Astrophysics Education and Public Outreach

Astrophysics education and public outreach programs bring scientists and educators together to translate cutting-edge discoveries from the most distant reaches of space and time. Learning experiences spark the imagination by tapping into humankind’s natural curiosity about why the universe exists and where we came from.

Missions

• Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes
• Chandra X-ray Observatory

• Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
• Spitzer Space Telescope

• Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)

PI-Led Missions and Mission Instruments

• Astro-H
• James Webb Space Telescope: Near Infrared Camera
• Kepler

• Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR)
• Planck
• Swift

• Suzaku
• Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer
• X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission - Newton

Data Archives

• High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC)

• Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC)

Program Offices

• Cosmic Origins

• Physics of the Cosmos

Education and Public Outreach in Earth and Space Science (EPOESS)

• Afterschool Universe
• Astronomy Summer School of East Texas
• Galileo Educator Network
• IMPRESS-Ed 

• Music and Astronomy Under the Stars
• Sky Rangers
• Small Satellites for Secondary Students

• The Navajo Sky
• NASA Family Science Night
• Using the Big Ideas in Cosmology to Teach College Students

Acknowledgements: Data cited for individual mission and grant programs described on this website were originally provided via the NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Education and Public Outreach (E/PO) Community Workspace (http://www.smdepo.org/page/5324).