about Mars and aspects to consider for humans and the journey to Mars. The archive is from the live event held on April 12, 2018. Registered participants were from 30 states across the United States and Mexico. |
| Curiosity Rover on Mars: Exciting Discoveries Continue | Liz Rampe |
12/07/2017 @ 12:00 - 13:00 PM | Learn More |
This NASA Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) interactive webinar engaged students (grades K-12) as they interacted with Liz Rampe, a Mars scientist and Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) team member. Liz shared her career path to NASA as well as the latest science and exciting discoveries from the Curiosity rover (MSL) at Mars. This archive is from the live event held on December 7, 2017. Participants were from 29 states across the United States and Mexico. |
| Virtual Tour of NASA's Lunar Curation Lab | Andrea Mosie |
11/07/2017 @ 13:00 - 14:00 PM | Learn More |
This NASA Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) interactive webinar engaged students (grades 4-10) as they interacted with Andrea Mosie, a scientist who works in NASA’s Lunar Curation Lab. Andrea shared her career path to NASA as well as her passion, knowledge and expertise about the Moon, Apollo Samples, and the Lunar Curation Lab. This archive is from the live event held on November 7, 2017. Live participants were from 23 states across the United States and Mexico. |
| NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) | Trevor Graff |
05/19/2017 @ 12:00 - 13:00 PM | Learn More |
This NASA Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) webinar engaged students (grades 2 – 12) as they interacted with Jacobs Chief Scientist Trevor Graff from the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. In this video archive, Trevor shares information about NASA Extreme Environmention Mission Operations (NEEMO) and takes viewers on a tour of the Aquarius Reef Base habitat, the world's only underwater research facility and the location in which NEEMO mission take place. This archive is from the live event held on May 19, 2017. Participants were from 23 states across the United States and Mexico. |