JPL's Annual Open House
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2007 Open House will take place on Saturday and Sunday, May 19th and 20th from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. each day.
This popular event will celebrate JPL's accomplishments with exhibits and demonstrations about the Laboratory's ongoing research and space exploration. Many of the Lab's scientists and engineers will be on hand to answer questions about how spacecraft are sent to other planets, how scientists utilize space technologies to explore Earth and how researchers are now searching for planets beyond the solar system. Visitors will see exhibits, displays, demonstrations and presentations about new technologies, solar system exploration, spacecraft communication and much more. The JPL Education Office will also be on display. Come by and say "hi."
Details and directions are at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/pso/oh.cfm
Sally Ride Science STS-118 Educator Institute at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.
Sally Ride Science, in partnership with Northrop Grumman and NASA, is offering an Educator Institute on May 5, 2007, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. This one-day professional development program for upper elementary and middle school science teachers will focus on the upcoming flight of Barbara Morgan, the first Educator Astronaut. The institute will include presentations about the STS-118 mission, hands-on workshops and a keynote address by a NASA astronaut.
For more information about the Educator Institutes and to register online, visit: http://www.sallyrideeducators.com/
