Nov 5 2010
From The Space Library
MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-039
ROBOT VS. ROBOT: LIVE IN WASHINGTON AND ACROSS THE NATION
WASHINGTON -- NASA, in cooperation with local technology firms and sponsors, launches a nationwide series of high school robotics competitions that begin March 5 and 6 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place N.W., in Washington. The two-day event runs daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST. It is free and open to the public. NASA Television will carry opening ceremonies starting at 9 a.m. March 5. The student competition is called For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, or FIRST. The program was founded in 1989 by inventor Dean Kamen to inspire an appreciation of science and technology in young people, their schools and communities. NASA is the largest sponsor of the international program. For the next several weeks, 44 regional competitions will be held in 30 states and the District of Columbia. NASA's centers will sponsor and support 13 competitions in California, Ohio, Maryland, Arizona, Louisiana, Virginia, Nevada, Texas, Florida, and North Carolina. The FIRST Championship competitions will take place in Atlanta in April. Based in Manchester, N.H., FIRST is a non-profit organization that designs accessible, innovative programs to build self-confidence, knowledge and life skills while motivating young people to pursue academic opportunities. The regional competitions also will include participation from several high schools teams, showcasing their inventions in Baltimore March11-13 and Richmond, Va., March 18-20.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-049
NASA PLANS EARTH DAY TWEETUP ON THE NATIONAL MALL IN WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON -- NASA will host its first Earth Day Tweetup on the National Mall in Washington with @NASA Twitter followers and NASA scientists on April 18 at 1 p.m. EDT. The event will be part of a weeklong series of exhibits and activities on the National Mall marking the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. The Tweetup will provide NASA Twitter followers with the opportunity to talk with NASA Earth and climate scientists, producers of NASA's Earth imagery and the staff behind the agency's tweets. Registration opens at noon on Monday, April 5, and closes at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 6. NASA will randomly select 100 individuals from a pool of online registrants. Additional registrants will be added to a waiting list.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-036
NEW NASA WEB PAGE SHEDS LIGHT ON SCIENCE OF A WARMING WORLD
WASHINGTON -- Will 2010 be the warmest year on record? How do the recent U.S. Snowmageddon winter storms and record low temperatures in Europe fit into the bigger picture of long-term global warming? NASA has launched a new web page to help people better understand the causes and effects of Earth's changing climate. The new A Warming World page hosts a series of new articles, videos, data visualizations, space-based imagery and interactive visuals that provide unique NASA perspectives on this topic of global importance. The page includes feature articles that explore the recent Arctic winter weather that has gripped the United States, Europe and Asia, and how El Nino and other longer-term ocean-atmosphere phenomena may affect global temperatures this year and in the future. A new video, "Piecing Together the Temperature Puzzle, illustrates how NASA satellites monitor climate change and help scientists better understand how our complex planet works. The new web page is available on NASA's Global Climate Change Web site at: http://climate.nasa.gov/warmingworld
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